The last house I will build! (Project)

[Meerkat]

I like what you've got done so far. I also like that you are putting on a metal roof, we did that after adding on to our home. The guy that made our roofing brought his machine to our driveway and made all the rib-lock roofing on site, the South face pieces were just over 33 feet long. A metal roof is one of the best things I've done after seeing 3 tab roofing loose all the mineral covering in less than 15 years.

Only drawback is our south side has faded and our north side is still like new. Ours is just 13 years old. Time fro a paint job but it ain't gonna get it anytime soon, probably not in our lifetime anyway.

 

[gumpy]

Same here. When it's completely finished, bar something catastrophic, it's maintenance free for the rest of my life. Then I can just piddle around with making furniture and stuff!

 

[goshengirl]

Praying for a speedy recovery for Mrs. Gumpy!

 

[gumpy]

Praying for a speedy recovery for Mrs. Gumpy!

 

[gumpy]

Built the inside walls today and aligned all the exterior walls.

My rustic commode!

Another view of the interior walls on one end.
Don't know how much I'll get done tomorrow. The nurse's forgot to put a halter heart monitor on my wife before we left the hospital last night so we have a 4hr round trip drive to Jackson to get that done.

 

[ssonb]

There's the stump! there's the stump!

 

[phideaux]

Gotta sit somewheres....

stump for the rump of the Gump...



Jim

 

[gumpy]

There's the stump! there's the stump!

Haha! Different stump. This one is hollow! I need to get my chainsaw out and tru it up.

 

[phideaux]

Hey Gumpy,
You know , you can just cut a hole in the floor, shove that stump in the hole....like a cork.

You got yourself a potty.

Jim

 

[havasu]

Now, that stump is obviously a multi-purpose toilet/chair.

 

[Meerkat]

As usual it is coming on along, good job Gump! . And give this to Caralyn and a speedy recovery.

 

[ssonb]

PDX beat me to it !!! good catch feller......Now with the holler stump I think I will refrain from telling Grump after he uses it "good job"

 

[gumpy]

That's the whole idea! I've got a lid for it also!

Now, that stump is obviously a multi-purpose toilet/chair.

 

[viking]

Everything is looking great Gump, kind of reminds me of what our former West side neighbor is probably doing up in their new digs in the panhandle of Idaho as they started with bare ground.

 

[gumpy]

As usual it is coming on along, good job Gump! . And give this to Caralyn and a speedy recovery.

Thanks @Meerkat ! Carolyn says thank you also. She's kinda bummed out cause I won't let her exert herself much. She's always been a worker!

 

[The Innkeeper]

@gumpy give her a hug for me and tell her I’m praying for her

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@gumpy hugs for Carolyn too from this end and tell her to rest up until she gets her strength back. I know how she feels I have always been a worker too and there is no way to keep a good woman down, apart from when I passed out from pneumonia after deep cleaning interior house walls and that was really down on the floor , but I missed all the furniture on the way down through.

 

[gumpy]

"But missed all the furniture on the way down")

There's a positive side to everything isn't there? That sounds like a rough time!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Looking good Gumpy.
Sorry Mrs. Gumpy has been ill.

 

[gumpy]

Before I fall asleep with the phone in my hand, in the middle of a post, let me make a short post here.
This was one of those days the work doesn't show on the house. I spent the day rabitting planks for the shiplap that's going inside the house.

 

[Owl]

Grumpy,
Are those boards kiln dried?

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Doing a great job @gumpy and how is Mrs Gumpy going since she came home ?, I hope she is feeling better .

 

[Meerkat]

Little things can mean hard work too. Glad it is comign along.

 

[gumpy]

Grumpy,
Are those boards kiln dried?

Nope. They've been air dried since November and I won't be putting them up for a couple of months yet.

Doing a great job @gumpy and how is Mrs Gumpy going since she came home ?, I hope she is feeling better .

She's not doing to good. For a couple of days she said she felt better, today she barely made it through church.

 

[Meerkat]

Nope. They've been air dried since November and I won't be putting them up for a couple of months yet.


She's not doing to good. For a couple of days she said she felt better, today she barely made it through church.

Well we pray for all here and extra when one is not feeling good. Hope Carolyn feels much better tomorrow.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@gumpy sorry to hear that we will add her to our prayer list and hope she improves gradually. Try and get her to rest up until she gets her strength back, although if she is anything like me that could be a task and a half .

 

[Owl]

Hope she is feeling better. I am sure she has quite a prayer circle around her.

 

[The Innkeeper]

Before I fall asleep with the phone in my hand, in the middle of a post, let me make a short post here.
This was one of those days the work doesn't show on the house. I spent the day rabitting planks for the shiplap that's going inside the house.
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you would think that since they are rabbiting it would happen faster *groan, but I couldn’t resist)

 

[phideaux]

you would think that since they are rabbiting it would happen faster *groan, but I couldn’t resist)

Jim

 

[gumpy]

I had to groan after that post too! I wish I had an emoji with an ear of corn in it!