You Know You're Building In Hillbilly Country If...

1: The fire department won’t come fill your septic tank but the local milkman will
2: The construction workers are all missing teeth
3: First thing Monday morning means after the weekend hangover has worn off
4: One of the crew disappears and they find him 15 minutes later napping in his truck
5: A screen is put in place with duct tape
6: California corners are standard building procedures
7: The dog comes along for a day and his owner expects him to get paid
8: Instead of a plumb line, they use string and a bullet
9: You didn’t want to change your address so you took it with you
10: The only way to build a house fast is to have it brought in on wheels
11: The names of all the sub-contractor companies start with the words Redneck or Hillbilly

12: You can’t send the crew to the local bar & grill for lunch because they wouldn’t make it back
13: They use a 1 gallon paint bucket to test your water pressure
14: The only day everyone shows up is payday

Insulation and Other Things

Hello, hello again! Yes, we've been working on the house. We haven't abandoned it yet! :) These last couple of weeks we've had a flurry of activity, mostly for other people.

Digging the geothermal lines

How does our house stay up with these two around?
Mmm, lovely, Daddy.

View of the rafters

Yes, I actually do work.

Insulation time!

Like his "warpaint"?

The insulation came squished into packages about two feet wide and when they were opened, it expanded a lot. Mom found this fascinating.

It's snowing!! No, not yet. This is just blowing insulation in the outside walls and downstairs.

And our back deck (in its rough stage...)

Hello again! Sorry it's been so long since the last post! Here's what's been going on...

Septic lines have been laid

Wells have been dug for water and geothermal systems

We wrestled the "King-Kong" of electrical wires into place

We had some friends come help us out. I got brownie points for working all day with Andrew!

Josh and Sam doing...something

Luke nailing wire in a tight spotA lesson in electrical

And our septic tank.

Right now, the house is almost completely wired, has all of the plumbing and most of the heating/air systems in, and the septic system is finished. Next is hooking up the electric, plumbing, and everything else. I'll try to do better in keeping this updated! :)