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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 :)

March 2, 2009

Box Wired for Generator

Forgot to mention a few weeks ago that the husband got the box wired which will be used for back-up power. We suffered through the worst ice storm we had ever known in January of 2007 and some folks near us were without power for weeks. Before we broke ground on this house we decided to wire it up for emergency power using a separate box and romex going to various receptacles throughout the house. Now what we've basically done is put three receptacles in the kitchen, one next to the bar, one in the master bedroom, two in the living room, and one in the pantry (for refrigerator to be plugged into). The generator will be set on the east side of our home and when we get the frame built for it I will post a pic. Seemed like a pain at the time stringing the romex for that separate box but during the next power outage we'll be glad we took the extra time to do it right. We have a wood burning stove for heat which will keep us warm and cozy during any outage. Losing lights during a power outage was never really an issue with us because we have oil burning lanterns that we've used in the past when we've had to, but there was always that worry over the fridge not being on and us ending up losing everything in it.
This ought to fix that :) As you can see in the photo, we have yet to trim off that spray foam insulation.
The other pics are of our latest ice storm which took place January of this year.
The trees were really bent over and the birds sunflower seed habit just about put us in the poor house.

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