Stone and Wood

We put up some more wall wood today.
This is the wall behind the garage where we made a planter wall out of the stone that was left over from the side of the house.

We decided to stagger the boards to give it a more interesting look. we put these up the same way we did the first set by anchoring two boards vertically to the wall and then bolting the horizontal boards to these.

We have one more wall to do and that will take seven more boards leaving only a hand full from the bunch we brought over.


This week, the stone workers made the next part of the outdoor oven. They took some white stone and cut it to make the opening for the fire box as well as what will become the front of the oven table.

Last weekend we had to gather some more stones for them to use. We have quite a bit of stone left, but they are odd shaped and not suitable for the next stage of building which will be the sides of the oven section.

More work on the oven

Hopefully, one day, we will be able to use our outdoor oven. The workers were back by today and put up some more stone. We originally collected two truck loads of stone from a local source. In the construction so far, we have managed to use up all the best pieces of stone and so construction has stopped for today and we will have to get more stone. But it really looks good so far and we can't wait to use it. Maybe for Christmas dinner.

Wood on the wall

Today we started putting the 2x10s on the walls. These are the pieces that are left over from the roof deck construction.
We are putting these up to try to keep the neighborhood noise from echoing around the house. We anchered some pieces vertically on the wall and then bolted the horizontal ones on to form a pattern. Now that we have worked out the kinks, we'll get the rest of them put up in the next couple weeks.

Stone Oven Foundation

We have started on the stone oven. The base section has been built and is ready for cement.



The tall peices of rebar will be used to add strength to the walls as they are built.

As soon as the cement is poured and set, the wooden base will be pulled out. By the way, the wood form is made from leftover bamboo floring that was used in the house. A great way to recycle the wood.