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  • A one man army

    by Omid McDonald
    One of the highlights of the build has been getting to know Omark who has been roofing for over 20 years and is a master of his craft. Omark likes ...

  • Craft beer capital of the USA

    by Omid McDonald
    The family and I drove down to Stowe, Vermont for March break. Any worry of there not being enough snow for skiing was buried by a massive snow sto...

  • Boarders, mudders, sanders, oh my

    by Omid McDonald
    I was lucky to reconnect with Ivan, who did the drywall at my house. He assembled a team of pros that got to work as the last glass panel was being...

  • Wonder wall

    by Omid McDonald
    When I started planning, I found inspiration in the recently built Dalmunach distillery in Scotland. I loved the window wall and wanted to my "mode...

  • A warm, waterproof blanket

    by Omid McDonald
    Neal and I took the insulation from the temporary wall and started filling the 2X6 walls with Roxul bat insulation. I'm happy I went with Roxul sto...

  • A step closer to power

    by Omid McDonald
    After buying our still, my dad started looking for a transformer to provide American 3-phase power to its control panel. He found an electrician se...

  • Rough time roofing / RIP Brian

    by Omid McDonald
    Despite his religious aversion to alcohol, my friend Todd agreed to roof the distillery (he also did the roof at my house 12 years ago). Todd is su...

  • The road to a slab

    by Omid McDonald
    Despite the cold, the team pushed on to get ready to pour the slab. I originally wanted polished concrete floors at my house but ended up hiring a ...

  • Winter Woes

    by Omid McDonald
    The weeks of -20C temperatures has taken a toll on my schedule and moral. Merv's team spent a week digging the plumbing trenches with both a hoe ra...

  • Pressing on

    by Omid McDonald
    The brutal cold continues but the team pushes forward despite it. Len from Valley Rent Rite brought us the scissor lift again so we can get the Tyv...

  • Winter is here

    by Omid McDonald
    I built my house in the winter and was scarred by the experience. I didn't want to be working in the cold again and pushed hard to get enclosed bef...

  • It's a slippery slope

    by Omid McDonald
    No sooner than we were done with the SIPs, the trusses for the flat roof arrived. The design called for 16" open-web joists on 16" centers to accom...