Stockton Earth Home Project

You can go to the Archives which have multiple pages and go back to each and every entry in the progress report, or you can go to the individual entries with links below:

• Excavation
  Saturday, May 19, 2007
• Frustration
  Tuesday, May 29, 2007
• No Work Today
  Wednesday, May 30, 2007
• No Show / No Call
  Thursday, May 31, 2007
• Steel Was Delivered
  Thursday, May 31, 2007
• The Letter J
  Thursday, May 31, 2007
• Little Progress
  Friday, June 1, 2007
• Master Suite Footings Formed
  Saturday, June 2, 2007
• Ready for the 1st pour
  Sunday, June 3, 2007
• Jerry is Jay's brother
  Sunday, June 3, 2007
• Footings / No Septic
  Monday, June 4, 2007
• Putting up walls
  Wednesday, June 6, 2007
• Lots done today
  Wednesday, June 6, 2007
• They put up the dome
  Thursday, June 7, 2007
• Slow Weekend
  Sunday, June 10, 2007
• Little Progress
  Monday, June 11, 2007
• Concrete - Master Suite
  Thursday, June 14, 2007
• Footings - More of Them
  Friday, June 15, 2007
• 2007.06.20 - Progress
  Wednesday, June 20, 2007
• Preparing for Monday's Pour
  Sunday, June 24, 2007
• They poured yesterday (and it pours today)
  Tuesday, June 26, 2007
• Solve one problem; create two more
  Saturday, June 30, 2007
• Rain: 21 of the last 23 days
  Monday, July 2, 2007
• The guys took off for a few days
  Wednesday, July 4, 2007
• The guys will hopefully return soon
  Tuesday, July 10, 2007
• They're back to work
  Wednesday, July 11, 2007
• Rain
  Thursday, July 12, 2007
• The mystery visitors are still a mystery
  Friday, July 13, 2007
• The mystery visitors mystery is solved
  Monday, July 16, 2007
• Comments on recent rainfall
  Monday, July 16, 2007
• They'll probably pour on Tuesday
  Sunday, July 22, 2007
• They poured the garage
  Wednesday, July 25, 2007
• I spoke with Jay about the jacks supporting the overhangs
  Friday, July 27, 2007
• A mountain to cross before the slab is poured
  Sunday, July 29, 2007
• They came for the dome early
  Tuesday, July 31, 2007
• They took off and took some of our tools
  Wednesday, Aug 1, 2007
• I bought new magnets
  Thursday, Aug 2, 2007
• No Passive Solar Heat (for now)
  Friday, Aug 3, 2007
• Progress will be slow for a while
  Sunday, Aug 5, 2007
• Beginning to fence the site
  Monday, Aug 6, 2007
• The IP Cam is down
  Tuesday, Aug 7, 2007
• Work in the evening
  Thursday, Aug 9, 2007
• Lazy
  Thursday, Aug 9, 2007
• 2007.08.12 - Still lots of work to do
  Sunday, Aug 12, 2007
• Rain
  Sunday, Aug 19, 2007
• Not much this coming weekend
  Wednesday, Aug 22, 2007
• Labor Day Weekend (We Labored ... a Little)
  Monday, Sep 3, 2007
• Our Progress Is Slow
  Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007
• Cascading Issues
  Friday, Sep 7, 2007
• Not Much This Weekend
  Saturday, Sep 8, 2007
• More Site Work
  Saturday, Sep 15, 2007
• Site Work: Finished Fencing the Site
  Sunday, Sep 23, 2007
• We worked on the northeast drainage trench
  Saturday, Oct 6, 2007
• 2007.10.14 - Waterproofing Began
  Sunday, Oct 14, 2007
• Stretching our dollars
  Monday, Oct 15, 2007
• I wish we were progressing faster
  Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007
• 2007.10.28
  Sunday, Oct 28, 2007
• Waterproofing the back walls
  Sunday, Nov 4, 2007
• Slow Progress
  Monday, Nov 12, 2007
• Working north of the garage
  Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007
• Thanksgiving Weekend 2007
  Sunday, Nov 25, 2007
• Working in the dark
  Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007
• Still, Little Progress
  Sunday, Dec 2, 2007
• Rachel says I should consider working full-time on the house
  Monday, Dec 3, 2007
• The Encouragement Helps
  Monday, Dec 3, 2007
• Worked some this evening
  Tuesday, Dec 4, 2007
• Would I do it again?
  Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007
• Not much this weekend
  Sunday, Dec 9, 2007
• No Electricity
  Monday, Dec 10, 2007
• 2007.12.11 Still no Electricity
  Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007
• 2007.12.12 Still no Electricity
  Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
• Put in a couple of hours
  Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
• 2007.12.15 Put in Half a Day
  Saturday, Dec 15, 2007
• 2007.12.16 Not much done
  Sunday, Dec 16, 2007
• Redid some waterproofing
  Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007
• They knocked down (or took down) some fence!!!
  Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007
• Started insulating and berming the east wall
  Saturday, Dec 22, 2007
• Rain water collection
  Tuesday, Jan 1, 2008
• More Berm On the East Side of the House
  Tuesday, Jan 1, 2008
• Thursday, Jan 3, 2008
• The Nature of Home Building (Delays)
  Friday, Jan 4, 2008
• A Repeating Theme: Progress Is Slow
  Saturday, Jan 5, 2008
• I ran out of dirt this weekend
  Sunday, Jan 6, 2008
• Terra-Dome Updated Their Site
  Wednesday, Jan 9, 2008
• Siding and Electricity Plans
  Wednesday, Jan 17, 2008
• Turnkey Earth Home Systems
  Sunday, Jan 20, 2008
• My 3-Day Weekend Wasn't Very Productive
  Monday, Jan 21, 2008
• I got a little bit done this weekend
  Sunday, Jan 27, 2008
• Needing Utilities To Be Done
  Sunday, Jan 27, 2008
• I'm hunting for a plumber
  Thursday, Jan 31, 2008
• Not as much done this weekend
  Sunday, Feb 10, 2008
• Worked In the Dark This Evening
  Friday, Feb 15, 2008
• Weather: Not Much Done This Weekend
  Sunday, Feb 17, 2008
• Nothing Done On My Day Off
  Monday, Feb 18, 2008
• I'm Going To Quit For a While
  Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008
• Fighting a Vendor
  Tuesday, Mar 11, 2008
• Worked a Little
  Sunday, Mar 16, 2008
• Working With An Agenda
  Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008
• Working With Sand
  Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008
• Plumbing
  Thursday, Mar 27, 2008
• Plumbing (Continued)
  Friday, Mar 28, 2008
• Plumbing (Continued)
  Saturday, Mar 29, 2008
• Parapets
  Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008
• Parapets
  Thursday, Apr 17, 2008
• Parapets
  Friday, Apr 18, 2008
• Parapet Siding is Done (sort of)
  Thursday, Apr 24, 2008
• Salesman's Visit
  Saturday, Apr 26, 2008
• No Callbacks, No Progress; Frustrated
  Thursday, May 1, 2008
• The Cap Blew Off Again
  Monday, May 12, 2008
• One Step Forward / One Step Backward
  Tuesday, May 13, 2008
• Our water system had to be repaired.
  Tuesday, May 13, 2008
• Underground America Day
  Wednesday, May 14, 2008
• Goals For June
  Monday, June 2, 2008
• What I've Been Working On
  Tuesday, June 10, 2008
• We'll have visitors soon.
  Friday, June 27, 2008
• June Is Almost Over
  Friday, June 27, 2008
• June In Review
  Tuesday, July 1, 2008
• Visited By a News Reporter
  Thursday, July 3, 2008
• Garage Electrical
  Sunday, July 13, 2008
• Bogged and Blogged
  Friday, July 25, 2008
• Garage Sub-Floor is Virtually Done
  Sunday, July 27, 2008
• Feeling Rushed & Stressed
  Thursday, July 31, 2008
• Still Rushed but Not Stressed
  Saturday, August 2, 2008
• Why Is It So Difficult To Get Contractors?
  Thursday, August 14, 2008
• August Was a Slow Month
  Tuesday, September 2, 2008
• Worked On Utility Trench. Worn Out.
  Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• Nothing Got Done This Weekend
  Monday, September 15, 2008
• It Doesn't Feel Like Much Has Been Accomplished Lately
  Sunday, October 12, 2008
• October Has Been Busy, but Unproductive As Far As House Construction
  Tuesday, October 28, 2008