Hazard Pay, or the pleasures of foam insulation

These boxes look innocent enough, but they contain "foam it green" spray insulation, fun to use, easy to install, saves money and time.  What more could a person ask for???

The picture below is one of the instructional videos provided by the manufacturer to aid us in what was ahead.  Looks clean and neat, so far.

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The picture below is me prepping for my journey into the unknown.

The picture below is ME, looks just like in the above mentioned video!!

The picture below is me lying on my back on rocks, sewer and drain pipes, trying to spray as much an area as I can without moving, and according to the instructions, if you stop spraying for 30 seconds, you must change spray nozzels. And as we were only provided with 13 of them, we had to move fast.

The picture below is me covered in my hazmat suit, covered with foam insulation, leaves, sticks, and whatever else.

The picture below, almost finished, as we ran out of spray with only about 10 square feet unfinished, however most of the cabin is now completely insulated. I am anxious to see if we have done any good, or if this was a waste of time and money.  Someday, i hope to finish the rest of the spray insulation, but may have to see if I can recruit a son, or son-in-law, to finish it for me. Over and out.
The BOI

And, now for the rest of the story.  HORRORS!!!!!.  It wasn't bad enough that i could barely move under the cabin. I was supposed to hold the nozzel approx 18 inches from the target, so most of the time i had to look straight up while shooting foam, which meant the overspray was coming directly down on me. It was a darn good thing I had the suit on, and the respirator, and the googles, but eventually the googles were so covered with foam that I couldn't see, and the respirator was becoming clogged so it was difficult to breath, the hazmat suit was catching on everything and eventually came off my head, which allowed some of the overspray to get into what little hair I have left, which in turn attracted dirt, leaves and sticks to be entanged in my hair.

Thanks to herself and a shampoo using acetone we got most of it out.  My sinuses were completely clogged up unitil today, my eyes were burning so bad i could hardly open them until this morning. 

And it was probably a good thing I had the respirator on, as it no doubt kind of muzzeled all the not so kind things I was muttering.  Hopefully no one heard as I even shocked myself a few times. I even told myself to shut the hell up once.

Anyway, its over. I feel much better today, and someday I may even be able to laugh about this.

And herself did a fine job. As we had to change nozzels quite often, that job fell to her, of which she did great. And she had to lug those 60 pound tanks around so the hose would reach wherever I needed to spray.  GOOD JOB!!!!

Fine Fall Day

I love this pic but I took it today with my phone and I know it won't print . . .  not enough pixels or pixies or Fairy Queens.  Not enough quality to print any size at all -- so it won't win any County Fair prizes.  In thinking about this beautiful photograph tho,  it is probably going to win the Too at Twin Lakes photo contest! 

How's that for taking care of myself!   

This weekend (or this Sunday and Monday visit) Himself is going to spray insulate the bottom side of the new cabin.  He has researched this procedure and insulation product.  He has asked questions.  He has purchased the pressurized tanks of foam, his haz mat suit and a respirator.  He is ready.  My role tomorrow is to call 911.  Not that I'll need to do that because Himself has done the research.  But.  Just in case. 

So, the pressurized foam had to be brought to room temperature which required 24 hours and to apply the material the outdoor temperature has to be 60 - 80 degrees.  The weather forecaster predicted warm temps so that is what brought us on this Sunday/Monday visit.  We came down this morning.  Lit the heater in the little cabin and Himself carried in the tanks of goop.  Then, with the day ahead of us and not wanting to just sit and watch a pressurized tank warm up (how could we tell ; )  we went to work. 

Himself puttied and primed and sorted and sifted.  I finished putting together this wood pile stand.  Then, we proceeded to fill it up.  We had a pile of wood on the ground, in a soggy pile so we sorted and stacked.    

We picked up logs and threw logs and stashed and carried and kicked logs.  We gotter  done!  Got the messy pile picked up, got the wood off the ground so it can dry out and opened up a path so that we can get a golf cart, a Dodge Journey or even a delivery truck down the hill to our cabin, if we need too.  Another benefit of getting the wood up off the ground is that varmits like rats and snakes and Mama Cats with 7 kittens can't be making nests in that wood pile.  Whew!  disaster averted! 

Come back soon for the rest of the story -- insulating the underside of the Big Cabin. 

Summer's Gone



This picture was taken in September and it always says to me that summer is over.

A young girl fresh from hot summer days.

Fresh memories of warm water and feet in hot sand.

Now the air has a chill; the water so cold.

Wind 'cross the lake raises goose bumps

on young girls' bare skin. 

Yep; Summer's gone. 

     



Fall Tour

We are in the cart.

Pedal to the metal.

Chuggin up hill

and zipping down. 

Maddie drives,

then cousin Gabrielle,

Audri declines.

We don't ask Bella.  Yet : )

We are taking the air,

checking the view.

Admiring Fall

in Mo, at Twin Lake. 

Reflections in the water.

Yellows, browns.

 Red leaves.  

Blue skies and impromptu days. 

Girls, crusing.

Hair blowing in the wind.

Silly and laughing,

enjoying life.     

Maybe next time

you all can come along

for the ride. 

Tree Trimmin Time at Two .

There's a person in that tree! 

Craig is up high in PaPa's and my treehouse tree.

That dead branch has hung there for about 3 years. 

Okay; maybe 4.  It wouldn't fall.

It was such an awkward area.

Himself climbed up with the chain saw

a time or two

but couldn't make the angle.

Son John climbed up with the handsaw

and was able to cut that dead branch down.

So after our tree-house tree was trimmed,

the crew moved up to Traci and Craig's.

Someone is in there, under the boughs of the cedar.

Someone is cutting and trimming. 

The bottom limbs were cut down, bottom up.

and acres of cedar boughs hauled away.

Tons. 

Some were saved to start bon fires.

Sawed up for another day. 

Joe's doing. Good Man!   

Traci and Craig's yard size has been doubled.

Their view of the lake is magnified.

The amount of shade they have to sit under

has increased dramatically! 

A good day's work is done.