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Laura Nelson is haggling with a contractor over the phone. "I can see why your quote was so high," reasons the Fernie and District Historical Society president. "But it saves us a lot of money, $1300 versus $5000. I'll get my boys to come help me."

Nelson will have to crawl into the 60-centimetre-wide crawlspace of the society's newly leased, century-old building to spray cellulose insulation. It's a dirty, intensive job.

"It's gonna be ugly," she says, hanging up the phone, then glancing at me. "It's just one day in my life. I can handle it."