It's warm inside...at least for now.This

This weekend we spent trying to get heat temporarily in the house. It is tough to want to go out there and work when it is so cold!!! We got the pellet stove from Chris' dad and it may end up being what we use to run the radiant floor heat. Cost wise right now we just have to pay for the pellets and the electric and it is a warm 70 degrees.

The stove is sitting in the downstairs bathroom right now because we could vent it out that side without messing up the siding. We are building an outside room on the other side of this wall to put the boiler and equipment in it. The thought was that if we did use wood to heat the water then we would not have to haul the wood through the house.

Chris had to manufacture a duct to put on the top of the stove to help blow the air. This was made from some metal ducts that we already had in storage. We have been hauling them around for years!

This is what it ended up looking like when Chris was done. It did not take long at all to heat up the house!

The plumbing for the upstairs on the North side is done.

The upstairs bathroom is stubbed in. The vent still has to be ran though.

We didn't seem to get a whole lot done this weekend but with the help of heat things should go a bit quicker. If nothing else it will be nicer to work in a warm area when it is so cold outside.

Little bit of progress

We have been working on the little things around the house and the property. We have had to spend some of our weekends getting ready for colder weather. We have animals that needed to have a safe place to survive the Winter and food for them too. Now that the colder weather has hit we are trying to work on the house again. Chris was able to get the living room barn wood installed and the tin on the ceiling in that room. 

The barn wood on the front wall

The huge commercial refrigerator that we were able to buy at an online auction. It is a 30 cubic foot fridge with the compressor on the top. Manufacture suggested price was around $7000 but we bought it for $1550/ It had never been used and still has the plastic on it.

The living room.

The top of the fold down table. Chris and Hunter decided to torch the top of it to bring out the grain pattern and then sealed it.

We did manage to have a surprise birthday party for Chris' mom. We found out that over 50 people will fit in the living room and kitchen (without furniture anyway). We had tables set up to eat at and chairs to sit at. It was a ton of fun and the first real party in our house.

This is the back porch. The framing for the ramp was just being done in this picture but the ramp is complete now.

What the paint looks like on the back of the house.
We have been working on the interior plumbing of the house lately. It is tough to work on it during the week. Chris took a new position at work ( hoping he would have more time and be able to relax a bit) but he is still working 10 plus hours a day. At least he is home on weekends!