Our property borders four different neighboring properties. On one entire side, we teamed up with our neighbords to build a block and plaster retaining wall. There is a short stretch of the property line where we don’t want to put in a wall with a large footing as it might upset the roots of aRead more about The Fence[…]
We had to lay out the driveway in 3D space on the lot to determine the location and depth of the footings for the planter block wall we are putting in. In doing so, we had to consider an number of different things like, the flow of any surface water should the permeable pavers getRead more about Surveying – driveway[…]
It’s been almost a month since my last burst of posts, and it’s been quite a month. Frustratingly little progress in terms of what we can call complete, but lots of work going on there an there, just more slowly than we want. The estimates of our move in date keep getting pushed back. Originally,Read more about April – what a month it’s been[…]
I’ve become somewhat of an accomplished junior surveyor over the last few weeks, as the need to figure out the location in 3D space for several elements of our hardscape has come up, like the bio-filtration basin. This ridiculous thing is supposed to clean all the water that runs off of our property before weRead more about Surveying – bio-filtration basin[…]
We’ve been working on a large block wall between us and our neighbors to the east for some time. In the last couple of weeks, we had the wall plastered, and it turned out really nice. Here is the raw block wall: To plaster it, they first have to apply some wire frames to theRead more about Hardscape walls[…]
Now that we are managing the schedule, Charlie gets to wear his bags and do some finish carpentry. He finished the living room fireplace surround a couple of weeks ago, and it turned out really nice. Now we just need the inset tile.
We had the solar panels installed a couple of weeks ago. In addition to the above 8kW set of panels, we have another 6.5kW in two areas on the front of our house. Initially, we were going to install it all, but we decided to scale back a bit for a couple of reasons ToRead more about Solar![…]
Last month, our finish carpenters installed the barn doors in the basement. The barn doors will mostly sit open, as they sit in front of the craft room, which seldom needs privacy. I supposed if the kids are getting too noise in there, and there is someone in the rec room next door that wantsRead more about Barn doors[…]
The cabinet painters have been at it for almost 5 weeks now. We are at the point where I am inspecting all the paint and flagging anything that needs touch up. It’s tedious work, and I’ve probably spent 4-5 hours on inspections so far, with a few cabinets left to go. We have a lotRead more about Cabinet painting is almost done[…]
The solar installers installed half the solar array this week. We decided to only do half now as we want to be sure we can use all the production, and it saves us a little money up front. That’s 8kW installed and room for another 6.5 kW on the other side, with mounts already installed.Read more about Solar[…]