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Originally Posted by maple flats
We did not quite double it, but added about 8 or so feet in each direction. The evaporator's actual space is designed to accommodate a larger unit if ever needed. However a larger RO would be the first step and the room can handle that.
So the dirt work is completed and we have a finished driveway, all the edges have been seeded and actually have a pretty good grass growing already. It makes it look much more finished than just dirt. Gives it some definition. Builder showed up last week and has started punching away at getting the posts up. The rain will slow him down this week, and next week he takes the week off for bird hunting in Maine. We're excited to say the least and hopeful we'll be finished by the time the season comes!Attachment 20281
Guess its times for an update after 3 months. Life gets in the way and we were a little busy everywhere. Last post was about putting up the main posts for the main building. Well we're now about to get the metal roof on. Its been one hell of a ride and we're excited about the building but it certainly has had its ups and downs. We fired our contractor cause he was dragging his feet and costing us money. Probably put us a month or two behind. We've taken over the build and are moving much faster than he was. Sucks when you realize a couple of dumb tree guys are moving faster and doing a better job than a guy with 30 years experience. We won't have concrete poured this year in our side shed, got frost in the ground and won't pour over frost. Which also means we won't have a bathroom this year.
We've got the the whole building up, roof sheathed with wide pine under and advantac plywood on top of that. Paper/tarp underlayment for the standing seam roof is on and also provides us with a dry building. Never knew how much a dry building meant! Roof guy is showing up end of this week or the beginning of next week to make it truly water tight. Will be happy when we don't have to shovel/roof rake that roof. We've got one side of the building sided and should move fairly fast on the rest. We did under the side shed first as we wanted to get our firewood stacked before our college kid went back to school. Cutting siding around every rafter slowed us down immensely. Hope to have the chimney for the wood stove in place for the roofer as well. Last minute decision but think it will be a welcome addition to the retail room.
The season is knocking at the door and hope to have a functional building for it. We should be close!
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Looks great. Lots of pressure building a new sugar house this time of the year and hoping you make it in time, but in the end it will be well worth it. You still have time to get it functional enough to boil this year.
Looks like your coming along just fine. Its to bad about the contractor dragging his feet. You appear to have moved the process along very well. You will like the addition of the wood burner keeping things warm. Keep plugging away and before you know you'll be looking at your completed building, saying, wow, We did this. That will be awesome.
We spent MLK weekend with my cousin installing almost all of our electrical work. We have lights on switches and no more temp panel! Its was an awesome and very cold weekend working with friends and family to get the whole place wired in 3 days essentially. All the outlets, lights and additional electrical work has been done except for the woodshed. Worked late into the night and got things done. So happy that we got the woodstove functional before the weekend started as it was our only source of heat. To cold even for the propane heater to work, the propane froze up and blew more cold air than it was worth. No door yet so we improvised with plywood doors and tarps to keep the wind and "some" heat in. Brought the temps up from single digits with negative windchills up to manageable temps to keep working. Roofer showed up yesterday to start in on drip edge and hope to see the roof on by the end of the week with any luck!