Did I mention we are having a very large fire in the area? The Thomas Fire has been burning for more than a week now. Here is what the sky looked like a couple of days ago. Despite the fire, and the associated bad air quality, we continue to make progress on the house, albeitRead more about House update – painting, window & door casing, cabinets, and permits oh my[…]
The pour for the pool house foundation happened yesterday. It was a relatively small pour compared to all the others we’ve done – about a full truck or 10 yards. Framing on the pool house starts next week.
We received delivery of the blue stone for our outdoor decks, covered patios, and stairs last week. There is quite a bit of it. In that picture you can see the outdoor stairwell and the covered back porch which will both be getting blue stone. Inside, the stone & tile guys have started preparing theRead more about Tile and stone[…]
Here are a couple of neat shots looking up from the basement level. Here is the central hallway where the stairs land in the basement. Just behind the ladder is the elevator shaft. Here are two shots, one up the elevator shaft, and one up the stairwell right where the yellow bucket is sitting. AtRead more about Looking up[…]
Now the the plastering is complete, the carpenters have started on the windows and door casing. Before they started, I had run my hands over the plaster near the door frames and noticed that in some places the plaster sticks out slightly beyond the wood inner door frame. I wondered how they would deal withRead more about Windows and door casing[…]
Our construction gate got tagged last weekend. I honestly don’t understand the appeal of tagging. For one, I have rarely seen a tag that I can actually tell what it is supposed to say. Second, this is obviously a place where it will be covered up pretty quickly, so what is the point? A canRead more about Tag, you’re it[…]
The pool house is inching along. One of the difficulties with the pool house is that it has a lot going on. Among the normal stuff, we have a bathroom, outdoor shower, and electrical sub panel. But there are also a number of elements that make this a lot more complicated than just a smallRead more about Pool house progress[…]
We’ve got quite a bit of tile work that needs to be done. The first thing the tile guys are going to start on are the showers. In preparation for that, some guys came by yesterday to water proof the shower pans. This had to be one of the worst smelling things we’ve done soRead more about Getting ready for tile[…]
The carpenters installed the box beams last week. Before the box beams went in, the bead board ceiling had to be installed. This is actually a lot of work as they did very precise cuts for each hole in the ceiling (for such things as can lights, sprinklers, and HVAC supply and return ducts). TheyRead more about Box beams[…]
All the drywall has been hung for a couple of weeks now, and the crew has made great progress with the plastering. The 2nd floor is now completely plastered, and the first floor and basement have much of the seams, holes, doorways, fixtures, sockets and switches plastered. the last layer of plaster is pretty thinRead more about Drywall update – getting very close[…]