More Windows In & a Little Painting

Three more windows in last weekend. It's really coming together now. We are getting more excited each weekend!
We met with the electrician and Johnny Murphy from GreenHome Solar. We have decided to go with a small boiler system & radiant floor heat. We need to have some kind of heat source while we are away so the pipes don't freeze. This involves getting a propane tank but our useage should be minimal when we live there. The woodstove will be used most of the time. Eventually, we'd like to get more hot water solar panels to run the radiant floor heat.While Steve worked on the windows, I painted trim around the front door
and did some gardening.
Next week the plumber is coming to do the rough in for the kitchen sink, the electrician will be here to finish the electrical in our new living area, the propane company will be setting the tank & Johnny will met with us about the radiant heat.
Lots going on, but it is exciting!

Improving the Back Side

Oh, you thought I meant that back side :-).
This is what the back side of the barn looked like when we closed on the property. There was an additional structure connected to this "porch" that was used as a spray area for their furniture business. They sold that to another Amish family & it wasn't part of the deal. The structure was on the cement blocks.

We used it as a loading dock of sorts at first.

It wasn't in our plans to keep it, so off it went.

The landscaping was done next. A new driveway was put in & everything leveled off.

Steve put in the new front door.

Then the windows (bathroom & bedroom) , Tyvek & insulation next. Then replacing the siding. We re-used some from a pile left
over when they built the barn & bought some additional from
Eli that he had in his barn.This was the noisiest part of the project.
Cutting steel siding is not something you want to do every day!

The finished product. The other doors are to, at the far left,

our current living area & the middle one is the shop area.