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Cedar Ridge Farm
http://cedar-ridge-farm.blogspot.com
Building a debt free timber frame straw bale home in Kentucky. A record of this owner built project.
- Added on: Jul 8th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Darryl Pifer
- Listed in: Home and Garden Personal
- Tags: home timber frame green debt free straw bale owner build
Recent Posts
Grading around the perimeter
Yesterday I was able to finishing plastering the surface bonding cement on the blocks around the house. So, this morning I began grading the dirt around the house. My objectives were to push at least some of the dirt up to the walls and to level off ...
More work on the crawlspace wall
I didn’t realize it has been over a month since I posted an update. I wish I had completed a lot more work on the house since the last post than I actually have. It’s summer time which is busy with many different projects. I’ve endeavored to wo...
The block-work continues
It’s been hot and humid the last few days. Yesterday’s temperature was somewhere around 93 degrees, or so I was told. I don’t have a thermometer with which to measure the temperature. I do know that it was hot while I worked ...
Blocking in the crawl space
We’ve had plenty of rain so far this year. The garden has not suffered from dryness. In between rain showers and storms and all the other work there is to be done around here, I have continued to work on the house. I laid out blocks on the footer l...
Perimeter footer
With enough rain-free weather, I was able to complete the forms for the perimeter footer on Tuesday of last week. There are four levels for the footer because of the slope of the house site. I didn’t want to excavate the trench for the footer the s...
Perimeter wall footer forms started
I set out this morning to get the concrete forms for the footer that will support the perimeter block wall completed today. The first task was to get the bottom of the trench leveled off at the right depth. Because the house is on a slope, I’m not ...
