Got the rest of the top plates done and then the joist. The "roof" is just laying there. It's an old piece of zip so when I sheath it I'll get new panels. Amazing how slow you work when you're doing it from a ladder.
Here's the cut station.
And done. For now.
Nephew Stampie is back in SC and we're back in Jax. It was a fun weekend. I learned that after a few games I start to show flashes of how good I used to be at pool. I was playing 5 nights a week before Lil Stampie was born then I quit and maybe have averaged 1 pool night a year in the 16 years since. I also learned that my body is not used to that much activity. I'm still sore and pretty sure I'll end up taking a nap here in a bit.
The tent worked well for them. I had a queen size foam pad that I cut in half. Lil Stampie said it was better than the wood floor but neither gave it glowing reviews. It wasn't as firm as I thought it would be. Also condensation would form in the morning on the interior sides of the tent. That would pool up a little in the mornings. Not sure what can be done about that.
I suspected last weekend and confirmed this weekend that the cell signal is much better on the property. When I was messing around with the hotspot stuff last year I know I had issues with service on 90% of the property. I now get 5G on most of it and even turned off the cell booster to confirm that I was working fine without it. Sucks for all the work I put into the tower and stuff. I may get rid of the booster totally since it accounts for almost half my electric usage per day.
I also figured out a semipassive way to control the temperature inside the cabin. I'd leave the door open all day to keep it from running away but it would peak in the low to mid 80's. As soon as the sun went down I'd close the door with the temp around 78-80 degrees. Over night it would get down to the high 60's but very easy to deal with. Of course that's what's working right now but deep winter and summer will be very different. I've been thinking about thermosyphon systems a lot. The biggest issue I see is getting heat over night.
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