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

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

They say it runs downhill

The old saying about water and waste...it runs downhill. Today was the start of our plumbing install. The guys from B&G Plumbing  arrived on the scene and boy did they install some pipe and making sure that whatever goes through it goes downhill.

There were a few questions and some pipe layout to discuss but all in all they had a good plan for the cabin and made good progress for day 1.

Not only were the plumbers here but also the electricians. They have a little more to do tomorrow and they're finished. I suspect the plumbers will finish tomorrow also.

The electricians are a 'neat bunch'. They are careful about cleaning up after themselves BUT the plumbers...now that's another story.

They have to drill a lot of holes and with drilled holes comes shavings. Once they're finished, I'm planning on a thorough cleaning of the floors. I'm the next 'trade' in (trim carpenter) and I like it neat and orderly. I have a bunch of stuff I can be doing but wanted to wait until the electricians and plumbers finished. Anyway, I'd be in the way with all the traffic we've had lately.

We'll get more inspections next week and then on to insulation.

I moved the pressure tank from down the hill near the well up to the cabin and into the mechanical room where it will reside. The pressure tank is filled by the well pump and kept under pressure so when we open a faucet there'll be good water pressure and flow.

That's about it for the moment. I'll be posting more of the interior as it changes.

More coming,
z

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