Tag: Icehouse Rehabilitation

  • One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

    One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

    Today was one of *those* days. One step forward, two steps back. Setbacks. Not crises. So we are reminding ourselves… Dishwasher Delay Replacement dishwashers were halfway through installation when Susan walked into the kitchen and discovered that they were the wrong units. She was replacing two Fisher and Paykel DishDrawer units (that had started to…

  • Icehouse Coving Progress

    Icehouse Coving Progress

    Back in mid February I mentioned a small coving workaround that was taking shape. A small discrepancy between as-built conditions and the construction plan presented a challenge/opportunity for our coving progress. There are ledgers along the north wall and south wall top plates that… [result in] a 1-1/2” step near the top of the wall……

  • Icehouse Loft Flooring Update

    Icehouse Loft Flooring Update

    Much of the current and upcoming stage in Rosslyn’s icehouse rehab involves covering, cladding, and closing in: clapboard siding, T&G nickel gap paneling, upcycled garapa paneling, and plenty of hardwood flooring. Today I’d like to get you up-to-date on the loft flooring. We’ve installed beech flooring that remained from the first floor reflooring (entrance hallway,…

  • Harvesting Ice

    Harvesting Ice

    Today the sun came out, the temperature rose, and the snow began to melt. With work progressing in the icehouse my mind drifted to the days when this building would have been bustling with activity, teams of horses hauling loads of ice from the lake for storage. I imagined the bittersweet emotions that must have…

  • Stabilizing Heat & Humidity in Icehouse

    Stabilizing Heat & Humidity in Icehouse

    I started an update a couple of weeks back that never made it out of the nest. An unfledged fledgling… At issue? Heat and humidity stabilization in the icehouse to properly acclimatize lumber pre-installation. Given a few savvy questions about how we planned to install finish woodwork (flooring, paneling, etc.) in the icehouse — which…

  • Icehouse Interior Paint: Pale Oak & White Dove

    Icehouse Interior Paint: Pale Oak & White Dove

    We’ve decided on interior paint colors for the icehouse. Benjamin Moore Pale Oak (OC-20) for the tongue and groove “nickel gap” wall paneling, and Benjamin MooreWhite Dove (OC-17) for the ceilings, trim, columns, windows, doors, etc. Walls and ceiling will be painted in eggshell, and trim will be satin. It’s an a winning combination that…

  • Siding Before Windows?

    Siding Before Windows?

    Notice something peculiar about our clapboard siding installation? Typically windows (and doors) would be installed before siding. And before trim. It works better. For lots of reasons. But… We’ve added an extra challenge. Not by choice. Our timeline on this project, reasonable last summer, became more compressed as summer slid into autumn and then yawned…

  • Durable Joinery

    Durable Joinery

    Joints. Joinery. Rejoinery. Durable. Dynamic. Durable dynamics. Durable joinery. Team dynamics… Consider that word parade fair warning for where I’m headed. From dovetails to team dynamics, in the twinkling of an eye. At least, that was my plan in revisiting a flood of field notes. Instead my errand evolved into a meandering meditation on admittedly abstract, fairly freestyle…

  • Leftovers & Surplus Building Materials

    Leftovers & Surplus Building Materials

    Exciting icehouse rehab progress in recent days, so I’m due for an exciting update or two. But first I need to whittle down the backlog of overdue posts, especially some of those dealing with how we’re transforming some of our surplus building materials into exciting design elements in the reimagined icehouse. I can anticipate your…

  • Impermanent Perspectives

    Impermanent Perspectives

    Impermanent Perspectives (a reflection on the protean process of construction, ephemeral POVs, and a hint at the overlap with creative writing.)

  • Icehouse Trim and Clapboard Installation

    Icehouse Trim and Clapboard Installation

    Today I’m pleased to post a quick update on the icehouse trim and clapboard installation. Temperate conditions are proving a bonus to this exciting progress. In the photo above Matt and Supi are wrapping up with the new trim so that the Benjamin Obdyke Slicker and clapboard can be installed. The unique, vertically-channeled, three-dimensional matrix of Slicker® Classic…

  • Frosty Ferrying into Rosslyn

    Frosty Ferrying into Rosslyn

    Heck of a homecoming my frosty ferry ride into Essex two weeks ago on January 25. Damp-cold. Socked in. Snowing. I was dropping in for team time, scope shuffle, timeline tuneup, perspective pivot, and a revitalizing dose of laughter with friends. Team Time As I’ve often touted, teamwork is the first, second, and third priority…