Dave I would think that a 3 weeks to a month is a better time frame. every thing takes twice as long as you think especially when you do not do these things for a living. I am not trying to deter you. I did mine and enjoyed the process a lot. Took me 5 weeks although I was slowed by 2 weeks of wet weather. I hired a lot of labors at varrious parts of the build b/c there is no way you can do alll the physical parts of the job no matter how much energy you have. chris