October 16, 2006
Shutters Arrive
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October 05, 2006
Painted Front Door
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September 22, 2006
Painting the Patio Roof Finished!
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September 16, 2006
Michelangelo Still At It
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September 15, 2006
Front Door Arrives
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September 14, 2006
Painting Continues
I've dubbed the painter Michelangelo. Because he is taking meticulous care and taking forever!
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September 12, 2006
Patio Roof Painting
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September 09, 2006
Patio Roof Complete!
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September 08, 2006
Fourth Layer of Patio Roof
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September 07, 2006
First Three Layers Complete
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September 06, 2006
Cutting Corbels and Raising Wood Up
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September 01, 2006
Trust but Verify
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August 31, 2006
Fast Column Fix-it
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August 30, 2006
Column Screw Up
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August 28, 2006
Weatherstripping
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August 17, 2006
Patio Cover
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August 08, 2006
Patio Done!
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August 07, 2006
More Patio
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August 04, 2006
Laying the Actual Patio!
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August 03, 2006
Finishing the Benches
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August 02, 2006
Patio Column Footings
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August 01, 2006
More Work on Patio Steps
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July 31, 2006
Back Patio Steps
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July 27, 2006
Bench Form
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July 26, 2006
Patio Benches
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July 25, 2006
Now That we Got the Right Brick
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July 18, 2006
Bricks Gotta Match, But Don't
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July 17, 2006
Getting Started On the Back Patio
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July 07, 2006
Exterior Prime Paint
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June 22, 2006
Garage Door Gets Balanced
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June 21, 2006
Outside Picture Rail
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June 20, 2006
Third Stucco
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June 19, 2006
Garage Door Moulding
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May 05, 2006
Hanging the Garage Door
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April 24, 2006
Stucco Second Coat
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April 22, 2006
Back View of the House
Now we can get a glimpse of what the house will look like from the back yard.
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April 21, 2006
Gutter Gaps
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April 20, 2006
Stucco First Coat
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April 18, 2006
Mesh for Stucco
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Garage Door 3
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April 14, 2006
Garage Door 2
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April 12, 2006
Garage Door 1
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March 31, 2006
Telescoping Doors 5
They were experimenting with the weather stripping. We did not go this way but hrather had it where the two pieces of wood met.
Yippee!
Yahoo!
Yippee Yahoo!
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March 30, 2006
Telescoping Doors 4
The Living room has gotten to a good spot, so time to move on to the master bedroom doors.
Living room closed.
Living room open.
The guides above the doors, love this.
Putting the stationary doors in place.
Ready for installation.
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March 29, 2006
Telescoping Doors 3
Feeling good about what they are making. Love the track above the doors. Very cool look. Old fashioned. Low tech and looking like they were a part of the original house.
Yippee! Let's run!
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March 28, 2006
Telescoping Doors 2
they had to cut out the 2x4 below the big beam. I kind of thought that was going to happen. Because the master beam does not have one under it. It looks like the bolt is not fully thru the beam I hope this is not a problem.
Putting the frame together.
This ironwood and it took them forever to drill these holes.
The frame on the ground
Getting the frame into place.
It's level!
This goop is under the frame. They use to glue it into place.
A track in place.
Fine tuning the door wheels.
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March 27, 2006
Telescoping doors
More work on the telescoping doors. Now these doors are no longer a part of the window drama but a part of the exterior category! We are having the door systems built from scratch since purchasing them would cost upwards of $30,000.
The base piece of wood, created yesterday.
Cutting a side piece.
The base for the livingroom sliders and on the right, for the bedroom sliders.
Placing the groove cut for the center doors.
Measuring.
The grooves are cut.
The goorve for the 2nd and 5th doors stop half way.
The track is sunk a little bit so that when we walk through the open doors, it is still a pretty smooth surface. As even as possible with the wood.
These are the sides to the door frames.
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March 24, 2006
More Outside Work
They finished the mesh work for the most part today.
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March 23, 2006
Closing up.
So much was going on today. My camera is on overdrive.
The hall bath window put in.
the hall bath window with the tar paper around it.
The drip flashing to allow stucco weeping. The master closet is on a cement foundation. We want the stucco to go to the ground like the rest of the house, but this flashing is required to pass inspection. The architect said he does not recommend having the stucco go to the ground, but that is still the plan. After inpection, we will extend the stucco to the ground.
Fitting the flashing.
Rolls of tar paper and mesh.
Tar paper going up
Corner of flashing.
North side of master closet.
West side of master.
The verbage on the tar paper.
East closet exterior.
Close up of flashing.
Back of house.
Mesh goes up.
Close up of mesh.
After inspection, we will take the flashing off of the bottom of the gutters. The foreman is not sure how he will do it, but he will take it off, and add some more tar paper. They are doing everything the can to not damage the gutters we have built when we first moved in.
Side office window.
Front office window. Still looking mirrory.
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