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I will be documenting the construction of our pole barn home. We decided to build because we had been in the same mobile home for many years. The main reason I started this blog was to help others. When we first started out, we looked for information to help "Do It Yourself" people such as us but didn't find much on the web. With the exception of the concrete foundation work and enclosing the structure, we are doing all the work ourselves. But we have been blessed with family members and friends who have helped us a great deal. We broke ground in July 2006 and we moved in October 2007. If you want to read more about the details of our plans, click here.
Think of this site as a diary of DIY home construction.


Update January 2009:
Hi friends, I had made my blog private for some time but have decided to open it back up again. I was way too busy with other things. I am happy to report we have moved in but still have much to do to complete things. There is still trim to put up, some grouting to do, a few more floors to finish but more on this later. I am in the process of redoing this blog and just wanted to thank everyone for visiting :)

April 27, 2007

Wood Stove

Don't know if I mentioned it already, but we are going to be putting in a wood stove insert. I thinkit is a "papa bear" by fisher and a family member is giving it to us. It looks just like this one. I was glad we didn't have to go out and buy one. Now hubby will be welding on legs to this insert before we install it.
I'm going to put 2 or 3 coats of high heat paint on the stove before we get it moved into the house and set up. We have to build a frame to make the stove pipe fit flush against the ceiling. The pitch of the roof has created some problems. Well, hubby started last night building this frame but then switched over to doing more sheet rock. Last night for the most part, they hung rock in the master bedroom closet. Our son is going to start on hanging rock in his bedroom closet tonight but mom and dad are going out

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