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He's a UFA next year.

He will be gone by July2nd of 2016.

Either in a trade or by getting picked up after he becomes a FA.

NWT Surf & Turf!!!
Onions, corn and taters with caribou cubes cooked in tinfoil on the BBQ with fresh lake trout Tex Mex style on the BBQ.
It was quite tasty!!!

Why the tall walls? Just more space to heat, no?

 

Lookin good!

Loft upstairs.

Great to follow your solo project. Do you not have any friends up there to lend a hand? It really doesn't look like you need any help though.

 

Dave just curious why you chose pink over Roxul, which I loved working with or even a closed cell insulation spray. One small tank of spray is easier to transport and will give you almost double the R factor for the same depth if I remember correctly and no vapour barrier required. It's been a while since my last heat loss calculation. I do remember that 30% of heat loss is through the floor so even just spraying the floor alone would be worth the R.O.I.

 

Have you considered a Wind Turbine at sometime. I'm sure you have the wind rates to support one. The last I looked 50K would get you a system that has an ROI of 15 years. But that's for a full time residence and yours is not, yet.

 

I need more than Advil just thinking about what you are accomplishing. More pics please. Keep up the good work.

All my friends are either working, lazy or injured. It's OK though the workout and feeling of accomplishment is great!!

The floor insulation for the most part was free!!! All except 30% which I had to purchase to finish the job.

The blue SM were left over off cuts from a commercial job downtown that my neighbours brought home for me and the pink was reclaimed from another job they did.

My walls and ceiling are getting Roxul as I hate working with fiberglass, unless it's free of course.

Yes I'm looking at a wind turbine down the way as an addition to the solar setup I will be installing.

My solar setup looks to be about 8K and to add a 300W turbine another 2K.

Currently taking an Advil break while typing this!!!

Aka one too many rums

 

Mmmm caribou

No rums but he brought over fresh bannok. It was awesome!!!!

Got the 16' section of the South wall ready to raise today.

Should have finished it but neighbour came over and we yakked for too long.

Took him out fishing after dinner for 3 hours and I managed an 8# troot right @ the end after each of us missing a couple.

Bonked it and neighbour and I are going to have it for dinner tomorrow with some BBQ'd caribou.

Arctic surf and turf!!!

Now if only I could find a decent paying job up that way that I only work 3 days but get paid for a full week.

There are great paying jobs here, but the mine jobs are usually 2 weeks on 2 weeks off.

Which ain't too bad. You get a 2 week holiday every month!!!

Dave, I see now how you did it by yourself.

 

 

Your one smart cookie.

 

Im enjoying this thread.

 

Becarefull there.

MMMMMMMMMMM!!!

Me like COOKIE!!!!

So once its built what are you doing for power? Any alternate sources in mind? Just curious as Im an electrician and curious....

 

S

Going solar with generator backup.

Surette 24V battery bank with Outback charge controller and inverter charger.

Took longer than anticipated but got the big section 12'X16' of wall raised and the rest of the wall ready to go up. Ran into a couple of snags with my home made wall jack and had to do a little onsite re-engineering. Got er up single handed though.

I'm just giddy with anticipation!!!

Refresh my memory,wasn't Lou the big boss in Jersey for years?

Yep, 27 years in Joisey!!

Wow Great job Dave !!!! a view to die for !!!

Keep em coming !!!

Thanks EH!!!

So when is the official opening and are we invited? We could bring the ribbon to cut!!!

PFFFFT!!! Bring RUM!!! Ribbons are for rhythmic gymnastics!!!!

Heck of a spot and I do expect a tour next summer...you KNOW I will be there

Just let me know when you're coming up.

what's the view down to the dock like from your bedroom window.. man that looks like a slice of heaven.

View from the bed room to dock isn't. You can see it from the living room and should get a heck of a view from the loft.

The place is really coming along beautifully Dave and thanks for the constant updates with pictures, it's always very interesting to follow the progress on a job like this.

No problem Lew. More pics tonight.

Nice job! What are the dimensions of the cabin? Its lookin great!

 

S.

24'X36' Sinker.

Got the floor finished today.

All insulated, caulked and painted (mostly, I ran out of paint with about 1/4 to go)

Also got my basement/crawl space door jams in.

Starting on the walls tomorrow.

Can also crank the tongue jack all the way down and then block up the 2 back corners and crank the tongue jack back up and the boat will come off the bunks then jack the front up a bit and block it. Both will work though

Exactly ho I do it.

Jack all the way down, place axle stands with 2X6 blocks under the back of the boat then jack all the way up, block under hull forward and lower the jack to provide enough room to pull the bunks.

Great thread guys. Im off to Home depot to do mine tonight. Problem is that I have to go down to the launch and complete all the work in the parking lot.

Why?

I just jacked up the back of the boat and put it on jack stands with 2x6's on top and then jacked up closer to the front and blocked it up on beams. This gave me the room to undo and remove the bunks, repair and replace with out leaving the garage!!!

I would pay cash to go back to a blackberry. (I would die for a keyboard again).

 

our company will not support blackberry software right now. Many ap's we use, and require, aren't available on the BB platform (I guess the enterprise BB server isn't worth it anymore either).

 

sad days.

I can't type using on screen keyboards. Always hitting the wrong key, not so with my BB.

I just upgraded to the Classic. Nice phone and have been able to get most android apps to run but you do need to tweak them a bit.

Actually the BB Enterprise server now works with iphones and android devices. It enables you to secure them, have a locked work space and be able to wipe them on command just like you can with BB devices.

​These were just announced this past week.

Look like kick donkey little pieces of tech.

Especially if you're a music lover.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/11745730/Marshall-launches-loudest-mobile-phone-on-Earth-for-music-lovers.html

I like motor homes.

You can pull your boat behind if wanted or can tow a small car or SUV to tool about in.

After a couple of days off it was back at er today.

Got the rest of my sheathing done on the crawl space walls and started getting the floor down and insulated. 3" Styrofoam SM for the first layer and 2 layers of R15 fiberglass on top for a total of R45 in the floor. Should have toasty tootsies.

I used Home Hardware grey indoor outdoor carpet on mine several years ago and it's holding up just fine.