Project Journal September 08 - The Project Begins
View when the project started September
08,
and then the months that follow until the project is completed.
Early October08,
Late October 08,
November 08 and now that spring is here,
April 09
Sept 1st Drafted ideas on the strawbale
mud hut. Our local code allows 200 sq foot without having a building
inspector come out.
Sept 9th Got lumber for 4X4 supporting
posts and frame
Sept 10th Went to landfill and talked
to the manager to see if I could get a scrap piece of landfill liner
to use for a living/green roof
Sept 12 Got in touch with local officials and found
a resource for clay, dirt, urbanite, (crushed concrete) and other needed materials
Sept 14 Created plans for mud hut, 12 X 14 12
wide, 14' deep… then later changed plans for the 14’ to be the width and
12’ to be the depth. These plans were changed in order to have a larger
view of the pond.
Sept 18 got a Sonoma truck load of free dirt from
city for later use on green roof. Unloaded the dirt into pile.
Sept 20 Talked to local contractor about using
“waste subsoil”. I picked up a Sonoma truck load of free subsoil and started building up the strawbale floor.
Sept 21 Went back to contractor and pleaded for a
huge delivery truck if I paid him for gas. He agreed and brought out approx
10+ yards? About 12 or so of my truckloads. Thank you
contractor... he also did it for free....
Sept 23 cut all 2X8X14 treated lumber to frame in
box foundation
Sept 24th Shannon and I dug three
post holes down to the frost line set three 4X4 posts. We also sifted
through a truck load of free urbanite from the city. Washed the Urbanite
and used them to fill in the post holes that were dug below frost line.
We used the taped method. The small gravel and dirt that was separated
in the separation process was used for building the foundation.
*Sept 27 Leighanne, Michael, Noah, and Jessey, as well
as my nephew Josh dug the final post hole, and since there was no
urbanite left, we filled the last post hole with concrete. We started
framing in the foundation.
Sept 28 Framed in the final 2 foundation boards,
and screwed in some cross supports.
Sept 29 Went to the city and got the second Sonoma
truck load of free urbanite. We sifted, washed, and placed the
Urbanite under the frame for
structural support
View when the project started September
08,
and then the months that follow until the project is completed.
Early October08,
Late October 08,
November 08 and now that spring is here,
April 09
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