Return to the Planet of Funky Foam
We showed up Saturday, after a week of above freezing weather, to find that the snow had melted at the house (except for where the plow had piled it up, though that dwindled to nothing over the weekend). We also found that a piece of the insulation from the front of the building had gotten bent out (on the top layer of foam) and allowed the piece behind it to get loose. Luckily it was sitting in one piece on the ground below.
This forced us to pull out the extension ladder and get the foam back up and the bent panel fixed. Adding another piece of strapping on the upper edge of the top layer of foam would keep it from bending again.
Once we had the ladder out and were in the mud, it made more sense (as it wasn't precipitating) to continue putting what we have termed the "funky foam" on the far side of the house from the road, which we started when Wendy came to visit one decent day back in February.
The funkiness of the foam comes from the scent of freshly cut foam combined with the joy of getting foam dust in your face and mouth, as happens from time to time when using a saw to cut the foam. We got a good portion of the foam put on that side before we decided to call it for the day (my excuse was that Wendy was getting back into the swing of things, so we needed to take it a little easy).
Sunday morning was a bit cooler, but we finished up the foam on the far side. Now, both the road side and the opposite side are foamed (though the road side needs foam on the narrow side of the door). We also started to prep the window holes so we are ready to go when the weather gets better.
At this point we decided to start cutting the window holes in the south wall, where we had initially covered everything with foam to keep the weather out. We only got 4 holes cut open by the end of the day, but it added a ton more light to the cellar and main floor.
The whole weekend was pretty muddy, but it was nice to get working again outside, even if the weather isn't quite ready yet. We are lucky we can choose our tasks based on the weather.
This forced us to pull out the extension ladder and get the foam back up and the bent panel fixed. Adding another piece of strapping on the upper edge of the top layer of foam would keep it from bending again.
Once we had the ladder out and were in the mud, it made more sense (as it wasn't precipitating) to continue putting what we have termed the "funky foam" on the far side of the house from the road, which we started when Wendy came to visit one decent day back in February.
The funkiness of the foam comes from the scent of freshly cut foam combined with the joy of getting foam dust in your face and mouth, as happens from time to time when using a saw to cut the foam. We got a good portion of the foam put on that side before we decided to call it for the day (my excuse was that Wendy was getting back into the swing of things, so we needed to take it a little easy).
Sunday morning was a bit cooler, but we finished up the foam on the far side. Now, both the road side and the opposite side are foamed (though the road side needs foam on the narrow side of the door). We also started to prep the window holes so we are ready to go when the weather gets better.
At this point we decided to start cutting the window holes in the south wall, where we had initially covered everything with foam to keep the weather out. We only got 4 holes cut open by the end of the day, but it added a ton more light to the cellar and main floor.
The whole weekend was pretty muddy, but it was nice to get working again outside, even if the weather isn't quite ready yet. We are lucky we can choose our tasks based on the weather.
posted by SKelly | 11:11 PM
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