For the last few weeks the plumbers have been working to complete the plumbing. The first thing we did was to sort the fixtures by sink, and then mark the counters for the drilling of holes. Next, they worked on installing the plumbing and appliances in the mechanical room, including the water heater and softener.Read more about Plumbing update[…]
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[…]
You might think that choosing a tub was easy. Not so I say. Early last year we went to a local pluming supply, sat in some tubs, and chose one based mostly on look. You might remember this picture. Fast forward 9 months and we started looking over the spend with a microscope, it wasRead more about The tub[…]
Water and gas lines trenched and laid last week. From the street: Into the yard: The lines direct both to the house and to the back yard behind the pool house. The yellow line on the left is the one running to the pool house and is bigger (4 inch line) than the one runningRead more about Water and gas[…]
It’s been a couple of weeks since my last update, but there have been no major change, just slow progress. We are in the nebulous zone between finishing everything in the walls and getting our inspections so we can then insulate and drywall the interior. There always seems to be a few more things toRead more about Update 9/8/17[…]
We spent the week in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, visiting the Pictured Rock National Lakeshore (A national park). Upon our return, we discovered quite a bit of progress For starters, the walls and ceiling spaces are visibly becoming visibly full of various utility runs. In that one ceiling section, you see HVAC ducting andRead more about Weekly update 7/14/17[…]
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[…]
A lot of the same activities that have been happening for the last month continued this week. The plumbers have finished the fire sprinklers in the basement and first floor. The painters continue to work on the exposed wood rafter tails, barges, out-lookers, corbels, and knee braces around the first and second floor roofs. TheRead more about The house this week[…]
There has been a lot of activity in the last couple of weeks. The carpenters, after several weeks of meticulous planning as to exactly how the exterior of the house will be put together, have started casing the windows and doors in preparation for the siding and shingles. Next, the painters have started priming theRead more about A beehive of activity[…]
Design seems to be the bottleneck for most things right now specification of the exterior siding details selection of bathroom fixtures specification and placement of exterior lighting placement of interior lighting (the cans) We’ve made a lot of progress over the last week, including Exterior siding The first thing to go on will be theRead more about Lots of design[…]