Green Building Adventure | Phase I

Most of the wood we used
was reclaimed from other structures.
It was weathered and worn, so we
planed it to make it
beautiful again. Dad helped.
Thanks dad!

These boards are heart-pine from
Cabbagetown in Atlanta. It was part of
the housing community around the
cotton mill. What amazing wood!

Here is a 'before' photo
of a board. We think the black
color is from coal dust. Folks
once used coal to heat their homes.

And here's the 'after' photo.
It's so beautiful! And it
gets even nicer once it's oiled.

David and Matthew begin framing
the first floor. Here, David works on the
wall studs and Matthew makes a header.

We have stairs!
In this photo, you can see the door frame,
headers for above the door and window,
and wall framing.

The first wall is standing!
With more to come soon!

Matthew secures the first wall
to the floor. Each wall is nailed down
and then they're attached to eachother
to make the structure sturdy.

Matthew and Cindy hold
up the second wall.
The building goes up!

Some of the wood we used for
framing was cedar from an old deck.
The wood was in great condition, but cedar
is not strong enough for framing.
Matthew and Cindy nailed two boards together
so they'd be strong enough to
be used as studs.

The first floor has walls!
It's starting to look like a
real building!

Here's the view from the front.
The boat to the right is a garden, as is
the raised bed on the left.

Here's the wall that is
framed with the cedar boards. Nice!

This wall is framed with
heart-pine 2x4s from Cabbagetown.
The space at the end will be a window
in the composting bathroom.

Here's the view out the front.
The space on the left will be the door
and the right will be a window.
This wall is also framed with
heart-pine from Cabbagetown.
The big boards in the headers are
old floor joists from
Ecological Creations' shop.