Our first framing inspection was painfully delayed but was finally scheduled for October 29th then it was postponed again for nearly a month but finally happened yesterday. And there's good news at last! We passed!!
Now we can start to move forward again. First stop: Insulation.
They blew this stuff into the walls then scrapped off whatever hanged over the 2x4's. The festive result at the end of day one are these large banks of 'snow' all over the house! :)
Friday, November 30, 2012
A fence and gate like this?
Funny how you go through life casually interacting with hundreds of ordinary things every day. And you never stop for even an extra second to think about the details of any of it.
That's the case with the fence and gate for our new house. Obviously, we'd notice right away if it was constructed out of cardboard and Bubbalicious chewing gum but in just about any other case, we'd be pretty unlikely to notice.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Electric and Gas
We finished digging the trenches for the gas and electric today.
Isn't this weird!? The gas line has been totally enclosed inside the root of our Camphor tree!
UPDATE: Unfortunately, we noticed that PG&E cut this huge root away from their pipe when they connected the gas line. The tree suffered a substantial amount of root damage while the trench for the gas line was being excavated and this is just one more big burden for the tree to overcome. We hope it's strong enough to handle all the stress!
Isn't this weird!? The gas line has been totally enclosed inside the root of our Camphor tree!
UPDATE: Unfortunately, we noticed that PG&E cut this huge root away from their pipe when they connected the gas line. The tree suffered a substantial amount of root damage while the trench for the gas line was being excavated and this is just one more big burden for the tree to overcome. We hope it's strong enough to handle all the stress!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Pool construction
We're making nice progress on the pool. Should be ready for gunite within a week or so.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Wrapped Up
Here we are nearly one month after I posted a similar view of the house (see Oct 13th post, below) and we finally have something new to see on the exterior.
This black paper goes on under the siding and, hopefully, that means the siding will be going on soon!
This black paper goes on under the siding and, hopefully, that means the siding will be going on soon!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Three French doors
These three pretty doors were installed yesterday. Even surrounded by construction debris and raw framing, they're lovely.
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