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Nailing up chicken wire on the frame house,

or using a chalk line, or checking a level at a glance

gets to be easy.

We install double-pane windows

pressurized with argon between the panes

for elevations over 4500’.

And use pick and shovel

to dig for the footing for the annex. Lay cinder blocks,

and check levels. Pour the cement floor, and

use wood float and steel trowel to finish the surface

as it sets.

Nailing into rough, dense, knotted

two-by-twelves, or using a chalk line to mark the locations

of the fire blocks, or checking the level of a

stained eight-by-ten window header gets to be

easier.

In nailing up chicken wire, we learn

how to cut for the canal, pull the wire up over the

firewall, make cuts for the corners, tuck it

around back, and nail two-head nails into the stud.

And when the footing is slightly uneven and we are

laying a first row of cinder blocks, find that a

small pebble under a corner often levels the top

to the row.

And, starting on rock lath, the various

stages of a house—cutting vigas, cleaning aspens for

latillas, installing oak doors, or plastering the

adobe wall—are facets of a cut opal.