Appliances that were brought into the kitchen of Jacob's container house.

Appliances in the Jacobhouse.

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4/27/19

Building Summary: Today started off with my testing the water hookup I glued / screwed together yesterday. I found the entire area to be leak-free, so I next helped Padre with various farm activities in order to free up time (which in turn could be used for moving appliances to Jacobhouse). This plan worked, and with the help of a couple Mexican comrades – friends of the family who used to work on our farm – we were able to load the appliances into the back of the big white pickup truck, unload them through the postern door of the container home*, and then roll / lug them to the kitchen and set them in place.

Commentary: The appliances really filled up Jacobhouse’s kitchen, but they did so in a very satisfactory manner. Both the washer/dryer and the oven fit perfectly onto the raised section of kitchen floor, and the refrigerator, despite attempting to roll over the water stub-up at its rear, ended up fitting in a way that Padre and I found would work quite well with the sliding barn door we plan on placing in front of the kitchen ‘storage shelves”**.

As for highlights, I’d have to say that there were two today. The first was the discovery that it would be more than just Padre and I moving everything out to Jacobhouse. Indeed, Padre enlisted the aid of Gregorio and Primo – longtime friends of the family – and they commenced to be of such excellent help that I almost felt inept during some parts of the process. Well, not quite inept, but simply not as proficient, especially when it came to moving the ludicrously heavy refrigerator. I don’t think either of them read this blog, but in the case that they do, I will say again right here: I really appreciated your help today, and the same goes for you, Padre!

The second highlight is the more obvious one. Despite all the required preparations and the various delays (rain on one morning and another almost entirely devoted to crafting a baking steel), I met my goal of moving the appliances into Jacobhouse within a span of 2-½ weeks. The task was accomplished with two days remaining.

  1. Floor the bathroom with ¾” plywood.
  2. Put up a ½” sheet of plywood between the kitchen and bathroom, including a hole for the vent soffit as I do so.
  3. Assemble and mount the cupboards.
  4. Paint the top surface of the raised kitchen floor with glossy black primer.
  5. Retrieve appliances and put them in kitchen (and store the unassembled shower in the back of Jacobhouse for easy access).
Sunflowers found just west of Jacob's container home.
Bonus Picture: ‘Skyscraper Sunflowers’ flourishing near the farm’s mixing barn. (All turned east toward the morning sun.)

 Final Note: Tomorrow I will likely begin framing the soffit. The frame shall be flush with the front of the cupboards, which will allow the surface material*** to overlap the top of those cabinets and prevent gaps from showing.

* The opened tailgate was slightly higher than Jacobhouse’s floor. This is part of the reason why the big white truck was selected for the task. We were able to simply back it up to the container home’s postern (true) doors and ‘roll’ the appliances inside.

** The angle shelves of which Wall #4 between the kitchen and bathroom is comprised.

*** Likely some form of thin, lustrous metal or ¼” plywood (the latter being painted or surfaced with stick-on tiles).