Momplex
Getting Started on the Momplex
And boy, what a winter it was for us up in Alaska. This winter, more than once, I asked myself why we live here. It was a tough one.
And I was most thankful to not be battling snow, wind, and deathly cold temperatures trying to work on the Momplex. Or say we had got the roof on - thank for cheering us on! - it would have been dreadful to pay for temporary heat just to get the Moms moved in a few months ea
Installing the Chimney
Stair Railing
Well, at least a job that you sit down at.
I guess that's the good thing about working on stairs. You get to sit on them while you work on them.
Yep, sitting down on the job, figuring the stair skirts and installing them.
And we barely got to sit down to cut and install this baseboard down the stairs, it was so quick.
The skirts and baseboard finish out the wa
Anchoring the Floor
Trimming Doors for Siding
Operation Microhood
Microhoods to me are like toilets or power lines or my big toes.... function over form here, especially when space is at a premium.
The good news about every microhood I've been a part of installing is they come with pretty darn good instructions and hanging hardware.
The tem
Prepping for the Pour
Two Weeks Notice
The Longest Day
But it was quite a long, long day for us working up at the Momplex.
After we got the first truss up at the Momplex, we wanted to have the next 22 trusses set by the end of the day. Certainly you can set a good chunk of trusses, hope the wind doesn't blow, and come back in the morning and finish up.
But with a boom truck on site, we were hoping to keep cost down and just finish up in one very lo
Preparing for Siding
Starting Flooring ...
Stepping Up
And we dug a giant hole, and laid those 2x12 boards in the ground.
Those boards made up the forms for the foundation of the Momplex.
And we poured concrete inside those boards.
And let it set up.
Those same 2x12 boards were removed from the footer forms after the concrete dried.
We used a few of them to help