by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 25, 2004
On Track with the Rack 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 18, 2004
Only 3,792 Watts to Go! 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 10, 2004
Holey Hill – Ground Mounting Solar Array 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 8, 2003
You stack 17 feet and what do you get? 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 3, 2003
New Friends 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...
