snow!

6-8″ of snow is a great way to slow progress down over here at The Pocket. All exterior work has come to a halt for now – but it just allowed the guys to move inside and start tackling indoor demolition. The only downside is that it’s FREEZING inside the house. With no insulation in the attic and holes in the exterior walls, things are a chilly 50 degrees inside. We’re making the best of it, snuggling up in front of the fireplace buried under duvets and watching the Olympics.

View from the front of the driveway. Most of the board and batten has been removed from the front of the house in preparation for the new windows (more on that in another post).

I don’t think I’d like to use that potty right now – brrr! Although it did provide a good target for snowball throwing this morning!

The skid steer waits out the snow…

The pile of beams and lumber.

The formwork for the master bathroom addition is covered with plastic sheeting to protect it from the snow. The concrete pour is scheduled for Monday – weather permitting.

A view of the rear middle and upper terraces. Concrete has not been poured back here yet – but shaping and grading has begun. Once the snow melts, Forest Landscape will be back to work back here.

A view of the new retaining wall from the lower part of the yard.

A view of the Telephone Terrace and the new retaining wall.

The barn. No livestock, but a great place to store firewood.

51 degrees in the living room. Since there is no heat in the kitchen and no insulation in the attic, we don’t seem to be able to get things above 51 in here.

The workers mistakenly removed the thermostat from the bedroom wing of the house yesterday. So we were completely without heat last night. Hamish (our contractor) came by last night and tried to fix it to no avail. He was back this morning and hooked up this temporary thermostat so we at least have heat in the bedrooms again.

We finally decided the best way to stay warm in a house with no insulation and very little heat was to chop up some of the firewood we harvested this summer.

Adam loading firewood into the house. The little dump cart / wagon is a new purchase – perfect for hauling everything around our property!