Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Moving forward

The electricians were on the job site again today and wrapped up 95% of the wiring. They'll be back Monday to finish. Dar is coming and we'll make sure all is good with the switches and to see me!

Today is another momentous day...I picked up our 'approved' Environmental Services permit and HAND DELIVERED it to the building inspection department to be placed in our file. A friend told us to make sure the approved permit was in our file because, if not, it could cause a delay of from 2-4 weeks before we can get our 'Certificate of Occupancy'. The 'CO' comes after all inspections and we dont want anything to delay our final approval from the building department.

I spent a good part of today installing insulation in the workshop. This is a tedious job but important non the less. There may be times when Darlene kicks me out of the cabin and I need a warm place to crash! I'll install plywood as the finished wall material next week and the workshop will be 97% done!

Tomorrow I'll finish the insulation and get material for a wall in the bedroom closet I need to frame as well as a wall in the mechanical room that has to be added before Monday. The electricians have to install our panel box on Monday but need a wall to attach it to, that's where I come in...

Looking forward to 'the boss' coming this weekend!

More coming,
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