things are moving really fast now, which, given how much of a random walk building projects seem to be, will likely mean they’ll slow down even faster in the near future. but hey, one can only keep one’s fingers crossed and hope, right? i spent today moving a whole bunch of really large rocks into the ditch next to the garage.
my objective was to fill the gap, but keep the rock surface as low as possible, so we can hopefully avoid incidental damage to vehicles in the future. i think it turned out very well considering the technical nature of this operation, but i’ll have to fill a few smaller gaps going forward. the poor little excavator was definitely working hard today; some of those boulders were again very close to the limit of what it can do, but luckily i could mostly guide them down hill.
inside the house things are also moving quickly; hardly surprising, given these plaster sheets are up to six meters long. but it is very exciting to see the rooms really take shape now. we are paying close attention to the installation of the insulation; the walls (where we use insulation material) are covered using r2.5 material, while the ceiling insulation is r6 where the roof is raked (like there in the photo above), and r7 everywhere else. the hemp walls have an even higher r rating.
that’s the equivalent of a tasmanian tuxedo for our house. it works, too: there is a significant and quite noticeable difference in climate between the outside and the inside of the house. the house seems to hold the same temperature, independent of what is going on outside, and no noise gets in the house, which we will appreciate the first time a storm passes through.
it starting to look and feel like a home. very exciting.