I have been remiss in keeping everyone up to date on the progress on the teddybear cottage. As you recall from the last episode, a trench had been dug and electricity brought into the building. There are two 15 amp circuits for outlets and lighting, also a thermostatically controlled attic fan. I don't remember if I mentioned the air conditioner in the earlier email. Sue used a saber saw to cut a hole in the siding and we installed a window AC through the wall. It is held in place by one inch boards screwed to the studs. Anyone who attempts to steal it will end up pulling down the whole wall. The next step was insulation. The construction is with wall studs on 24 inch centers with every other one consisting of two 2 by 4s. That's still unusual construction and the big box stores didn't have any insulation for 24 inch center studs. Upon going back a week later Home Depot had it so I bought approximately what I needed plus a little. Any excess can be used in my shop which has the identical construction. The insulation is fiber glass on paper. The paper has a fold out edge which can be stapled to studs or ceiling joist. We bought an electric combination staple and brad gun at Ace Hardware which turned out to be a mistake. because the insulation isn't heavy we managed to hold it in place and staple the edges. The gun didn't have enough power to drive the staples in all the way so Sue had to go back over everything with a hammer to pound them down. After all the insulation was installed, we could run the AC which made it a lot more comfortable to work. We were in a record breaking heat wave and working in there before was hot, hot, hot. Running the AC without insulation was futile. It was actually cooler to open the doors and windows and set an industrial strength fan just outside the doorway. For those of you with enough vision to see pictures on your computer screen you can see the whole story at
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