HICOP Blog
November 7, 2008
We have been working on the HICOP since last June and have made a lot of headway. Two large windows, donated by Savoy Trailer Installations, were installed by Marty Albert. He supplied lumber for headers and jacks as the original windows had neither. The wood burning stove and all it's shielding has been removed. Drywall was installed on all walls to make it easier to tack up displays. The drywall has been taped, smoothed and sealed. The walls have also had two coats of a latex paint, supplied and applied by Linda McKaig.
Rick Provo has most of the interior wiring done and we can't thank him enough for that. We still need to get hydro to the building and this will require a very expensive piece of wire.
Turkstra Lumber kindly donated enough 1" X 4" pine to run as a moulding around the top of the walls and to build out the window frames. We still need fifteen 8' lengths of pine casing and 80' of pine baseboard.
ICI Paints scanned a Scout shirt and kindly donated 5 gallons of exterior paint in a matching colour but applying it will have to wait until spring.
November 8, 2008
We discovered that there is wire in the barn. That awsome news means that we can move forward now and not have to wait until spring.
November 9, 2008
Marty has cleared an area where our fire pit will go. It is a natural amphitheatre and is visible from the HICOP windows. He also cleaned out all eaves troughs.
Today we were give a wonderful weather station that was donated by Canadian Tire.