| 21.
We used ropes and rebar to keep us steady while we screwed
down the roof. |
22.
Gables and eaves are filled in. The house all lathed
and ready for inspection. |
23.
This is what the interior looked like with gravel floor,
framed interior walls and spiral staircase. |
24. The
porch is on--largely built by a carpenter - Thanks,
Randy! |
25. Thanksgiving
dinner with my Mom and Dad in the semi-completed house. |
| 26.
My father helped plaster one wall by the sunroom over
Thanksgiving. Then, came the plaster party . . .
|
27.
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble -a dash of lizard
gizzards and a whole lot of chopped straw . . .
|
28.
The mud slip is applied with our "Mud Master 2000". otherwise
known as a stucco hopper. |
29.
Mud
can then be applied with the mudball toss method, wood
float or bare hands . . .
|
30.
. . . . then smoothed with a barely visible metal trowel.
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