OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Central vac

Central vac

Last week all the tubing for our central vac was installed.  We’ve got 10 plug-in points around the house, and will have three 30 to 50 foot hoses.  The new generation of central vacuum systems have hoses that have the wire integrated (so that it doesn’t get caught on things as you drag it around)Read more about Central vac[…]

Stone work

Stone work

The stone masons have been busy cutting stone from our pile into 4 inch pieces suitable for skinning the fireplace and raised foundation walls.  They delivered the first drop of the materials last week. All those nice flat pieces came from the boulders we pulled out of the ground when we excavated our basement. IRead more about Stone work[…]

Water treatment

Water treatment

We met with 4 different water treatment companies this week. In Santa Barbara, most of our water comes from the Santa Ynez Valley watershed, which feeds Cachuma Lake.  There is almost no farming or industrial activity in the water shed, so our water is reasonably pure.  However, it tends to go through a lot ofRead more about Water treatment[…]