PROJECT

PHOTOS

Portico prep work

February  14, 2004

prying the form loose

timber!

7 inch form reattached

base form for guest bedroom window

guest closet second coat

We took down the form that had restricted the end of the portico airform. We cut it down to a 7" wide curve to use as a scree edge for the stucco. Billy refastened it to the concrete and chipped away any high spots. Our friend Chuck Mendola came by with a wonderful Yankee Pot Roast he had made for us, he was worried we weren't eating with all the work we'd been doing. Another woman stopped by because she was extremely interested in domes and thought we had a sales office here. She is interested in building locally and we told her to come back and watch our progress in a couple of weeks. We have visitors almost everyday, and more and more vendors are coming by to see our progress.

BTW, we just went to DSL from BellSouth (we were on broadband cable) and we'll be able to put in our own server soon. This will enable us to stream some how-to video and also host our own website. The FastAccess DSL is 50 times faster than broadband cable. Our new email is befilms@bellsouth.net and is now active as of 02/14/04.

first time we've seen this part of the portico

chipping the high spots with impact hammer

put down some concrete patching for the top of the ring form that was a little rough for the steel stud track for the front door frame work, tomorrow we put up the track and the steel studs to hold the V-Buck for the front door