Building our new house
In early 2007, we began building our new Round House here at Sacred Groves with a vision to expand our residential community on this beautiful land.
We purchased 3 round structures from Oregon Yurtworks--a big house with a large round Great Room that has become the heart and hearth of the Sacred Groves community, and 2 yurtlettes, private bedroom-cabins for new residents. We are modeling a "small is beautiful" lifestyle with small personal spaces, sharing kitchen, bathrooms, laundry, living room. We are enthused about the joys and challenges of community living, committed to the spiritual and personal growth required for sharing life in this way.
This blog, which has the most recent entry at the top, tells the story of the construction of the new house, starting with the foundation built Spring 2007. Carpenter and Groves resident Tere Carranza has managed the project from start to near-finish.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
A warm start
Phew - we were fried by the time we packed it in yesterday - and in spite of the heat - we made great progress. Installing the inside forms was not as difficult as I thought and in a few short hours we got more than 3/4 of them up!
Therese popped in and out throughout the day - hauling piles of chopsaw cut-offs and organizing the recycling / garbage area. As well as providing watermelon and keeping the water jug filled and bringing me lunch! All this besides the general work of keeping the Groves running smoothly...
Francis stopped by long enough to help get Gordon's refilled oxygen tank down into the pit and inspect the progress.
The crew for Friday's pour is coalescing - I think we'll have plenty of hands - let's hope we have enough ice-cubes for the post-pour-margaritas.
We're starting at 8am today - hoping to beat some of the heat - the temps are slated to be even warmer today!
Oh - and Oregon Yurtworks plans to deliver the packages ( 3 truckloads of house-panels) July 9 - 11, and their foreman will arrive July 16 for the BIG HOUSE raising party! We're still assembling the crew for this two week adventure....
posted by Tere # 7:12 AM 