Organised the batts in the empty gaps. Attached some bits to the frame so that I can nail my lining to both faces of the corners. Nailed 3 bits of the lining in place.

Good times Sunday

It’s 8 pm. I trotted over to the shack full of hope that the pattern I’d observed over the last few hours of daylight would be halted. My hope was wasted.

The shack maintains a steady 0.5 degree temperature differential to the outside world. Sure, I haven’t completely sealed things up yet, but this is pretty disappointing. If the fire doesn’t crank, I’m in for a cold winter.

Hung the door. Sealed up the non door end. Hauled a heap of planks up.

Not really meeting flue rules

Did some more sealing. Also arranged the door jamb. The bricks up against where the jamb goes aren’t in a straight line so I had to get a bit creative with the planer. There is a beautiful carpet of shavings.

I went and bought a chimney flue and the thing that sits on the roof to keep it water tight. These cost me $116.20, I’ve got to enter this into the table at some point. And $8.90 from ages back for second bag of lining nails.

Mid week shack work

Pinched 20 minutes or so last night, and the same length this morning before the dentist. Sealing.

Some more lined

More of the same. It’s looking good, and not too far away from completely lined up outside.

I did well this weekend to resist the allure of track and stayed on task. I was up with the sunrise this morning, grabbing hours wherever I could. Yesterday I did ok, but we were up till 4 playing cards so I slept in till 12.

A bit lined

The Mira turned packhorse as I transported a bunch of the lining timbers up to the shack.

Lined some of the roof underhang. Got a bunch of sawdust in my eye.

A differential of 1.7

It was 9.7 degrees inside and 8 degrees outside. That's not a great result.

Fitted window number 2 and tacked in window number 1.

519 - stop right there

And that was the bricklaying. About an hour and a half tidied it up, under the windows. The bricks I laid today look a bit crazy, but that's in keeping with the general feel. Pleased.

I transferred the wood that I'll use to tidy up the top row of bricks up from the shed. It was the same wood that I used for the boxing for the foundation, a strong sense of connection there.

Yesterday I finished scraping out the old putty and fitted the new pane. Also changed the hinge position so that I'll get more opening capability out of the window. Now I just have to wait 2-6 weeks until I can paint the putty.

I probably should plan what my next steps will be this week, otherwise I'll probably spend every free few minutes doing more fun things like track or picture frames. Next weekend promises to be a pretty open time for more work. Before then I can:

• Fit window #1
• Fit window #2
• Pack cavity between bricks and roof with batts.

And then on the weekend:

• Fix the roof
• Seal up the cavity and ends.

That means that all I need to do to finish is organise the electricity, batt it, line it, cut a hole for the chimney, lay my fire base (maybe bricks or clay poured wet), assemble the fire, hang the door, spray the bricks with a sealant. It doesn't seem that there's too much to do.