Inside and out

Pieter's workshop is almost ready

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Jolanta is busy experimenting with tapes and compounds

The supposedly best, Straitflex, is a pain to apply, stiff and does not want to stick to the "buttered" surface. I had to use spray to glue it.
Mesh is good, flexible and self adhesive.

More difficult connection

I use this tool to make nice corners and it works well on the multiple angles in one location.

The outside of the domes is backfilled.

The road is wider; too many trucks got stuck in the curve.

Now some gravel...

...person gets tired from all that work.

Here still lots of excavating to be done later.

Finally the siding!

The wood under the house-wrap was well protected over the winter.

Nice fella, not poisonous, eats mice and birds.

new beginning

Pieter is continuing with the framing in the Big Dome

Second floor: ceiling and floor, just in case we want to make more rooms.

In the mean time perfect place to play hide & seek

Framing finished!

Radiant heating pipes in the Small Dome

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Aluminum plates to reflect the heat/cold

Installing the first sheetrock in the workshop

Nice trench for the water and electric

...from the well



and the transformer to the house

Unexpected visitor

Hello again

Yippee, Pieter is coming home!

Well, I've got the word, Pieter is coming home by the end of the month!
This means that we are continuing with the building providing that the weather cooperates. As you can see we are in the middle of the winter here.

This picture was made this morning, pretty icy.

Trenches

I have been working on the drainage system,

It is slow moving because most trenches are deep and there is not enough space for equipment,

Some places are so narrow that the gravel needed to be moved by bucket.

Now I can park the car in the garage!

Flower bud from the poplar tree,

And an open one.

The real life

Yes, it looks like the real life caught up with us. Pieter's got his marching orders from his employer and left for work.
It means I will be working alone for a while. Definitely not much fun doing it alone.
I am sorry for your anxiety, "anonymous" waiting for new pics,
as you can see there is always a rainbow over the horizon ;-))

Framing and things

OK! We have the first wall framing for the second story in the big dome

The second one

And the third

All done

Now the ceiling

Thanks to the laser everything is level

Painting the footing

Drainage

Electrical work almost finished in the small dome

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Do I see triangles here?

Progress report

Drywall upstairs in the small dome, finished

We will finish downstairs when the electrician is done

Garage door, installed

Workshop door, installed

Windows in the entrance area, installed

Big dome: working on the insulation ;-))))

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We took visiting friends Susan and Barry to see an original dome in the Native American village

Proof that the summer is near