2020 session Cumbres Pass Car Inspectors House work

[Sharon Evans]

A crew came together to continue the work that has been ongoing for several years to repair and rebuild the Car Inspectors house at Cumbres Pass. Last year is was noted during this work at the foundation was in very poor shape and needed to be completely redone. So this year the crew began by doing this. All 4 walls were removed intact to enable quick reassembly and work on the foundation began.
A big thanks and credit for these photographs goes to Tom Simco who sent them to me for this posting.
It should the noted as you look at these pictures that the crew maintain social distancing as best they could under the trying circumstances which includes doing strenuous work at 10,000 feet. There were times when distancing was not able to be maintained but these were held to a bare minimum.

Close up of the crew

Work progresses on the new footings of the CIH

Looking at how the drain field is being prepared using stones and gravel

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Looking at the outside of the foundation showing both the insulation and drain pipe

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Looking at the sides of the footings with the insulation and drain pipe

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Looking at how the drain pipe is set into the drain field away from the building

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Showing the insulation being attached to the side of the footing

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Pouring concrete at the fireplace area

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Long shot looking at the footings set and backfilled

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Crew working on the fench around the house

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The framing supports are being attached to the top of the footings

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The crew continues to build the new footings for the house

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Working begins in installing the flooring in the house

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[Sharon Evans]

Pictures continued:

The crew works on the main floor with the subfloor seen below

A shot of the framing for the floor and some of the floor itself laid out

Nailing is being done

One of the crew seems happy with the work being done so far.

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20 Another angle of the work on the second wall.jpg (239.67 KiB) Viewed 3344 times

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The third wall is up and braced

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26 The part of forth wall is now in place.jpg (195.61 KiB) Viewed 3344 times

27 The final section of the wall is being lifted into place.jpg (153.82 KiB) Viewed 3344 times

28 The walls of the first floor are now all placed and being secured.jpg (188.09 KiB) Viewed 3344 times

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[Craig Kumler]

Great work by the Cumbres crew! Thanks for the pics.

[Pete Dahlberg]

The pictures showing the foundation work were from the tail end of the 2019 season. The crew picture was from the week of 6-15-20

[Sharon Evans]

John Cole forwarded me a new group of shots for the Car Inspectors House and will post those here in, what I hope, is the right order.

A close shot of how the drain pipe enters the drain field

The foundation is now being backfilled

Smoothing out the backfill

WE can see both of the side walls lying on the floor prior to being raised back into place

The crew is working on one of the wall getting it ready to raise

One of the walls has been erected and is now being braced

Working on the framing of the house

Attaching the outside sheathing to a wall

Framing in the front door to the house

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[Sharon Evans]

Tom Simco has sent me additional photos and here is the first one. The other 3 are in a format which I am unable to save onto my computer so I can process them.

The interior walls are being put back up.jpg (230.72 KiB) Viewed 2684 times

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The exterior from a different angle.jpg (128.82 KiB) Viewed 2631 times

Working being done on an inside wall.jpg (128.19 KiB) Viewed 2631 times

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[Sharon Evans]

Roger has posted a drone video of the car inspectors house. Must have been within the last day or so.

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