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Construction |
ManyTracks' House and
Home by Sue Robishaw and Steve Schmeck
Building Our Underground House |
ManyTracks Home |
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We traveled north to our
new land in March of 1977, skied down through the woods, in three feet of
crusty wet snow that would suddenly give way in a large circle leaving us to
figure out how to get out. We laughed a lot. We found our spot, a small hill
in a small clearing in the woods. This is where we would build our house. We
went back to the city -- worked, planned, packed, dreamed, left our jobs,
made our move -- May 5, 1978. The black flies were early that year, thick
and voracious, so were the mosquitoes.
The first dirt was dug that spring. We lived in head nets. A visiting friend swore to come back only in winter (which he did). It was hot and sunny. What a year. We worked hard and were as fit as we'd ever been. It was a great start. We planned to be in the house by fall. We did move into the house in the fall -- of 1985. But the foundation was completed in that first summer of 1978. Most of the building was done in 1984 and 1985. We did a bit of work in between; took time off to earn money; did more work; built our homestead. What an adventure it was. It still is. Below is a photo odyssey of the building of our house.
FOUNDATION
POST AND BEAM TIMBER FRAME
ROOF and FINISHING
We moved in October 1985
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