Jan and John Maggs Antiques

July 11, 2017 - August 14, 2017: The new foundation and other progress

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July 11 - Drainage pipes and concrete piers arrive

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July 14 - Ready to pour footings

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July 14 - A visit with our timber framer, Jesse Brown

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Some of the recently sawn timbers, safely stacked and ready to be become a timber frame

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Jesse explained to us how each timber has been selected for its future responsibilities.

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Two of the many steps in creating a tenon

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The finished tenon, ready to become part of the frame

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Jesse uses a power tool to make rough cuts for the many mortises in the frame. He then finishes each with hand tools.

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Part of Foxbard Farm in nearby Shelburne, showing the woods from which our pine timbers were cut.

The white oak that will become floor joists is being cut in southern New Hampshire. 

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July 19 - Dave Bernard and his crew set forms for the footings.

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Because of the complexity of the building, the foundation needed to be poured in three installments.

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A tricky change of elevation

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Part of the elaborate system of steel rods that will strengthen the footings and the foundation

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Pouring the footings

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The finished footings

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Forms for the foundation that will support the main structure

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Between the forms - spacers and steel reinforcing rods

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Last-minute bracing - ready for the pour

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The southwest corner - a small concrete tower

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July 25 - Concrete for the foundation arrives.

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The pour

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After the forms have been removed from the main building, Dave and crew are ready to pour the west frost wall.

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July 28 - The finished frost wall

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July 21 - The east and north walls - waterproofed

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Part of the hundreds of feet of drainage pipe that will help to keep our basement dry

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Compacting the stone beneath the future basement floor

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August 4 - Ready to pour the basement floor 

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August 10 - A visit to Taran Brothers slate quarry in Poultney, VT

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Slate for the central entry of the barn 

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August 11 - Our second visit to Jesse Brown in New Salem

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Most of the frame has been cut,

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and each piece is marked in preparation for assembly in Conway.

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Part of the sill - the remaining components of the frame

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Planing the surface of one of the massive timbers

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Our elaborate drainage system nears completion.

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Mike Skalski and helper adjusting a hole in the frost wall

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Installing one of the two frost posts that will support the back of the lean-to

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Nick Potter checks an elevation.

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Pouring the basement floor

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Beginning to backfill

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Removing asphalt from the driveway.

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Backfilling continues

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The finished concrete basement floor

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 Our old workshop is being transformed into a storeroom. We've painted the walls and reconstructed shelves salvaged from the wreckage.

This weekend we began to move into our new spaces!

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