A Busy Day At The Manhut….

Yesterday we made some serious progress winterizing the hut :

• Fitting and installing rigid foam in the soffits…. Isn’t that something! (Thanks Bobo).
• Installation of the propane stove Lou got from his dads old Chris-Craft (Thanks Lou’s Dad & Grizz Man).
*** Huge shout out to Grizz for the new built-in bar counter he constructed and installed during the week.
• Our new 12-volt electric system and Ox-Yolk lighting fixture (Courtesy The Weave).
• Installation of the foam insulation and gutter guards (Big Lou done did it).
• General crack filling and caulking (by the one and only B-Man).

After all the work was done we felt pretty good about the progress we made to help keep most of the heat inside the Manhut. But, there are so many gaps in the heavy oak floorboards that the cold wind just whips in from underneath (Who’s idea it was to build on a slanted rock ledge anyway?). The heat is toasty warm about three feet from the floor up but below that it’s like an icebox. We really hate to cover up the great looking wood floors, but we might have to. And besides Bobo “knows a guy” who he might be able to swing a deal with for some cheap carpet. Maybe we can just leave it up there for the cold winter months and roll it up during the rest of the year. Stay tuned.

(Photo above) The Grizz admiring the labors of his work after a long day.
Note: this shot is really two photos I cleverly pasted together which you would not have known unless I told you...

(Photos below) Shots from all the work going on at the Manhut yesterday (click on image for a closer look).