Pole Barn 11: Sheetrock and water


As planned, the sheetrocking began early this 
week, and now that it's Saturday, it's almost DONE! 
Thanks to our good friend Vlad (who is a very speedy worker. 
He's Russian... American.)


Regardless of all the sheetrock, it's still been cold 
in there for the kids without a fire going for a while. 
Sunshine helps too!


...before we cleaned and organized.

The "office/store"... 

By a frog's whiskers, our project made it on the well 
company's fall schedule. The ground started freezing 
but the hay Randy put down helped them out. 
Thankfully, it was also the warmest day of the week.


By the end of the day, we were all hooked 
up and had a shiny new pressure tank installed!

 The next day, Randy and Vlad spent the morning 
putting up sheetrock and finishing some 
rough-in plumbing, then we all had a lunch 
break and Vlad stayed with Lexi and all 5 
kids while Randy and I filled in the hole where 
the water line turns into the building. It was 
the last chance before the ground REALLY 
froze, and we had just enough loose sand/dirt 
that had been warmed up in the sunshine that 
morning to fill the hole! Thanks, Lord!

Seemingly counter-productive, Randy's 
putting a nice hole through the roof. 
For plumbing vent. 

This morning, our family of 5 worked 
on more sheetrocking. We got the bathroom 
almost done by lunchtime! Teddy even screwed 
some screws. Mostly the kids played with Legos. 

As of this evening (Saturday), our electrician 
friend has hooked up electricity from the transformer 
to the building and even a temporary outlet! 
So there's officially usable electricity in the building!! 
Hopefully soon we can get the floor's water 
heater powered and then when we decide 
to spend a day or half a day working, it won't 
take a couple hours for the building to warm 
up from the wood stove.

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