Insulation installation

We are having the ceiling and basement walls insulated with foam.  Mike Moos with Gem 1 Foam Insulation in Westcliffe is doing the work for us.  He covered the logs with plastic to keep anything from getting on them, then started spraying the foam on.  Just getting started here.

A view of the center beam.

More than half-way done on the ceiling!  The blue dots are where the wiring was put in for the lighting.  We originally wanted to install can lighting, but the electrician wired for hanging lights.  We may go back and change that, I don't think it's totally decided yet. 

Looks like Mike takes good care to reduce his exposure to the foam.  That's a good thing; I'm sure that breathing it would not be a good idea.

Glad Mike isn't afraid of heights!

A view of the corner of the living room with the stovepipe.  I've been told that since the insulation was installed, the wood stove has actually gotten the temperature up to over 50 degrees inside!  (When we came at New Years, we could only get the temperature to about 20 degrees, so that's a big improvement already.)  We still have to get the soffits under the eaves finished and the doors & windows completely sealed; when that's done the wood stove may be enough to completely heat the cabin, although we do have a furnace also.  But I really love a wood stove!

The foam is applied at a 5.5" depth.  This gives us a 40 R-value.

I'm not sure, but I THINK this is in the basement.  This area will not be heated, it's where the cars, equipment room, etc. will go, but because the furnace is in the equipment room, we want it well-insulated also.

A view of the area in the loft where the roof meets the wall.  We'll be covering the foam insulation with tongue and groove aspen. 

This will be Don's & my bedroom.  I can hardly wait to come see it again!  (Spring break, here I come!)

This is the loft office.  I'm thinking we may put a TV up here and put in window seats.

Thanks Mike, we appreciate your hard work!

These are the fiberglass insulation blankets for insulating the bottom floor and some of the interior walls.  We decided it would be a good idea to insulate the walls separating the mud room and the kitchen, just to make things a bit more cozy and keep the noise level down.  We have another crew that is doing this part of the work.  Thank goodness, we have a family member who lives in Colorado Springs who is helping us with this part of the construction.  Thanks Mark, we couldn't do this without you!

A view of the kitchen/mudroom wall.

Inside the mud room.  We'll have a utility sink, washer/dryer, and lots of storage here.  The door on the right goes outside and down a flight of stairs to the front of the house.

A view of Highway 12, aka Highway of Legends.  As you can see, there's really not much snow this year (this picture taken towards the end of January 2011).  Big snowstorm predicted for Tuesday, Feb. 1, though; we'll see what happens!