The trusses showed up bright and early this morning. The boom truck guy and I set the two bundles of trusses on the walls in about 20...

Some 400' of cedar fencing encloses our back yard on three sides. The fence boards have weathered to a nice silvery gray, but the fence...

The weather in Bear Valley is governed by systems spinning off of the Bering Sea and western Prince William Sound. We are known to the...

I finished up the windows with enough daylight to get a walk in. I headed uphill to find the local moose. Here in Bear Valley, August is...

I placed the order for the trusses, but will have to wait a couple weeks for delivery. I turned my attention instead to the remaining...

I built this wall jack using a boat winch from Lowes, two large gate hinges, a couple carabiners, a steel block, a couple eye bolts, and...

Concrete Volume Yesterday we poured the ICF block foundation (26' x 26' x 8'), which consists of three different wall thicknesses and...