As the stucco first layer was going up, Pedro noticed a murcielago under the eaves…
Sleeping bat…
Cute little guy…
All the activity with the work on the exterior seems to have scared him away, but we need a bat house like Cohutt’s later on…
We have been so very busy on the house that posting has been spotty (we admit it). Here are some photos to give you a view of the work that has happened in the past couple of weeks. It is really starting to look like a home. Framing complete First Window installed… House wrapped… stucco begins. Stucco in progress… Window installation… Stucco on the back begins.. Back porch stucco begins… Tarpaper going up… Scaffolding for front gable… Front door […] 
This week our windows arrived…all 23 of them. They ranged in size from 2’x3′ to 3’x6′. The larger sizes were very heavy. Installation was fairly straight forward. We reviewed several videos and how-to sites and reviewed the material from a few books we have. We prepped the openings by cutting the house wrap. The cut was horizontal at the top of the window, vertical in the middle and ending in an inverted “Y” at the bottom. Each of the flaps were pulled into the window opening and stapled on the inside of the frame. Excess material was cut off. […] 
I have relearned the military principle of war-Simplicity-many times. I was taught at West point: “Issue clear, concise and simple instructions.” Doing so will minimize the possibility of confusion and enhance effective mission accomplishment. Obviously I failed to observe this principle when directing the Stucco Subcontractor. What I thought I conveyed(first image): After issuing clear and concise orders my wife and i move to the opposite side of the house to install some more windows…… What the subcontractor heard (second image): Meanwhile, the sub is busy covering up those expensive cedar beams which have been beveled, stained and neatly installed […] |