OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Eggtastic

Eggtastic

For us, building a house is a very personal thing, and nothing is more personal than our relationship with our builder Charlie.  I’ve known Charlie for 25 years, and he is probably the only person I would trust to build us a house. I am a big fan of breakfast – bacon, sausage, eggs, theRead more about Eggtastic[…]

Site security

Site security

I thought I’d mention a bit about site security.  Construction sites make attractive targets for theft because of the abundance of valuable raw materials, like copper pipe, and expensive tools. For the first 10 or so months of construction, we were living in the old house at the back of the property.  Living on siteRead more about Site security[…]

The water line

The water line

In preparation for plumbing the house, the plumbers measured the water pressure at the street – 60 PSI.  While 60 PSI is perfectly normal for inside house water, typical street water pressure ranges from 85 to 120 PSI.  The difference is that higher pressure can provide more water. To simplify, the relationship between pressure andRead more about The water line[…]

Moving day

Moving day

Living in the old house, when it is so close to the new house, has always been a gamble.  We were betting that the cost of renting another house was more than it was costing us for the old house to be somewhat in the way of the new construction. As construction marches forward, theRead more about Moving day[…]