ix more hours of driving thru some really pretty Pennsylvania and New York hilly countryside, I finally arrived in Wells, Vermont. Nicole and Zac are doing major work to their 1865 house. It was originally built for a summer cabin so you can image the lack of insulation. In the 1980’s the previous owners had decided to get that injected insulation. When Nicole and Zac took down the plaster board they found out that many of the spaces between the studs were missing that messy fluffy, stuff. No wonder they spent so much on heating oil last winter… Besides redoing insulation, they replaced their very old heater and electricity (which some of it was still direct current).
Since I couldn’t help with the construction that Zac, Ben, and Nick were doing I ended up being the ‘go-fer” They gave me hardware lists and lunch lists. I did laundry at the local laundromat (haven’t had to use one of those in about 25 years), bought their lunch, and mowed the acre plus yard (with a push mower- ugh) – you know-- things that someone with no construction skills could do.
