recycled storm door windows and other crap
got 3 of the windows installed into the aerie so far. Started with the east wall over my desk. Actually decided to put the desk there after the fact so really just started with the east wall north most corner.
Cut some .5 inch square strips of pine and pre-drilled them to accept screws. Then made a unit shaped like TT of 3 2×6’s cut to fit. set it into place and test fit a window pane (31×29.5) and adjusted the bottoms of the TT to the sides of the pane and screwed them to the cross 2×6 already in the wall. Affixed the top of the TT to the north east corner post and the upright support on the other side (all walls have 4 foot stud spacing, or somewhere thereabouts. This is NOT conventional construction…). Then put 4 of the .5 inch strips around the outermost edge of the inside of the opening and then put the first pane in. Another set of strips and then the inner pane and another set of strips and we have a window. Double pane at that. Stapled the plastic around on inside and out and done for now.
That was tuesday. Wednesday morn we moved my desk up here and I got to looking at the south wall. This is the one that overlooks the greenhouse metal roof. Decided on 4 on that wall.
Went to the pile and got the rest of the glass. have 10 pieces without getting into the other storm doors so can do 5 more windows. After much thinking and trying got two of them done. they lean in a bit at the top and that alone makes them look funky. Course then there is the paneling that I am using which is 2×6’s in whatever length works so…
Got the other 2 started and dark came on so halted for the evening. Place took the rain without a problem. Guess I finally got the ditching right.
Sitting here this am and started getting cold. The walls are still plastic and there is no insulation anywhere so this is understandable but still uncomfortable. So I got to thinking about the way that teepees are insulated with hanging inner walls of about any kind of cloth and decided to try it in here. One of the Coleman sleeping bags was in a pile in the corner so went down and got a 8 ft length of bamboo from the greenhouse/workshop and some cord, then raided the kitchen stash of clothes pins and with a couple of 3 inch sheet rock screws hung it from floor to where it reached with the top edge folded over and pined to the lining which is about 6 feet. Just right for killing the heat loss from the walls! Now to find the other 3 and hang them around the rest of the coldest areas. Going to get a load of blueboard, to cover the outside of the walls, soon but this will save some firewood till then.
Themocracy
Sounds neat! GOTTA get over there soon. I like the tepee insulation idea–using what is laying around (literally) to insulate while you are waiting to get the permanent stuff in. If it’s in there, why not put it to use? I have seen it a little from the road, on the way by, going to have to make some time and see it close up. Soon…..