Our friends, Joe Radoslovich, Robert Wisdom and Mike U. came up to The Drunken Bear for a work weekend and we were happy to have them! Joe and Mike tackled the tedious and back breaking job of installing the soffit on the south side of the cabin. Robert was busy with a paint brush painting the east side door and all the cedar window trim boards. Steve was working on the plumbing, getting ready for the plumbing inspection. By the time I got off work and drove to The Drunken Bear on Saturday, all the help had returned to the city and Steve and I proceeded to work more on the plumbing. We also tackled cleaning up the property a little more...cutting back the ferns, collecting all the fallen branches from winter, weeding, etc.
The dutch door Robert painted showing the color
that will also be used on the window and door trim.
(These two pictures were taken while raining...hence the spots.)
The soffit on the south side of the cabin that Mike U. and Joe
worked on, and that Steve and his son-in-law,
Rick, would finish.
worked on, and that Steve and his son-in-law,
Rick, would finish.
On Thursday, May 19th, we had an appointment to have the rough plumbing inspection. When the inspector showed up we were all excited about getting through this step of the building process. Unfortunately, we found we had to make a few adjustments. We had a 1 and 1/2 inch pipe on the drain in the kitchen and we found out it needed a 2 inch drain. We also were told we had to redirect a couple of connections. And finally, unbeknownst to us, we had to have the pipes for the propane installed as part of the plumbing inspection. The inspector was really nice and told us we (mainly Steve) had done a good job and just needed to make those few adjustments. So, it was off to the big box hardware stores to pick up the needed material.
I was once again out of town over the Memorial Day Weekend. Steve's daughter, Heidi and her husband, Rick and their two kids joined Steve at the cabin this weekend. Rick helped Steve finish doing the work on the soffit on the south side of the cabin and it looks very nice.
In June we started coming up to the property on my day off during the week and Sunday, my other day off. It is hard to get much done when you are only up there for a portion of a day, but we made the most of it. Steve worked on the plumbing, making cuts and gluing pieces together to make the needed adjustments from the inspection. We both worked on installing the pipes for the propane. I also put the covers on all the electrical boxes throughout the cabin.
We put the last of the soffits up on the west side of the cabin. Of course, nothing goes completely as planned. I had made mention in an earlier post that we had bought the hemlock soffit material from a lumber yard where someone had requested it and then did not want it. We thought we had enough of the material to finish all of our soffits, but we fell somewhat short. Luckily, our friend Mike U. had some extra soffit material in his basement and offered it to us. It wasn't the same type of wood, but with a stain on it, the difference is barely noticeable.
We also put the 1"x3"cedar window trim Robert had painted around the windows until we ran out of that material. We both like the look of the trim, especially against the stain on the cabin. We still need to get more of the trim to finish this project...only 3 more windows and the 2 doors need the trim.
The next task we started was spraying a foam insulation around the windows and the doors on the inside. After the foam expanded and hardened we then had to cut the extra foam off to make room for the trim that will be applied at a later date.
As for the follow-up plumbing inspection, it was quickly approaching. We were having one continual problem. There was a pin hole leak in the stack pipe. The pipe was in a very difficult area to reach. Steve tried everything to stop the leak. We would think it was finally fixed, but when we would do the pressure test, that little pin hole would still drip. Finally, with the last bit of glue, the leaking ceased. When the inspector came, we were on pins and needles hoping that this time we would pass...and that we did...hooray!
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