the official DMF Pictures Of My Neighbourhood thread

[red baron]

That lil fukker still gives me the creeps.

[triangleforge]

Every couple of months, my neighbor Tom has something new & interesting parked out front....


2017-02-10_12-47-22 by triangleforge, on Flickr

[kopfjäger]

Packard ?

[triangleforge]

I think so; I haven't had a chance to ask him yet, and it's now in the garage with his other toys.

[ungeheuer]

[ungeheuer]

[koko64]

I have fond memories of that lake.

[triangleforge]

Not yet my neighborhood, but it gets closer with each weekend of work...  

The main outline of the post & beam frame of the main, straw bale house at Lucky Dragons is up and we can finally see what it's going to look like against the sky - man, that North wall is tall! Guess we should be thinking of adding a loft to take advantage of it.

20170310_165409 by triangleforge, on Flickr

20170310_165505 by triangleforge, on Flickr

Once the roof is on & the inside is somewhat protected from the elements, we can start stacking bales. Lots of bales.

In the meantime, here's how far we've gotten in a weekend's work on the solar equipment shed - framing & sheathing on the walls, and a couple of rafters up on the roof.

2017-03-14_12-10-58 by triangleforge, on Flickr

[triangleforge]

A couple more shots from this weekend:

Code Inspector Fluffy on the job:

[/url]2017-04-24_09-23-14 by triangleforge, on Flickr[/img]

North wall interior:

[/url]2017-04-24_09-24-12 by triangleforge, on Flickr[/img]

[NAKID]

A couple more shots from this weekend:

Code Inspector Fluffy on the job:

[/url]2017-04-24_09-23-14 by triangleforge, on Flickr[/img]

North wall interior:

[/url]2017-04-24_09-24-12 by triangleforge, on Flickr[/img]

FIFY

Looking good!

[MendoDave]

What's the cost estimate to do that project?

[MendoDave]

Down at the Park.

[triangleforge]

What's the cost estimate to do that project?

We're trying to do as much of the work as we can ourselves and using recycled/reclaimed/stolen materials* to keep costs down, with a budget a somewhere north of $45K, and so far in good shape to stay relatively close to that target. The big ticket items will be the timber framing (which we hired) and solar system (which we purchased). Mistakes made along the way go into the "education" item in the budget, and that one may go a bit over. 

*No items were stolen in the making of this straw bale house, certainly not anything anybody's going to miss...

[triangleforge]

Jeez, it's been too long. Here's my neighborhood (the nearest full-time "neighbor" is about 2 miles away), complete with a completed, final-inspected, bureaucracy-approved strawbale house that's warm and cozy, even when it's 0 outside and we don't want to bother to light the wood stove:

IMG_20190211_100800087 by triangleforge, on Flickr

My lovely wife, stacking straw last summer on that tall north wall:

unnamed by triangleforge, on Flickr

A whole lot has happened since I last darkened the door around here, but it feels good to be back.

[ducpainter]

Nice to 'see' you.