by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 25, 2004
The first of the two large racks was completed this week. It was quite a laborious project, but doing the labor myself has kept the cost quite a bit lower compared to building the rack from a prepackaged kit. It took a good five hours to line up the posts in the hole...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 18, 2004
The head wound has healed nicely and the only side effect remaining is the obsessive need for putting up cordwood walls and solar panels. Other than that I feel fine.This week I was determined to make some “head-way” and by Saturday, I had 400 watts worth...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 10, 2004
Nothing I do ever is easy and Murphy’s Law always gets in the way making a simple task quite arduous. This entire week is a case in point.I spent Monday and Tuesday site planning for the solar panel racks. At first glance, it seemed simple enough: point the...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 8, 2003
You get a lot of cordwood! This was a first for this cordwood builder—17 feet of continuous cordwood from floor to ceiling. It all started last week with the Oneida crew helping with the construction of the first floor wall. By the end of last week, the wall was up to...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 3, 2003
My afternoon plans of getting one or two batches of mortar done have been spoiled by a thunderstorm passing through the area. It’s probably a good thing though since I haven’t found the time to do a journal entry in a couple of weeks. It rained so hard,...
