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Jay's House: August 2012
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Saturday, August 18, 2012. Recently the circuit breaker for the circulation pump circuit started tripping.the blown circuit also supported the domestic hot water recirc pump, which is how I noticed something was wrong (no immediate hot water for my morning shower). Fortunately I was able to get a service person from Northwest Mechanical. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Jay's House: September 2009
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Exterior porch slabs poured. The concrete flatwork guys (Brian from Concrete Reality) were back out today pouring the exterior concrete areas. We have the front porch, rear porch, side-garage patio, and the slab for the chiller and generator. Paul had previously prepared the rebar reinforcements, like so:. Here's the side door porch:. This next...
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Jay's House: January 2010
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Sunday, January 24, 2010. Sigh - just what I needed. I cannot tell why a contractor had to remove that section of the decking - the most likely candidate is the sprinker system guy, but for what? A leak during final testing? This seemed like a much more elegant (and leak-proof) way to mount the dish, as opposed to driving screws straight through the shingles. Long story shor...
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Jay's House: April 2009
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Wednesday, April 29, 2009. I caught up with Boyd on the phone this evening. There was a slight delay earlier in the week when the topmost well casing weld broke - that required digging down to and around the break so it could be re-welded. They're past that problem now and are developing the well. Here's a picture Boyd sent me today:. Thursday, April 23, 2009. These are "ten...
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Jay's House: April 2011
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Wednesday, April 6, 2011. One year wrapup: yard and landscaping. Heh - this will be a short post, because basically we haven't yet DONE any landscaping or other yard work. Too busy with other stuff and also don't feel like spending any real money on cosmetics when we live way out here in the woods. But I do want to comment on a few things. Living in the forest, it's a good i...
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Jay's House: February 2010
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Tuesday, February 16, 2010. A really nice shower. I've been waiting for final completion before posting the results. Finally then, here's the finished product (sorry for the reflection of the vanity light fixture, please ignore that):. I think the mural looks really nice through the glass. Our tile artist Paul Lewing. Our builder Paul (or his plumbing consultant, I can't rem...
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Jay's House: June 2009
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Saturday, June 27, 2009. Forms removed; backfilling begins. The foundation crew removed their forms last week, and Brad started laying the footing drain pipe and backfilling. Here's the garage:. The insulation and wire-mesh for the garage slab has been delivered:. Not exactly sure when Paul is planning the garage slab pour for the garage, but probably soon (week or so).
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Jay's House: May 2009
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Friday, May 22, 2009. Getting close to point of no return. I forgot to mention that I submitted the initial application to Puget Sound Energy. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Lab results on well water are good. Boyd sent the lab results tonight - yay, we got good water! Here's a picture of the well, waiting patiently for someone to hook it up for good:. Sunday, May 3, 2009. This is a...
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Jay's House: July 2009
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Friday, July 31, 2009. The tubing installers have been working on the second floor tubing, while Paul's crew has been framing the kitchen and other areas on the eastern side of the house. PEX tubes are now dangling all over the first floor:. Most of the doorway sills have been cut out as well, making it easier to walk through the area - it's looking good! So I could take a p...
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Jay's House: December 2009
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Actually it's really my wife Dawn's house - I'll just live there. :-) The above title is meant to be in sync with my other blogs.). Sunday, December 27, 2009. We had three employees helping to load our car; a couple of them mentioned that they'd never seen such a large order before. I'm not sure whether to be flattered or nervous. :-). This is a bit of what your house looks like after bringing so much Elfa stuff home; kind of a wire shelving explosion all over:. This is the narrow side of the pantry:.
