In December, our beloved designer informed us that she could no longer work on our project for personal reasons. Over the next two months, and interviews with 7 very capable designers, we found someone we felt comfortable with. During that time we also realized that we needed to do major changes to our landscape design. Read more about Design decisions[…]
A lot is happening but in some ways, the house feels a little stuck, as there aren’t any big accomplishments to announce. The HVAC and Plumbing teams continue to chip away at those two installations, which are getting pretty far along. We are waiting for confirmation of when the window installation will begin. Coming onRead more about Plodding along[…]
We’ve had on and off rain for the last month. But, now that we have a roof on and the last bit of concrete poured, it doesn’t matter much. Inside, the house is a hub of activity, with three trades working – plumbing, electrical, and HVAC. Builder Charlie calls this the ant farm. The plumbersRead more about The ant farm[…]
Plumbing work has been happening on and off since before we first poured the foundation in the basement. We lucked out in that, from the farthest point in the basement there is a sewer pipe, to the street where we connect to the sewer main, there is just enough gravity fall so that we don’tRead more about Plumbing update[…]
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[…]
The plumbers are pretty much done with the rough plumbing that needs to be embedded under the basement slab. This is all sewer as the hot and cold water pipes are much smaller and can be embedded in the walls, floors, ceilings, etc. In the basement itself we have two full bathrooms, two sinks inRead more about Roughing in the plumbing[…]