Construction Photos X

Well this will be the last post for now of constuction photos.

Nate invents a new tool to make sure that sheetrock is flat and the things that are round roll on it. Seriously one of the best things about having our son Zach help with the construction is that our grandsons were often on the job sight. Now, that’s a real bonus!!

Another great thing about building a house is getting to show it off to friends. This is a photo of our good friends Chuck and Jan Falconer from Oregon. While I worked at Sheldon Jackson College I had the honor of working with volunteers. Many of these volunteers were called Volunteers in Mission or VIM’s. Chuck and Jan volunteered their time at SJC for 27 months and Chuck was the 1st volunteer I was lucky enough to work with. So, it was extra great when Chuck and Jan were literally our 1st lunch guests when they visited town in May, 2007.

Building a home no matter how careful one is generates a lot of wood scraps. Since we built our deck with rough cut lumber that we purchased from a mill on Prince of Wales Island we generated more scrap than would typically be generated from a Pan Abode Home. Rather than send the scraps to the land fill we decided it made more sense environmentally to save them for the woodstove. So we built this woodshed with mostly left over materials.

Connie has always had a knack of being able to put twice the amount of stuff than should fit in any one spot. One of my good friends says she can put 10 pounds of stuff in a 5 pound bag. As you can see from the photos of the woodshed she did a great job stacking all the off cuts.