December 28, 2023 - Garage Wall, Inside Plaster, Big Hole

Hole for the bio-digester septic tank has been dug
Expect delivery of the unit next week, after New Year's day

Overhead view...
The PVC pipe along the garden retaining wall to the left of the hole will be
used for the water line in from the street; not installed yet.

Hole is about 1.8m deep
5 gallon bucket used as a step to get out of the hole.
Still have to level and do ground prep for the base.

Retaining wall complete (almost)
Propane tank (300L) will be in that corner by the entrance for an easy refill.
Electrical will come in to a pole there as well...then underground the rest of the way

...will add another layer of block to that left section of the wall
Hence, almost complete...just a little too close to the ground slope for that last section

Filled in behind the retaining wall
Retaining wall is 30cm thick. The garage wall will be built on the inner 18cm. First phase will build the garage wall to the same extent of the workshop wall seen on the left...but no roof

Working to finish the inside plaster in the kitchen...

...and the pantry
Picture Dates
- October 31, 2024 - Front Gate Installed
- October 17, 2024 - West Boundary Fence Installed
- October 10, 2024 - West Boundary Fence
- October 03, 2024 - Windows and Prep
- September 21, 2024 - Fencing the East Side
- September 12, 2024 - Catchup, Restart, and Secure the Border
- April 25, 2024 - Bathroom tile, Water System, Window Frames, Etc.
- April 04, 2024 - Garage Wall, Lower level and more
- March 07, 2024 - Bath, Ceiling, Windows & Doors
- February 22, 2024 - Bathroom, Primer and Lower Level
- February 8, 2024 - Decisions and a few minor things
- January 25, 2024 - Floors and More
- January 04, 2024 - BioDigester, More Inside Plaster & Cement
- December 28, 2023 - Garage Wall, Inside Plaster, Big Hole
- December 14 & 21, 2023 - Garage Wall, Plumbing
- December 06, 2023 - Rain Delay and Garage Wall
- November 30, 2023 - Plumbing Started & More Lower Level
- November 23, 2023 - More Lower Level & Front Garden
- November 09, 2023 - Lower Level & Front Garden Continues
- November 02, 2023 - Entrance, Lower Level & Front Garden
- October 26, 2023 - Even More Front Wall and Entrance
- October 4, 2023 - More Front Wall and Entrance
- September 21, 2023 - Front Wall and Entrance, Lower Level
- September 14, 2023 - Tower Walls, Prep for Entrance and Front Wall
- September 7, 2023 - Exterior Plaster, Lower Level
- August 24, 2023 - Even More Plaster, Bedroom Floor, Tower Wall
- August 17, 2023 - More Plaster, Lower Level Roof
- August 03, 2023 - Lower Level, House Inside Plaster, Front Views
- July 27, 2023 - Closet Plaster, Lower Level Roof
- July 20, 2023 - Lower Level, House Drains
- July 13, 2023 - Lot Corner, Cistern, House Drains
- July 6, 2023 - Cistern, Drainage, Miscellaneous
- May 31, 2023 - Cistern, Roof, Electrical
- May 11, 2023 - Roof, Retaining wall, Kitchen shelf
- April 27, 2023 - Roof, East wall, Electrical
- April 19, 2023 - More stuff done, More stuff to do
- April 13, 2023 - Roof, Registers, Workshop and East Wall
- April 05, 2023 - Ceiling, Roof and Workshop
- March 29, 2023 - Roof Prep, Workshop, Shower & Fire
- March 23, 2023 - Ceiling nearly finished, Lower Level Walls
- March 15, 2023 - More Ceiling, Walkway, Lower Level
- March 09, 2023 - Ceiling, Walkway, Lower Level
- March 01, 2023 - More Work on Ceiling, Stairs and Walkway
- February 23, 2023 - Work on Ceiling, Stairs and Walkway continues
- February 15, 2023 - Boveda ceiling started, Stairs and Walkway continue
- February 9, 2023 - Lower Structure, Entrance Stairs and Walkway
- January 25, 2023 - Lower Retaining Wall & Structure In-Progress
- January 5, 2023 - Roof Beams almost complete, Lower Level Retaining Wall
- December 15, 2022 - Ready for Roof Beams, Start Lower Level
- December 7, 2022 - Wall Headers and Peaks
- November 24, 2022 - Walls Getting Closer to Completion
- November 17, 2022 - Walls In-Progress ...continued
- November 9, 2022 - Foundation and Walls In-Progress
- October 27, 2022 - Starting to take shape, house build platform near completion
- October 13, 2022 - Work continues on the house build platform
- September 29, 2022 - Front retaining wall near completion
- September 15, 2022 - Back retention wall complete, side retention walls WIP
- September 8, 2022 - Back retention wall almost complete
- August 16, 2022 - Excavation complete; Back retention wall started
- August 3, 2022 - Excavation on-going
- July 28, 2022 - Excavation in-progress
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