House project 2017-2020

My biggest project.

My tiny house form 1956. Fully windy and cold in wintertime. I knew part were rotten, and had done its time.
The house got so cold in the winter I just had to do something about it, money or no money. As a single mum it was hard spended money. 

I bougt it in 1991 and the first ting I had to do was drain the ground, and make the basement watertight.
Meanwhile wating for the big money to come in, I did a lot of work inside the house. Everything was old, non function and out of date. All electricity has been changed, kitchen stripped out, new windows and so on.

Upstart 2017

This is how it looked summer 2017 right before the carpenting on the outside started. 

Luckily I have a brother that can do all the things I can`t do. I am the maker of dreams, he can realise my dreams. Often I come up with an idea, and he says no it is not doable. But if you change this and that, you can do it. Then I go back to my thinking box and do some adjustments of my idea. Present it for my brother again, and we agree how to do things. So this is how the restauration of the house is done.
The supply of wood and other things have landed

Starting to strip off the old panel and isolation all the way into the inner wall. There were once bigger windows at the attic. 

 Found a window that still had the glass intact. My brother had chrushed it before I reached to take a photo. No wonder the house was cold

I know I have been in touch with every bit of the old panel and insulation, because I drove shuttle traffic into the dunghill. And I also know they used a lot of big nails back in the old days :)

Then there is the work with putting up new insulation, wood panel and so on

A summer with hard work, and also barbeque when the weather allowed it.

My broher buildt, and I threw away the old dirt. And I also painted when done at work and after he was finished carpenting. So I followed him around the house .. hihi-hi...

 My brother in action. I have watch him working, he is very strict and a really petimeter measuring angles heights and so on,  whilst I`m not, ha-ha....

Starting to look like a house again.

The best of all is next to come. I spend a lot of time on the porch, and I wanted a bigger one. A place where people can come together talk and have fun. 

One half with roof, and the other half without roof.

Had a little helper that climbed up, but it was some scary to go down again :) 

Putting on the roof  on the porch.

Done for 2017.

2018 was a resting year.

And then we started again in 2019. 

This time it was heightening the house 1 meter for to get fully use of the attic, and also make a new roof. I ordered the material late in may and thought I would get it late in june earlu july. Nope... it did not go that way. I got it in the midth of agust :(

And when we vere going to start on this project i was ordered to go to scool for 6 weeks!!! No, no NOO....this was not in my plans.  So I had to get a stand in to my brother, he can not work alone. Lucily, whilst driving off to the school I made to get hold of a guy that could help my brother.

Meantime the stones was stripped off  the roof.

This summer the weather was not so good... that is a statement, when roofworking is to be  done, it is going to rain. Maybe I was lucky after all whilst on school? Hard work and afaid of heights!! Thats me. During the six weeks away I was home for 1 week. and the two had done a lot. Really good guys working.

This is me after 3 weeks away. And the roof is starting to get higher.

Because of the weather, the new roof was buildt at the top of the old roof. And during winter 2019/20 I am going to take away the old roof. So I can start renovate and begin to use the attick. I am longing for to get my very own hobbyroom, a really big one. Painting, knitting have a glass of wine and so on...

This is some of the roofing.Theese boards are rotten, but this was not the worst. Some places I could crumble the boards with my fingers, no hold at all. Actually the roof could have fallen down and collapsed. And then there was the guys working on the roof, who could have fallen through. Lucily none of this happend. 

After another 3 weeks I came home to this:

Here they are tidying up for the winter.

New roof and new entrance, yay!!! I love it.

The new entrance, still not finished and are in need of paint and paneling. But curtains are up for Christmas. When this was put up, I do not have to showel so much snow avay. It is open, but most of the snow comes on the other side of the house. The most used instrument here is the broom stick.

Yay... this was the 2019 story. Quite an improvement and change in 2 years. I just love it. 

A new roof is up and on. I got a new porch. And I am not afraid for to wait for the roof to fall down in my head. And visitors can now come and visit without waiting for to get attacked by ice falling from the roof at the entrance.

In 2020 there are still some work left: Som painting, putting up gutters, finish the entransce, put up a new chimeny and have a party for the kind people that har been woorking on the house during theese years.

Sadly 2 people are not with us any more, among them is my father who passed away in 2009, and another one. Thinking of them, and thanks for the work that they have done.

When all that is done, then I`m going to enjoy my new hobbyroom and also use the porch a lot without having to think of doing any work at the house for some time.

Happy New Year folks!!!I love ya`ll.

I`ll be back i 2020 for more updates.