Temp doors.

All trused up.

Today we continued with building the roof for the carport.  We have another day or so before we strap, sheet, and get ready for the roofing to arrive.

Aussi Special Force's Tour of Duty Complete

Special Ops Aussi Captain Verdo completed his tour with us, and departs for an undisclosed location in Mexico. Thank you V, we appreciate your participation! 

Wood Hinge!

Details..Details....

We have been working on adding some details to the Zombie Retreat.. We have learned that the framing goes very quickly, but the details take time.  Here are a few photos of the stuff we've been working on...

Second Floor.

We're almost covered.

Greetings everyone,  just a quick post to say, that by the end of Today we should be complete with the roof sheeting.  Unfortunately, we are wait for the metal roofing material to arrive on the 25th. Until then we will be sporting a flash orange tarp! 

Report from the Field

The last seven days have been very productive.  We have been in full attack mode and have almost completed the  second floor framing.. Today we'll be installing the roofing joists and roughing in the sky lights. Tomorrow, hopefully, we'll begin sheeting the roof.  A special thanks to the Hunters and Team Aussi.

Aussi Special Forces - Close up.

Sh*#T Flows Downhill.

As it is said: "Sh*#T Flows downhill". in order to accommodate the saying we have started the construction of the septic system.  The large hole in the ground is not for our swimming pool, it's the location for the Tank that will contain the black and grey water as it is broken down. Then the waste water will be pumped by a high pressure pump into the two runs of "Leech Field" seen in the black plastic tunnels.  The waste water is sprayed into those tunnels and allowed to aerate back into the Earth to decompose naturally and to help the environment. :-)

Aussi Special Forces Arrive!

Encrypted communications were required to re-task Commander Verdo, Aussi Special Forces. He air dropped on Friday @ 1500.  Once on site we re-tasked him to command Operation Sub-flooring.  Within 48 hours we completed the operation and now prep'd, will proceed with operation " Build the Box higher". Monday is the scheduled deployment.  We are a Green for Go!  Check back for reports from the field.

Joist-Ho!

We've had a few little set backs over the past few days, but nothing we couldn't handle. We are now steaming ahead with installing the second story floor joists. We should be able to "Glue-n-Screw" the sub-flooring on by Saturday.  Stay tuned for more exciting construction action! Joist-Ho!.

Beam me up!

Yeah, I know.... bad Star Trek reference.  But check out the photos of Day 2 and 3.  Main beam installed.  The next few days Virginia and I will be installing the joists for the Second floor.

Framing: Day One.

To start our framing, my buddy Doug called in reinforcements!  His brother Bill and his lovely wife Barb.   All of them have been a fantastic help. Doug's building knowledge and Bill-n-Barb's enthusiasm and cleanliness! Check out  day one's progress.

C-ment boys!

We had a couple of guys come in to "polish" our C-ment. and "man do I have to tell ya"  They did a fantastic job!  The finish looks great!