New Roof!
Roof Replacement in Progress
FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 29, 2006
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
1. We have a new roof! Wednesday and Thursday were rainouts but the roofing crew showed up bright and early on Friday and finished mid afternoon on Saturday. The crew of 7 was amazing in how they worked at 35 - 50 feet above the ground. The Spanish I learned while living in Mexico City did come in handy. The cost was about $1600 more than expected due to the roof deck, i.e., the wood that the shingles are nailed to, needing more extensive repairs than I previously thought. But it's done, nobody got hurt, and we're dry.
2. The claw foot tub is in the shop being refinished. I moved the tub about 120' by myself from the carport to the back of the pickup and was real proud of myself until I delivered it to the tub refinishing guy (who was significantly smaller than me) and found out that he loads them by himself all the time. But OSHA Babe was impressed. When the tub is done, it's really going to be nice!
3. The pest control visit was completed. We had cucarrachas dying for the next 2 days. Why do they have to crawl to the middle of the room to do that?
4. The HVAC technician came out on Wednesday. There's good news and bad news. What do you want first? OK, the good news is that both the RUDD Heat Pumps work after very little use since their installation in 1995-1996. The bad news is that they haven't been serviced in 10 years. A followup visit is scheduled to take care of cleaning the condensing coils, leveling the concrete pads the outside units are sitting on, relocating one of the outside units, and installing 2 programmable thermostats. I'm glad that we're not having to buy new units.
5. The carpenter contines to develop the plan for improving the structural support of the front balcony, making the "Leaning Column of Tobin Hill" more plumb, and tidying up the column bases. Stand by. More to come, i.e., $$$$$$$
6. Visitors this week - 1 hardwood floor refinisher, the bug man, the HVAC guy, a masonry contractor, and a neighbor from 2 doors down.
NEXT STEPS -
1. A good part of this week will be spent under the house mapping the existing plumbing infrastructure. Current plans call for increasing the supply line to a 1" line, capping the lines to the 2 water heaters currently located in the kitchen, extending the water to a future back porch and water heater closet, rerunning the water lines for the 2nd floor laundry room. I'm hoping to do the grunt work of running the new lines myself with the help of a neighbor. We'll see how that goes.
2. HVAC service is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 30
3. Masonry work needs to be scheduled to repair the fireplace and "re-tuck" the chimney that served the kitchen.
4. The Fireplace door and frame need to be taken to a sandblaster to get the old paint off. The design on the door is pretty cool.
2. The claw foot tub is in the shop being refinished. I moved the tub about 120' by myself from the carport to the back of the pickup and was real proud of myself until I delivered it to the tub refinishing guy (who was significantly smaller than me) and found out that he loads them by himself all the time. But OSHA Babe was impressed. When the tub is done, it's really going to be nice!
3. The pest control visit was completed. We had cucarrachas dying for the next 2 days. Why do they have to crawl to the middle of the room to do that?
4. The HVAC technician came out on Wednesday. There's good news and bad news. What do you want first? OK, the good news is that both the RUDD Heat Pumps work after very little use since their installation in 1995-1996. The bad news is that they haven't been serviced in 10 years. A followup visit is scheduled to take care of cleaning the condensing coils, leveling the concrete pads the outside units are sitting on, relocating one of the outside units, and installing 2 programmable thermostats. I'm glad that we're not having to buy new units.
5. The carpenter contines to develop the plan for improving the structural support of the front balcony, making the "Leaning Column of Tobin Hill" more plumb, and tidying up the column bases. Stand by. More to come, i.e., $$$$$$$
6. Visitors this week - 1 hardwood floor refinisher, the bug man, the HVAC guy, a masonry contractor, and a neighbor from 2 doors down.
NEXT STEPS -
1. A good part of this week will be spent under the house mapping the existing plumbing infrastructure. Current plans call for increasing the supply line to a 1" line, capping the lines to the 2 water heaters currently located in the kitchen, extending the water to a future back porch and water heater closet, rerunning the water lines for the 2nd floor laundry room. I'm hoping to do the grunt work of running the new lines myself with the help of a neighbor. We'll see how that goes.
2. HVAC service is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 30
3. Masonry work needs to be scheduled to repair the fireplace and "re-tuck" the chimney that served the kitchen.
4. The Fireplace door and frame need to be taken to a sandblaster to get the old paint off. The design on the door is pretty cool.
1 comment:
praise the Lord....its nice to have a dream house of yr own
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