Well, another day with little school ( our Teacher called in sick today, and was a pall bearer at a funeral yesterday) so a good time to get started doing stuff.
We went up on the weekend and marked out the footprint of the house 34 feet 8 inches by 50 feet 8 inches.
This is Gemma taking over here, Jerry got distracted.
The photos are of Branwen II our Dodge on the drive..the fire pit that Jerry prepared today, and lastly: the West corner front to East corner front.. the South facing front of the house.
Jerry said he was working in his t-shirt today, or rather sitting drinking a beer in the sunshine, and there was no wind at all. Whereas I as told it was nice out, went out and the wind was really cold, so I thought I've been out and seen the sun - nice, and went back in. What Jerry found at the site was an 'Important Notice' from Nova Scotia Power saying we had to let them know the new details, otherwise they would disconnect in 5 days.
It was fairly quiet at work, so I worked on the house plan, and made some changes to the interior layout, so at least I was getting paid for it. I researched baths and fittings
We took delivery of another bit of kit today that Jerry had ordered - A Charge Controller that has an additional display that indicates how much charge is held in the batteries, we already have the Inverter. Today we saw there are hot water solar panels for sale in the 'Maritime Merchant', so we need to investigate that.
The other thing I have done today is called a Tax Consultant who deals with completing your tax return. Since this is our first year in Canada, so we have yet another tax system to familiarize ourselves with. So we have an appointment with him on Thursday evening - he lives just up the road from us, but I briefly discussed our situation with him, to ensure we take all the necessary paper work with us.
And finally, Jerry is getting a price for the footings, frost wall and foundation slab, so we can get things moving.
Jerry back again. The reason for the strange house dimensions are due to building the walls from concrete blocks, which are 8 inches by 8 inches by 16 inches, so we have to make sure there is a minimum of smaller blocks.
Had a quote for $5700 for the slab (without HST) so I'm looking at doing things in stages. Will speak to excavator company tomorrow to get someone up to site to quote for the trenches. It's possibel bedrock is just below the surface, so excavation will be minimal. I'll take further figures from that point.
I have also ordered a Bread oven door (in cast iron) and a book on how to build a masonry bread oven, so that's another project on the list of things to do.
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