Another beautiful day in the Colorado mountains and time spent on the "Klossner Mountain" Hans and I and our 4 fur-kids spent a beautiful day at our new home. We were pleased to see the furnace man there, working on the furnace ducts and getting the vents and pipes ready for the placement of the furnace. The furnace has been delivered and is waiting to go in. We also have all the plumbing "plumbed"and next is the electrician...we think!
We have the boxes built for two of the three fireplace hearths. We took up 2 of the mantles that Hans has built and set them on the hearths ready for the construction crew to install when they are ready. They look absolutely beautiful. Hans created them out of one of the aspen trees that had to be pushed over to make room for the house. Hans is still working on mantle #3...so most likely next weekend we will deliver that one. It's also pretty cool to see the chimney sticking out of the roof, with both flues put in.
On the north side of the eaves the top "logs", which is really log siding, has been installed and the window trim has been added.
The things we are noticing now aren't as major as when we watched the log walls being built, but each thing done, means one step closer to finishing. We realize there are many more things to be completed, but it is such fun to notice the smallest details as well as the big flashy items.
For Christmas, Santa gave Hans a 27-ton gas log splitter...and today we gave it the maiden journey of work. For 4 years we have been stacking aspen logs that we cut and today we started splitting those logs into usable split logs for future fires. We have been burning "slash wood" for the past 4 years in our large open fire pit, trying to clean up the surrounding forest and making our piece of the mountain cleaner. Trust us, we have enough wood to burn a fire every day starting now and the next 30 years without touching any of our existing trees!
Pictures to share with you:
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| The two mantles Hans built, ready to deliver to the mountain |
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| Pride of ownership |
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| Window trim on all windows is completed |
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| Roof with plumbing pipes and flues...no roofing yet though! |
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| Hearth in living room |
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| Hearth in master bedroom |
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| Hans with his mantle in master bedroom |
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| Mantle ready for install...beautiful aspen log from our mountain |
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Mantle for living room..other half of log from master bedroom
Hans did a beautiful job in creating these mantles |
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Holding mantle up to make sure it fits. Can't wait to see the
finished product! |
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| Looking at the full house with chimney and flue |
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View from near the firepit. I am already planning the
landscaping! |
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| Nice view of the back of the house. |
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| Sophie basking in the sun...watching Hans work! |
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Sophie and 3 of the fur-kids. Stella, Josie and Cohiba....Talbot
is not in the picture! |
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North side of the house with the log siding on the top
and windows with casings on them. |
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