Clean Green Helps Us Recycle

Tim (pictured) and Dave own Clean Green Sanitation -- a local hauling company (658-8600). They have been very helpful in our waste reduction efforts. We recommend them. They help customers reduce their trash by setting up easy ways to recycle.


Clean Green has been happy to put two dumpsters on the job site and deliver all the unpainted wood to the McNeil Generating Station -- saving us money and generating electricity for the City.


Ben from Perkins Smith brings another load to the wood recycling dumpster.

The Work Continues

Dan slices up the 56 kitchen floor...many of the floor joists had been cut up by past hack plumbing jobs.

The last bit of floor...walk the plank!

Studman Noah shows how he can handle them studs.

Rebecca continues to install windows with a little help


Joy cleans out the basement sill bays so we can insulate like nobody's business!

Trying to seal up house

Rebecca proves our biodiesel SUW (sport utility wagon) can carry anything.

Rebecca sweeps off roof for K2 Roofing to do their magic -- excellent folks btw.

Chapin removes dust mask from dingy basement work to check out roof progress.

Windows and Roof

Porch roof installation by K2 Roofing of Shelburne.


Ben and Dan lay down the roofing just as it begins to snow.


Chapin installs one of the 30 windows.

Snow and Rain in our House

Ben, Ben and crew sawzall our bedroom wall down.

Opening the bedroom roof for the future dormer.

The tarps sort of kept the rain and snow out.

Ted prepares the roof rafters.

Rebecca works on the roof rafters.

Chapin rolls out the ice and water shield on the roof.

Ben puts the roof rafters into place.

All Hands On Deck

OK, so realizing that winter is fast approaching, Rebecca and I put out the call for a last minute workday this weekend. Thanks to all of our talented friends who came: Eric Sharp, Rachel Nevitt, Dan Carhart, Noah Pollock and Sarah Grimm. You all rock our world.

Sarah arrives fashionably late to help with house wrap.


Sarah and Rebecca wrapped the addition.


Rachel hears the news that she missed a rockin' dance last night.


Mr. Telemark Noah frames a new attic window.


Eric reframes an old bedroom window.


Dan cuts the sheathing.


Rachel removes the shingles from where the new dormer will be built.


Noah extracts shingles from under the tarp.

First Gable Dormer

Diego and Sirus watch over the new addition


Ben and Ben cut hole in roof for the new dormer


Joy removes slates for dormer


A view of the inside and outside


Rebecca and Ben put on the roof


Rebecca on the roof ridge

Bricks and Holes

Chapin removes a root for a concrete footing.


Rebecca's coal mining face after removing roof slates.


Rebecca, Vicki and Eric show off reclaimed bricks.


Eric picks up our used bricks for reuse.

And the Chimney Falls

Noah and Joy dismantle the precariously leaning chimney.


Santa's path.
Rebecca pauses to enjoy the lake view.


Chapin lightens the house's load.

A Month and a Half into the Project

Ben the framing master prepares to dive into a glass of water.

Rene stops by frequently to check on our progress.

Ted's skillful hands keep the project moving. Perkins Smith carpenters rock! (985-5464)

House undressed, waiting for her new clapboard outfit to arrive.

Our friend Frank helps Rebecca install the second floor joists.

Who said 84 year olds can't build houses?

Ben checks in with mission control.