My Industrial Cabin Build

[buckeyefarmer]

She is quite the worker.

My wife helped me stand most of the walls in our house.

 

[ededic]

Nice, I have to agree about your wife and how much she does, so great. We would not been able to get ours built without my wife helping every step of the way. Have to hand it to you also, you are a lot better at being calm and collected than I. I was known as a bit of a tyrant and perfectionist during our build. Might have been the cold weather deadline we were under.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Good god, man. Keep her warm!

For both selfish and altruistic reasons, that is always a goal

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Nice, I have to agree about your wife and how much she does, so great. We would not been able to get ours built without my wife helping every step of the way. Have to hand it to you also, you are a lot better at being calm and collected than I. I was known as a bit of a tyrant and perfectionist during our build. Might have been the cold weather deadline we were under.

The magic of editing is that I can make myself appear level headed.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The magic of editing is that I can make myself appear level headed.

LOL.....

 

[WoodChuckDad]

We went out Saturday, hoping to get 4 panels. We got 1. It was a fight. My shoulder still hurts.

SIPs House. One man. One woman. One panel. DIY SIPs home Build video #24 - YouTube

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ouch.

Wondered how the wind was down there. Got blowing pretty good up this way, and was cold.
I framed my house in the winter, so I understand working in the cold wind.

 

[East30]

Dude, you're my hero. I started working my way through this thread about a week ago. Reading through the thread I can see the progress you're making. If it were me, I'd sure be looking forward to that first bourbon pour on the porch in the future. I do have a question, and I may have missed it, sorry if I did... Where does the name Break Heart Orchard come from?

One thought as I was watching is the expanding foam on the sill. I would imagine you are working against a lot of expanding force once it is applied to your sill plate. I also imagine the space between the sill and the SIP insulation is minimal, if not almost non-existent. Would a single bead run down the middle of the sill, and then skimmed against the sill plate, with a piece of scrap wood be sufficient? I think it would continue to expand enough, but not too much. Just a thought.

Thanks for the thread. I'm in the process of planning my retirement home right now, and I've already gathered valuable information from you. Take care. - Dan

 

[hawkeye08]

My wife and I did our SIP house, except we had help on roof panels (our roof is SIP and we were only getting 1 panel up each night, so brothers and BIL came and we went from 13 panels to about 32 in one weekend). We were able to finish the last ones then and get going on the roofing. It is hard work, both from "I have never done this before" to "if we had a couple more guys" it would be easier. We were living onsite in a 1952 trailer and living the dream.. I was working full time and traveling some, wife really stepped up and took care of 3 young kids and kept things going.. she purchased most of the lumber and siding and roofing and windows..

Point being, you can do it. Stay safe.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Dude, you're my hero. I started working my way through this thread about a week ago. Reading through the thread I can see the progress you're making. If it were me, I'd sure be looking forward to that first bourbon pour on the porch in the future. I do have a question, and I may have missed it, sorry if I did... Where does the name Break Heart Orchard come from?

One thought as I was watching is the expanding foam on the sill. I would imagine you are working against a lot of expanding force once it is applied to your sill plate. I also imagine the space between the sill and the SIP insulation is minimal, if not almost non-existent. Would a single bead run down the middle of the sill, and then skimmed against the sill plate, with a piece of scrap wood be sufficient? I think it would continue to expand enough, but not too much. Just a thought.

Thanks for the thread. I'm in the process of planning my retirement home right now, and I've already gathered valuable information from you. Take care. - Dan

Dan,
When we bought the land, it was all mixed hardwood forest. 54 acres with a pond in the middle. We had about 25 acres logged and started clearing land to put in apples. The first 5 acres, i cleared myself by pushing down the trees with the excavator and dragging them out. It was a muddy mess when we planted our first 400 apple trees in spring 2016. And another 91 the next year.
Break Heart Orchard is the name of our orchard and planned Cidery. Nothing happens as fast as I want, but if you keep pushing, it happens.
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching the videos.

I should probably put together a video explaining the origin of the name

David