Day 12
Wednesday August 15
I am losing track of time. We build. We eat. We eat more (They
feed us well here. It seems like we never stop eating).
The insulation system is different from the South. Yesterday we
insulated using R20 Pink in the exterior walls and covered with
vapour barrier and taped all seams with Tuck Tape. Today we
strapped 1 by 3 and added a layer of Roxul insulation over the
vapour barrier and Pink. Drywall is screwed to the strapping. This
task will take several days to complete. Ken and I set up
scaffolding and worked on the vaulted living room ceiling all
day---insulation, vapour barrier, strapping and finally a few
pieces of Roxul. We wanted to drywall too but ran out of time……and
energy. It is tiring working above your head.
Iqaluit homes have vaulted ceilings to help avoid condensation
challenges at -40C. Framing those walls is timing consuming
because each stud has to be cut to fit the space.
The roofers arrived early and went straight to work. We were
soooooo happy to see them. Because there is a roof, we can proceed
with interior work. We would have left town early had we not had a
roof. We would have run of tasks. Our hero, HFH IQ
Don-the-go-to-Guy not only found us a roof but brought us heaters
to dry out the house. It was toasty inside all day.
Other tasks today included the installation of the back deck
railing. You know your deck is sound when it holds up under the
weight of Team Edmonton. With railings installed, Alfred and Orest
are cutting the stringers for the stairs.
Also the Porch Men continue to do their thing. Ken and I
covered the porch roof with Tyvek before the roofers arrived and
then Don and Serge proceeded with siding (note the lovely colour
accent).
Today, I went to Iqaluit Rotary. Rotary is sponsoring the
Habitat Iqaluit house. It was wonderful to visit another Rotary
club and learn of all the good works Rotary does in this
community. Everywhere you look in Iqaluit, Rotary lends a helping
hand.
We finished work early at 4pm because its Wing Night at the
Store Room Pub and if you aren’t there by 5pm, you don’t eat. We
saw many folks from the Habitat project there and the Canadian
Forces. The CF are helping us tomorrow and came over to tell us
how excited they were to help. They are divers and have been in
the waters of Frobisher Bay. We saw the helicopters a couple of
days ago, flying close to the water and sending up a very high
spray. Two teams of 20 CF members will insulate the crawl space
(where the cistern tanks live for water and sewage) for us over
the next couple of days.
We work late Thursday and expect a full compliment of locals
lending a hand after work. Before then, we will have a tour of
town and visit the legislature building.
I ate too many chicken wings.
Day 13
Thursday August 16
We began work after lunch which meant time to tour the area.
