Spray Foam Insulation
A Coastal Insulation truck pulled up and
several men began taping plastic sheeting to every wall and opening in
the whole upstairs. they used box after box of visqueen because the
ceilings are so high in parts. Then a guy dressed in protective covering
and wearing a mask began spraying the thick goop on the underside of the
roof decking as a similarly dressed assistant helped him. Sometimes big
clouds of the foam came floating down and all the time small dollops of
foam floated about. I snuck up there one time when they had first
started and made a little video. |
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They had to make a tent over
the stairway opening. In it was a small slit to go in and out. |
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After the foam was set, they
took some kind of knife or saw blade and shaved off areas that
extended into the room to far. I never saw it, but it must have been
wide. |
The insulation men bundled up the scrap when they were done. |
This is the finished sprayed ceiling in the
living room area. |
| Now Aaron has been building up
a new lower set of ceiling joists in the main bedroom so that the MgO
board can be attached to them. |
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| Unfortunately we will not have
the curved part of the panels showing in the top edge of the ceiling. It
was just going to be too complicated to try to construct the ceiling w/
the curves and we had to have some insulation up there. The guesthouse
never got insulation, and it needs it, but now the heat and air won't be
on as much. I can always go back and do it later. It was just too costly
to do it now. Back to the ceiling, at least we can preserve the nice
pitch in the ceiling and make it interesting. |
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At first I saw all that excess foam on the floor and thought maybe I could
use it for padding in the boxes that I ship the cement tile samples in,
but I found that it squished like marshmallow. Those heavy cement tiles
would tear that foam up bouncing around in transit.
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Kitchen Layout
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Today Valerie and Billy Dunsford
from J and J Custom Woodworking (FL) came out to do a final layout
for the curvy kitchen. I took a new-ish garden hose up to the top floor
to use as a guide. It is the same as laying out a flower bed in a
garden, a hose makes a good way to have nice smooth curves.
We made all these
on-the-spot decisions like moving the dishwasher to the other side of
the sink. Changing the layout of cabinets, and how tall they should be,
etc...finish, color, etc...
Billy found some cool drawer
pulls that have a roomy smooth arch and the center part is flexible
twisted stainless wire cord. i wish I had taken a photo, maybe Valerie
will mail me one. |
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Aaron was there too. He is the one who is
going to run the exhaust line from the stove vent to the motor mounted in
the basement. It is going to be a close fit, but Aaron can do it.
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Billy is confident that he can make this
unusual curvy kitchen. Her is also going to make two bathroom cabinets
for the sinks to mount into. Billy has beautiful clear blue eyes. Seems
like we have a lot of blue eyed people around !
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