SOME LIKE IT HOT

Have you ever seen a 'furnace' like the one hanging on the wall of the utility room? I am absolutely astonished that anything so small is reputed to be a state of the art propane furnace. There have been many more pipes and valves put in place since this picture was taken last week. I think that I will be needing a serious tutorial to understand how it all works.


And here we have our Rumford fireplace complete with andirons. We were concerned that the black cast iron andirons either wouldn't fit or wouldn't be appropriate for this fireplace. We both think that they will be perfect. I wish we had some history about them. We do know that they came from Syd's family's house in Annandale, NY but where they came from before then remains a mystery. For all anyone knows they may have been in the house when they moved there.

You can sort of tell that some bit of insulation work has been done. They have been working here off and on for the last week. They were apparently held up today due to bad roads and didn't arrive until early afternoon.

Indian Summer

A glorious Indian Summer day! It started on the cold side but didn't take long for the sun to warm everything right up

The roofers were here at O dark hundred and will be finished by mid afternoon.

Today is the start of Deer Season here in Vermont. I don't imagine that the hunters are all that happy with the warm temps.

I took a not so great pic of the horses enjoying a bit of warm November sunshine early this morning.

Syd brought out the tractor to back drag the barnyard. In preparation I dug out the manure that was packed up against the exterior barn door and wall. Yuck !

Cicero and I went up to the Handsome Hound in Bennington to get dog food and when we arrived back home the barnyard was cleared and the roofers were nearly finished.

Through the Roof!

Yesterday was a very eventful day her on upper Tubs Rd. The roofers (Wooliver) showed up bright and early and within a couple of hours had the garage and interstices covered with asphalt shingles. Next came the boom truck from RK Miles to lift the 'faux' chimney and lower it into place on the west end of the roof. Mike and Dave are in the pics guiding the chimney and then securing it in place.. Unfortunately the photos are in the wrong order and I don't seem to be capable of moving the. arrrgh

An early November day

T'was a mighty frosty morning here on upper Tubs. I checked the thermometer when I arose and it was only 24F. Had some coffee and headed out to the barn to feed the 'hay burners'. They are always eager to see me on a cold morning, a form of flattery, I expect. I've been including some joint supplements in Nibbies and Talisman's feed. They are both a bit on the stiff side and I can only assume that age plays it's part.

Jeremy was here this morning and we looked at some floor samples that he dropped off for us. I think that we have settled on pine for the second floor but the first floor remains undecided. The roofers are due here next week !! The propane tank has arrived at H A George and I gather that the master plan is to get all the trenching and tank burial stuff done next week. Hope the weather cooperates.

Mike and Trevor put up quite a bit of siding on the back of the house today. The weather for tomorrow isn't looking good for outside work so I imagine they will be working in the basement.

Sunday

The painter was here most of yesterday priming doors, etc. Indeed the folks from Pella came on Friday and exchanged the six over six sashes for eight over eight sashes. Now all we need to do is get the last windows installed, the clapboards on the house and painted. And, we hope that the propane tank and generator come this week. Syd moved all our trailer out of the way so that Dale will have a open canvas on which to work.

Dave stopped by yesterday afternoon to say he would be back to work on Monday. I don't imagine he'll be here as he is on 'light duty' for several weeks.

Gloomy Friday

Not much new on the house project. The painters have been here off and on to prime doors, screen doors, etc. I'm told that Pella will be here today to bring the correct sash ( 8 over 8) for the windows in the basement room and the two in the stairwells. Mike and Trevor continue to put up siding and hope for continued good weather.

This morning I made the decision to pass on the crown moulding over the windows on the back of the house.....just too busy.

We now have 'some' of the trim painted and this is a very good thing. Not sure what the prospects are for an entirely RED house in 2010. The temps are dropping and that seems to be a minus in the paint window.