On Monday, I drove down and was able to drive up to the building site. I put the T-11 siding on the deck and covered it with a tarp. This siding will be installed on the next trip.
After that, I laid out the closet and stairs wall. It seems that, in spite of our measuring and cutting, the west wall is 3/4″ lower than the door wall. That is not a lot, but when we put up the rim joists, this may cause a problem. So, after thinking about it, I made the stairs wall so that the north end is the same height as the west exterior wall and the south end is the height of the door wall. We may have to shim several floor joists to compensate for this.
I was surprised to find that the spring has not dried up, and the tank was full and overflowing. When I turned the valve on at the tank, and walked along the pipe, I found where water was spurting into the air. This was about 50′ feet from the outhouse. I think that I turned the water on earlier this year than usual and there must have been a hard freeze.
So, on Monday evening, I purchased a 10′ section of pipe and couplings. I also got 33 2″ x “4 x 8′ studs.
I cut out a two foot section of pipe and spliced in the replacement. I turned the water back on on Tuesday evening and walked the pipe line again. I found no leaks, although, I could easily miss any small leaks.
On Tuesday, I cut grape vines. I thought I was ready to call for the inspection, but I found more vines will need cutting.
On Wednesday, I put up the stairs wall, changed the oil in the generator, and cleaned up the building site a bit. I was not able to nail everything as I need another set of hands, or some clamps or something to pull things together.
At this point, the generator needed gas, I had read all the books I brought, rain was indicated, so I came home.