Category: New Home

Aired 2026-Feb-10 on CHSR 97.9 FM.

Playlist

Artist	Song	Album	Year
Aaron Ahrends 🇩🇪	Eyes Closed	Kompakt: Total 18	2018
Afro Celt Sound System	Further In Time	Volume 3: Further In Time	2001
Abdel Ali Slimani 🇩🇿	Moi Et Toi	Arabic Groove	2001
Perfume Tree 🇨🇦	Dreaming	Dust	1992
Kitchens Of Distinction 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	Can't Trust The Waves	The Death Of Cool	1992
Georgia Harmer 🇨🇦	Farmhouse	Eye of the Storm	2025
The Weather Station 🇨🇦	Neon Signs	Humanhood	2025
The Icicle Works 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	Lover's Day	The Icicle Works	1986
Goldie Boutilier 🇨🇦	Body Heat	Cowboy Gangster Politician	2022
The Jerry Cans 🇨🇦	Kazabazua	Echoes	2020
Krusseldorf 🇸🇪	Death Notes	Thermo Nuclear	2009

Construction has been sporadic since the new year, but I’ve been getting back into gear. Additional insulation and vapour barrier has been installed in the house and shed.

I’ve been in my place for three weeks now. The fire keeps the space warm and the insulation keeps the heat in. It’s generally been no cooler than 15° in the mornings with just embers in the stove. Outdoor overnight temperatures have been between -10 and -15°.

I’ve finally tackled building a door jam for the shed.

A fair bit of activity last week. Two loads of firewood was delivered and then stacked.

Throughout the early part of the week I continued closing in the ceiling cavity for the blow-in of insulation. The outer layer of wall insulation was finalized throughout the structure and the inner layer was placed on the upper portion of the gable end walls.

Wednesday evening I set up the scaffolding for the insulation installers. They arrived Thursday afternoon and after a couple hours had completed the job. I should have about R60 in the ceiling.

Before dismantling the scaffolding, I opened the windows to help clear the air. Once everything was cleared away, a fire was started and two hours later it was ~20° throughout the space.

On Friday I moved my futon over and have been sleeping there since.