progress report

[ljgeoff]

It's got cold this week. Frost on the tent cold. Brrr, don't wanna throw back the blankets cold

Comments

[hobbitbabe]

What measuring apparatus do you have at the cabin? Do you have a level?

I fell asleep at 8 pm yesterday too, and woke up at 5. But you are working way harder than I am!

Advantages of putting your tent in the hole: benefit from your hard work earlier, get out of wind, probably the ground is warmer than the air anyway.

Disadvantages: if it's inconvenient to keep working? Also, how close are you to the water table? It will sure motivate you to get your drain working!

[ljgeoff]

Unfortunatly, I don't have a level. I just have a carpenter's tape measure. What I've been thinking about is that when I get down to my stopping point on the first half - at about 5'- I'll take a piece of 2X4 and scrape it along the floor. Then I'll just walk about and feel for, um, level-ness.

I'm up on a hill, so I'm still at least three meters or so above the water table. But, yeah, I've got to get my drain and at least a tarp roof up, against any rain.

[hobbitbabe]

You can check if vertical lines are vertical using a plumb-bob (a weight on a string, ideally a pointed one). That plus the tape measure should help get your depth uniform. And once your floor is flat enough that you can move a 2x4 around on the clay surface, you can get a quick idea of whether it's tilted by seeing where something will roll on the 2x4 (a marble, a pop can).

[ljgeoff]

I was thinking the same thing about getting something that rolls. Working on a hill is funny - that is, it does funny things to my perception of space and feeling of level.

Thanks very much about the ideas. Any thoughts about the wood stove?