Today we cut the ducts on the top of the box. Here is a picture. The steel ducts on the top are slightly to the side of the bottom ones. This was the air can flow more fluently is a curve instead of a straight line. This will reduce the possibility of getting stagnant air in the box. This wastes potential heat.

First, we cut off the siding of the house using the multi-master.

Then we assembled the back half of the box.

These are the three window panes that will go on the front of the box.

Here is the box mounted on the wall. We haven't yet painted it or assembled the screening on the outside.

The wiring of the wall was all funky so we had to cut out the wall inside the house and fix it.

Then we inserted the ducts from the box to the room. Then we replaced all the insulation with new insulation.

It has been a while since I got to post something on my blog. The last time I did was about when I got my ACL torn. Since then I have been kept busy with x-rays, MRI's, physical therapy, and other doctor's appointments in addition to building the solar collector. Even though, I haven't been able to stand up for long periods of time Bill and I have really gotten a lot done. Here is a shot of the interior of his van. I will post a complete photo essay of the build in my next blog entry.

My project is coming along nicely. We have taken off the boards along the walls on the onside. It looks like this:

The wood was removed from the wall using a tool called the multi-master. It can cut through pretty much anything, but it won't cut through your skin. It is a very handy for cutting through wood accurately.

My next task is to actually paint the window frames that have been scraped, glazed, and primed. This shouldn't be too hard. I have worked with paint three or four times in the past. Anyway, today was a very productive day. Hopefully, the weather stays nice so I can have more days like this throughout next week.

The storm window that I thought was gonna be to big to fit in the frame , turned out to be too small. It was a true pain because I had already removed all the glazing and points, and the caulk had already been squirted out so as to cushion the glass and hold it in place more. So we had to meticulously remove all the caulk from the frame and package back up the useless piece of glass I bought. Now I know for sure the dimensions are 24"X15".

Today we worked for a long time. We worked from 1pm to 8pm. We also moved the cupboard in my mudroom from the wall that will be attached to the solar panel, to the adjacent wall. Now the mudroom is so much roomier. Pictures are below. Moving the cupboard which turned out to be connected to the wall was tricky, but once we did that we also had to remove the carpet. Under the carpet we found an abundance of dirt, dead flies, and dead maggots. That was the real chore.