11/13/05.
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The workers' boom box - it works!
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Susan stress testing one of the tiebacks.
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The sewage pump is in. It will be buried in sand to keep it quiet.
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Our great friend Susan Chen. She was glued to the seat in the redwoods.
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The big section of deck looking from above in the music room.
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The soaking tub is in place.
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View from the deck.
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View from the deck.
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Tony finishing the deck framing.
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The pony wall between the kitchen and dining room. Gas line for the stove.
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The downstair bathroom shower floor pan is installed.
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The L-shaped deck is framed. The close section is 4' wide, the far section extends 16' from the living room.
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They leveled the crawl space under the living room. It's a large storage space.
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The electricity meter panel is going in.
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Tower support will be visible when we're finished. The Pepsi will have been drunk by then.
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The bathroom plumbing in the kitchen ceiling.
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We added a full-sized door to the lower crawl space.
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12/07/05. The siding is going up and the rains have started coming down.
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Sliding glass doors are in. The dining room panels are 5'x8' and weigh 400lb. each. Marshall and Tony carried them across the plank!
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Living room glass doors, 12'x8' opening onto the deck.
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We brought a burrito lunch again. The windows are being stored in the music room until the scaffolding goes up shortly.
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Drainage pipes are in on the upper slope, which is covered with jute to minimize soil erosion during the winter.
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The draining pipes going down to the creek across our neighbor's property.
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Alfonso.
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12/07/05 - weatherproofing.The entire house has been built by carrying materials over the plank seen here, which spans the 12'+from the road to the parking deck.
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