Month: September 2021

We started off the week getting gravel delivered and spread between the containers. 

It took most of the day to spread the gravel and get it more or less level. But levelling it out provided a firm base for the scissor lift.

The next step was to glue & bolt some 2×6’s to the edge of the container and erect the side walls.

The next step will be to add extensions to the trusses out to another wall on the outside of the containers. The roof should extend beyond the containers by a foot or two.  The next step after that is to cover the roof with 4’x8′ sheets of stranded board and then with metal roofing.

While they were erecting the trusses, I was in Portland doing closing on the condo. I had signed all the paperwork a couple of days previously, but decided to fly back to Portland just to be sure. As it turned out it was needed. The original deed was issued to the family trust and the title company needed a copy of the Trust Document as well as Lindsay’s Death Certificate.  Ultimately the sale went through and the Trust Company paid out the proceeds on Friday afternoon.  I cleared enough to allow me to pay off the land loan and finance the initial stages of construction.

We seem to be making great progress.  This week we got both containers up on the concrete pads, welded 1/4″ steel plates that next week will be bolted down to the pads.  The welder also had a plasma cutting torch so he cut out spots for a door in each container.  See below for pictures.

Erect 4′ walls on top of containers to support roof trusses.

Put roof trusses above the walls to allow 12-14′ overhead clearance between containers to allow room for the 5th wheel trailer to park underneath.

Put on metal roof over trusses, and wall off the South end of the structure to allow trailer to be parked out of the prevailing winter winds.

Put down layer of gravel between containers and park the 5th wheel trailer in between the trailers.

In other news the Condo in Portland was on the market for about 4 hours before I accepted an offer. The offered price was $617K, well above the asking $599.9K with the provision that it be accepted before 9:00pm. It is scheduled to close next Friday 9/24.  Counting down.

I met with doctor with an eye to establishing a Personal Care Physician. She happened to be a female, Dr. Corrie White, but after having Dr. Lori Gluck for 20 years it was a non-issue. She was younger, (est mid-30’s) but knowledgeable and we discussed my health issues at length.  She wants to see me in 2 months for a A1C check and foot exam (poking) and is planning to do bloodwork, etc.  I asked her my go/no-go question: “What is your opinion of Ivermectin?”. She immediately acknowledged that that was a medicine whose use was now heavily politicized.  She acknowledged it’s use for 20 years without issue, until COVID hit. I think she gave a reasonable answer.  

 It’s now into the second week of September and I am finally making progress. This week we started pouring the pads for container #1. They are 2ea  40’x2.5’x1′ concrete pads (basically $1,058. of cement). AT had a couple of minions on call to help with pouring, surfacing, and edging.

The forms should come off tomorrow and we’ll set them up 26′ to the East for the other container. Should get them set up and poured by Friday.  Next week we should be able to place the boxes on the pads and sink the epoxy filled bolts and weld the plates on the containers.