A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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“If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you” – Alex Trebek
Remember the whole “the fracking Fullers are cursed about water” thing? Funny story. When we went to the site after the weekend, there was water everywhere. Running down the hill, puddled around the equipment, you name it. As we looked around…
Read MoreWe need more doors.
Found this in a Shanghai flea market today. Everyone needs an 8″ cast iron buck’s head for their front door….
Read MoreWater is our curse.
We’re wrapping up well drilling week on Dash Landing. But before we talk about it, let’s start with a confession. We do not have a good history with water. Our Medford roof leaked. The basement flooded. Worst of all, our…
Read MoreDay #1
We promise not to blog every scoopful, but today’s groundbreaking deserves the publicity. Big, big day on Dash Landing. Due to popular request, we’ve also made a couple of changes to the blog. You’ll now find an easy link to…
Read MoreA journey of a thousand miles starts with a big meeting.
With apologies to Lao-tzu, it was a auspicious day on Dash Landing. Freeport “unposted” its roads on Monday. And while we would have liked to imagine a line of sub-contractors revving their engines at the border to get this thing…
Read More“I am the leader of the pole people”
Steve received an interesting call at work this week. First some background. As a couple of you will remember from this post, CMP gave us three options to route electricity to Dash Landing. We chose to come the long way…
Read MoreWire on a pole.
Visited the site earlier in the week and were a bit surprised to see both guidelines and wire on our precious utility poles. We’ve since found out that it’s a Fairpoint telephone line. (Their call later that week asking if…
Read More“A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.” – O. Henry
Someone just asked us how we made the long journey from propane powered radiant heating to a low-velocity geothermal hot-air system for Dash Landing. Fair question. * Geothermal was approximately +10% more expensive than the baseline propane radiant system, but…
Read MoreThis is a good sign…
Bad pun aside, it’s almost show time at 7 Dash Landing : The roads are posted. For those of you from away, the freeze thaw cycle during Maine’s mud season can be tough on the roads. As a result, most…
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A House In A Field 