Wood Stove and Vapour Barrier

I am obviously still working on the cabin and doing a little bit of everything. This Saturday I move the old wood stove. First I built a trolley so I could load it on it and move it around where ever I want. I don't want to use this stove, which I think is too small, but it is not garbage and I don't want to put it outside where it will rust.

I had borrowed a dolly to move it but was still surprised to see how heavy it was. Truly it was just at the limit of what I could handle on my own, especially loading it onto the trolley which is a good 7 inches off the ground.

See the corner is empty... now the floor in that corner is also painted so I can put the new stove whenever I get it. I would like to find some slate to put under it but this is NOT slate country and I don't think I will be able to wait until I get somewhere where there is slate so I may just put cement tiles or something like it. You can see I also put some floor cement in the joints of the particle board used as flooring because they were too wide open and were a real trap for dirt.

and this is where it is for now but since it is on wheels it doe snot have to stay by the door. I hammered some wood under it so the wheels are just just off the floor and not getting overloaded.

Remember I had built some stands to  lift the plywood while I am nailing it (or screwing it) into place. Well it turns out that those stands are great to sit or lie on while putting on the vapour barrier.

If I didn't know any better I would think that they were built that way on purpose. They are exactly the perfect height to rest on and hold the plastic with one hand while stapling it with the other.

I've changed some of the insulation on one side of the house where it was quite torn apart and damaged due to exposure to the elements... I gather that this is where the snow piles up with the wind... I don't know. But only one part of it needed changing. And now all of it is under plastic (fancily known as vapour barrier).