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the next morning we started building the gables out

and started trimming out with pine

the grass was starting to growing, at this point we were 2 months into the project

We drilled out the holes in the soffit for venting

and popped in the vent covers

we installed the front door

we were weather tight finally

and set up to bend some metal

so we started wrapping the trim with metal

and finished right before it got dark

before I called it a night I laid the subfloor in our storage areas

looking down into the bathroom

the next morning we applied ice and water shield around the windows

the plumber stopped by and installed the drain for the shower

we installed a cold air return for the wood stove

and just piped it out the wall, that way when the stove is fired up it will draw cold air from the outside

we ice and watered around the sliders

and then cut out for the stove pipe

we installed the mounting bracket for the stove pipe

and installed the pipe and boot

The next day I fed the power supply into the house

Getting around the elbows were a pain

I ran the line for the generator hook up

and ran it out the side of the house to the shed

my friend who is a electician and doing the hook up for me stopped by to check everything the only issue he had was he said by code we were suppose to have a outdoor outlet on the back and front of the house, I said how the hell am I suppose to do that when the back is under 8 feet of dirt, he said to just put one on each corner and we'll call it good, so I took a box

and traced it onto the pine

I drilled out the corners and used my jigsaw to cut out the opening

and popped in the box and ran the wires out

the water company stopped by and hooked up the meter

the propane company ran the propane main

and we stubbed out for the stove, dryer and on demand hot water tank

we decided to stucco the outside of the building and cedar shake around the windows, we decided to use the surface bonding cement since I was use to working with it, and it is very strong with all the fibres embedded and is water resistant so we picked up some chicken wire to use as metal lathe

and we picked up some more surface bonding cement

and 5 square of cedar shingles

I used some left over roof guard and covered the sheathing around the windows

and started wrapping the building with chicken wire, I used roofing nails and pushed the wire into the insulation and stretched it tight wrapping the whole thing

I fed the water meter line out the side

and went arouns and spray foamed any gaps

I decided to take a break from the stucco and shingle around the windows, I started with a starter row

and started working up the wall

started filling between the windows

I trimmed above the door and butted right up to the pine

and cut out for the cold air return, that took a couple tries without splitting the shingle

the front was finished

long enough of a break, time to finish the stucco

one more side finished

the next day I worked on the back and the far side

all finished, before I finished for the night, I decided to put up the roof guard and this was my first screw me moment, I figured I would roll out the sheet, nail it down and cut out the windows opening at the

end, well I was nailing the sheet down and drove a nail right through the left window, great way to ruin the night

the next morning I started my starter course on top, my friend stopped and asked if I wanted to borrow his nail gun and compressor, I said naw I'll hand nail them, big mistake

when I got to the top course I unscrewed the metal trim and slid the shake up underneath and screwed it back down

and this is as far as I got the first dat, because my back and knees were screaming from being bent over all day hand nailing

as I was wrapping up my neighbor came over to hook up our on demand hot water heater since he is a licensed propane tech

and hooked up the exhaust, it's important to pitch it down because moisture can condensate in the pipe and run back into the unit, destroying the tank

so I called my friend that night and said hey, you wanna drop off that compressor, and when I got there in the morning, there it was