The fireplace was put to use warming the house while we work.
Jenny applys three coats of linseed oil mixed 50/50 with paint thinner. It really brings out the redish color of the lintels and beams.
This is a view of the house from across the Gulch.
This is a view of the house from Horse Gulch Road .
The entry portal is complete and ready for a copper flashing detail around the top edge. The front door is from Santa Fe Doors and is a 10 panel knotty alder with a distressed finish. They did a very nice job on all the doors. They are perfect for the house.
The drywall is installed and ready for earth plaster prep. This view is from the kitchen looking through the dining room and into the great room.
The great room fireplace exterior frame is in place and covered with expanded metal lath ready for a coat of fiber filled cement.
Drywall goes on the framed walls
Our drywall crew showed up after the plumbing and framing inspection. There aren't a lot of framed walls in the house so this work went fairly quickly. The garage recieved a traditional drywall process including a texture. The rest of the house received only a tape coat since these walls will be covered with an earth plaster. This is the first time we can see what the rooms are like and how much natural light they receive. I really did not like the drywall process. It generates a lot of scrap that is not recyclable. We took three loads of scrap drywall to the landfill with John's trailer.
The stone masons move to the outside work
The interior stone work is complete and the stone masons moved to the outside of the house to do the door threshholds, window sills, and portals.
Treating the exterior wood
Jenny has been painting all the exterior timbers, posts, and vigas with three coats of linseed oil mixed 50/50 with paint thinner. This treatment has really brought out the color of the rough sawn timbers.
The fireplace exterior takes shape
I have been working on creating the shape of the two fireplaces using 1/2 inch electrical conduit and expanded metal lath. I made CAD models of the fireplace shape and used these to generate a template for bending the conduit to shape. The vertical pieces were fastened to a welded top and bottom plate and the horizontal pieces were fastened to the walls. The verticals and horizontals were attached to each other with tie wire and then a layer of expanded metal lath was attached to this structure. I will cover the metal lath with a thick coat of cement with vermiculite and glass fiber filler. the whole structure will then be covered with earth plaster.
It has been a crazy couple weeks with so many crews on site. We will have the stucco crew on site starting next week.
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