The grading for the steps running up along the garage is done. As you can see in Picture 1, you can now walk up (albeit on a step dirt slope) to the doorway. Nina seemed excited to be able to walk into the apartment this way rather than having to climb a ladder to the […]
Today the backhoe continued with the grading and compacting of the slope next to the garage that will become the stairway to the garage and the deck. Picture 1 shows what this area looked like this afternoon. Picture 2 is the same area, from almost the same viewpoint taken last week before any grading had […]
Having the backhoe here allowed the crew to take care of lots of small tasks that needed its power. For example, they were able to move bundles of rebar (each might weight 1000 pounds) that were at the bottom of the hill in front of the garage, where they were clearly no longer needed, up […]
Today the bobcat arrived and they were able to move the blocks which held up the hill next to the garage to a spot on the side of the road that goes to the upper part of the property. We will save these to use to edge garden beds. The first picture is a photo […]
Unfortunately, the post for Monday touting the new roof was saved as a page rather than a post, so it was not sent out to the email subscribers, nor was it shown other than as a menu item at the top of the screen. It has been switched, but whether it will be emailed out […]
It’s been a few days since the last post on Tuesday. Wednesday was the 4th of July. Since then the changes have been incremental, as they get ready to pour the concrete for the apartment roof Monday morning, and it has been HOT! The high at our weather station on Friday was 111; today it […]
Work at the site was more of the same as yesterday. They added the upper mat of rebar to the apartment roof (Picture 1). It is somewhat hard to see, but there are two layers of crisscrossing rebar about 6″ apart, one that near the bottom of the roof and one that will be near […]
The demolition began in early February, so we are now roughly 6 months into the project. It is wonderful to see a new structure rising up. Today began with several of the workmen arriving late, because they stayed home to watch Brazil beat their beloved Mexico in the World Cup. Ted met with the general […]
Today they made good progress on the rebar for the garage roof (Picture 1). In the area that will hold the rainwater bladder, they also began to erect that scaffolding for the deck (Pictures 2 and 3). We leave you with Picture 4, a view from higher up our hillside, showing the house site and […]
The guys didn’t work on Tuesday. We were given no explanation. They resumed putting up scaffolding on the garage on Wednesday and finished the front. They also cleaned up other areas, including the cavity that will hold the water bag and stacked much of the material for the forms that came from the apartment and […]