This blog has been neglected for a few months in favor of just enjoying KnArrow Haus. Time to catch-up on the march down the punch list -- done at a more leasurely pace than at this time last year.
After an epic snowfall year, the Spring melt occured with equal ferocity, clearing the road to KnArrow Haus the first week in June. As the snow melts it turns filthy with the pine needles, dog poop, and general cruft collected in the layers of snow over the Winter.
Schneewagen riding out the snow Spring snow melt (taken on May 15).
After some diagnostics, I determined that there is a short *somewhere* in the floor heating zone that covers the entry way and entry toilet room. (I thought I had checked all the zones before the concrete was poured, but something happened....Sigh.) Since the wire's embedded in concrete, the only reasonable solution is to mount a convection space heater on the toilet room wall. I've got it plugged in to its own remote thermostat. It draws very low current and does a nice job of keeping that area warm during the cold months.
Space heater in the entry toilet room.
The hose on the kitchen sink's pull-out faucet threw a washer and began leaking after only 6 months of use. I spent nearly an hour squirming and contorting in a very cramped sink cabinet trying to figure out how to unhook the faulty hose and connect the new hose we received under warranty.
I used this picture to try and figure out how to unhook the hose.
I acquired a live-edge maple slab from Second Use and have been slowly working on it in my garage in the lowlands in preparation for the crank table base. The crank table base got held up in India when the Covid spike shut everything down. I'm hoping the base arrives before Septembert. The next step on the slab is to epoxy the holes and rotted areas with black epoxy, hopefully in the next few weeks.
Live-edge maple slab destined to become the kitchen crank table.
A live-edge slab of English Elm that is planned for the fireplace mantel. No epoxy required on this, just lots of sanding. The mounting bracket is on order and should arrive this week.
Live-edge English Elm slab for the fireplace mantel.
We've been surviving without doorstops at KnArrow Haus. I decided to do them in 3/4" black pipe with cork for the cushion. I cleaned the black pipe, then sprayed each assembled unit with clearcoat before gluing in the cork.
Amelia helped grandpa count the door stops.
Front door stop in position.
I've had an LED light sitting in a box in the garage, and finally determined to replace the bare bulb and rough-in socket. Pretty simple install. It's bright.
The LED light for the garage
The bunk beds are a bit wobbly. I secured both beds to the wall with lag bolts and rubber spacers between (to prevent squeaking).
Ezra helping Grandpa use the tape measure.
The mattresses are a bit thicker than the bunk beds were designed for. To prevent the otherwise inevitale "roll-out" of a child from a dizzying height on to a diamond-hard concrete, I'm building some blac pipe railing. Should be installed by end of next week.
Finally...not exactly on the list of KnArrow Haus improvements, more on *my* list of improvements: Much of March and April were spent blasting and clearing very LARGE kidney stones from both kidneys. The picture below represents about half of the fallout.
The fallout from having 2 large kidney stones blasted.
