October Update - flooring, furnace, stairs.

Just a quick update today.  Lots going on this month.  I hope to have this thing nearly done by November!  That might not include the stairs and cabinets - I haven't decided between buying the cabinets or making them.  It's going to be labor intensive.

I finished the gas line installation, and fired up the Dickinson propane stove for the first time on one of the first cool days we had last week.  Man, this thing cranks out the heat!  After running it for less than an hour, I had to shut it off before I melted.  Honestly, if the plan wasn't to run this thing off-grid - a small electric heater would it all it needs and easily heats up the space (and again, only half the insulation is even in).

I had originally thought about a ceramic wall heater, very power efficient, and just effective.  It would still be a nice option for on-grid use.  It might not be too much drain on the solar-power system I have planned either - but we'll see.  I could change my mind and add it back in.  Another, even cheaper heater I used to warm up the space prior to floor installation was this one from Lasko.  Even that little guy was overkill.

Had one SNAFU with the Amani stove - when I hooked it up I was frustrated to discover that it's regulator valve shutoff had a leak.  The smell of propane is abundantly obvious in such a small space.  Back to the Home Despot it went.  This was during the Joaquin scare - and all open space was filled with Armageddon supplies.  A new stove is on the way - should be here tomorrow.

I also installed the vent for the Nature's Head, and made a power adapter for it's fan from one of the dozens of old 12v transformers lying around.  Yeah, I'm too cheap to pay the $25 or $30 bucks for the one they sell.  I'll take a pic of the toilet when it is completely installed - the flooring had to go in first, and I also need to put up the walls.  The walls have had to wait for my insulation to be delivered.  I wanted to go with the fancy cotton "Ultra Touch".  It's great to work with, and I've used it a lot in previous work.  But it's also much more expensive, and you have to order A LOT of it - more than I need.  So regular ol' nasty Pink Panther it is.

The floor for the bathroom and kitchen is in.  I decided to just do a continuous piece of linoleum, figuring it would hold up better then a vinyl tile solution in varying temperatures.  My sacrifice to the Linoleum God's apparently worked, and I got it cut and installed without screwing up.  I did have flash backs to my previous life, when I installed flooring in the sound-proof enclosures I used to build.

 It's not really visible in the above picture, but also put in the kitchen window at last.  As you can see from the picture, I removed the temporary stairs - and decided it was high time I made a final drawing so I can generate a cut list.  Big thanks again to my friend Iru for split-stair idea!

That's all for now!  I'll probably have another update in a week or two.