Castle building photos 2010

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11-12-10
  Top of castle wall seen before concrete is poured
10-20-10
  Three feet from the top and at beginning corbel height
6-7-10
  Inside stone window arch
6-4-10
  Inside stone wall around window
  Outside stone window arch
5-20-10
  Door column side with light switch boxes visible
5-19-10
  Guide strings up
5-18-10
  Castle Von Frandsen rises above lake Pend Oreille
  Electrician visits
5-17-10
  Putlogs
4-30-10
  Inside stone
4-26-10
  Outside stone
4-22-10
  Insulation layer attached to rebar grid
4-21-10
  Rebar grid installed and braced
4-19-10
  Cedar planks placed on beams
4-16-10
  Beams set, stones placed between beams
4-14-10
  Winter tarps removed, setting scaffolding, loading beams
4-13-10
  Gathering logs   Cutting logs into castle timbers on the mill
4-7-10
  Arch over doorway
4-6-10
  Stones set next to doorway   Stones set at wall intersection
4-1-10
  Arch
3-31-10
  Smoke chamber above fireplace
3-30-10
  Arches
3-27-10
  Fireplace stone and damper added
3-26-10
  Arches over column   Fireplace arch
3-25-10
  Stacking clay chimney liners
3-24-10
  Stone column for two arches
3-23-10
  Fireplace stone being placed
3-22-10
  using guide strings to build curved wall
3-21-10
  Fireplace hearth corbels,   hearth steel,   hearth concrete,   & firebox firebrick
3-20-10
  Outside arch for window   Inside arch for window
3-10-10
  Inside arch for loophole window
3-10-10
  Inside wall of castle after placement of windows and inside stone
3-10-10
  Inside of new tower after stone has been placed inside
2-19-10
  Inside of new tower after installation of rebar & insulation
2-18-10
  Inside of tower after stone has been placed inside
2-10-10
  Inside of new tower after installation of rebar & insulation
2-10-10
  Stone around windows on exterior of castle being placed
  Stone around tower on exterior of castle being placed
2-10-10
  Heated winter work enclosure
1-6-10
  Insulation boards being placed around rebar grid
  Interior tower ceiling after support post removed

  Temporary center ceiling support post
  Winter snowfall on castle under construction
  Installing beams & planks

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