Another day of plywood (& wrensidents)

4/8/19:

Building Summary: Today I fastened the bedroom section of plywood along with the two pieces in front of the closet-wall and the bathroom’s east side. I also cut, notched*, and placed the primary portion of the office area’s floor.

Commentary: I’ve already detailed how I’ve been performing lots of ‘kneeling-to-standing’ exercises over the past few days, but today I had something to add on top of that: moving a 7.5′ by 4′ piece of ¾” plywood from the front porch to the back of the container home.

It was already a bit of a hassle to get that piece of wood in through the front door without scratching anything up, but then, when I got to the postern side of Jacobhouse, I discovered I had put the wrong end in first. I also found that it would be impossible to turn that piece around unless it was dragged back to the kitchen area, the container’s back door was opened, or unless it was stood on its end and rotated. 

I went with the lattermost choice which went quite well except for when I was lowering it down toward the floor (I almost fell over and got a bit of a scratch in the process). Still, the board is now in place, the notches are in the right positions, and I’ve got a easy start for tomorrow morning’s activities.

As a side-highlight, it may have been noticed that there was mention of certain ‘wrensidents’ in the post’s title. That is because today I noticed that the nest above the window had somehow grown even larger despite my laying little pieces of plywood over the utility hole. I wanted to get a better look at what was going on up there, so I took the crate from in front of the door, stood on it, and was then startled by a burst of brown ‘croaking’ feathers.

Uh oh, I thought, as the little bird departed. I stood on the crate once more, and sure enough, there are now four eggs in the Carolina Wren nest above the door. This is a conundrum. Do I remove the nest, or should I leave the utility hole open and let the cycle run its course? It takes ~ 12-14 days for eggs to hatch and another 12 days to fledge. A decision shall soon be reached.

Final Note: Tomorrow I will begin by fastening down the office ‘plank’, and then I’ll start measuring, cutting, and attaching plywood to the raised section of the kitchen floor.

*Notched to make space for the pieces of conduit running up to the outlets from the floor.