by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 1, 2000
What is he building now? I’m sure that we have been the talk of the neighborhood when it comes to building this house. People have stopped by to ask what is that? A giant gazebo or is that a KFC restaurant? Well, after much deliberation, Jo and I have decided to...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 24, 2000
Like most projects for this house, building the frame support for the solar panels has become quite an arduous task. A total of 28 post holes needed to be dug and were accomplished using an auger attached to a tractor. Even with the tractor, it was pretty much a two...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 1, 2000
Like A Bridge over Doubled Circulators Okay, I know it’s a stretch but I felt compelled to some how fit Simon and Garfunkel’s song into the title. This week the bridge was completed from the second floor deck to the hill in back of the house. The idea of...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 20, 2000
If you recall, the February 12, 2000 journal entry discussed the arrival of the 4 x 10 foot solar panels. These panels were purchased used, so there was quite a bit of clean up work required. I had hoped that this procedure would have gone smoothly and for the most...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 5, 2000
This was the week that it all came together. Here’s a review, day by day. Monday – This was vapor barrier day. A vapor barrier is typically a sheet of 6 mil plastic. Although it is often described as a vapor barrier, it is really a vapor retarder. Even if...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 28, 2000
Go… And Pound Sand I can’t quite recall who it was that told me to do that, but just for the record, I have done my life’s share of it over the last couple of weeks. Four and a half dump truck loads of sand later the trench is compacted and filled....
