August - We had a week off of work and decided to take a road trip - starting at the cabin! We brought the tent trailer and parked it in the newly formed RV parking spot near the bottom of the driveway. Pete has going out to the cabin off and on all summer, sometimes with some friends, continuously making progress. We decided to camp in the driveway for a few days while he could get a little bit more work done, and we got to do some exploring in the area. Kayaking, hiking, fishing, biking, swimming - such an awesome location!
The siding is on! Cedar board and batten on the main portion of the cabin, and cedar ship lap on the mudroom. Still just raw wood - no finish on them yet.
Dusty, our excavation and sewer guy, was filling in around the septic system. Because of the high ground water and nearby river, we had to install an active septic system - more like a miniature waste water treatment plant, which prevents nitrates from escaping into the groundwater. The system had been tested, and we were good to turn it on!
In the meantime, Pete and Justin had everything in place to install our toilet! (temporarily). This made camping on the property much more reasonable, especially with a 5 year old girl.
Another big project that was done over the summer was the hydronic floor heating system and hot water. The gray box is the tankless hot water heater. It provides hot water to the cabin, and to a heat exchanger, which heats the circulating fluids in tubes in the floor. We have it broken up into two zones - the concrete slab in the mudroom is one zone, and all of the upstairs is the second zone. Peter, Jeff B, Jeff H, and Justin all provided lots of help over the summer and it's amazing how much progress was made!
The other treat, from all this work was a hot shower - a LONG hot shower!
Some of the electrical work had been completed at this point. The cans for the recessed lights were up.
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Kitchen |
Sylvie decided she needed to be in all the pictures.
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Living Room |
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Looking toward the Stairs |
It was so much fun to be able to stay at the cabin for the first time. I'm amazed at how real it's getting.