Craftsman Remodel - Exterior page 7


Click any picture to supersize it. Sorted by date. To see the latest pictures start at the last page and work your way backwards.

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Fri, Dec 23, 2005
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Fri, Dec 23, 2005
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Fri, Dec 23, 2005
Ready to pour. Filling the form for the retaining wall on the north side of the house. That's a big hole to fill.
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Fri, Dec 23, 2005
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Fri, Dec 23, 2005
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Wed, Jan 11, 2006
The front part of the retaining wall gets filled. Still filling. The forms have been removed from the retaining wall. Now the rest of the brick can be removed.
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Wed, Jan 11, 2006
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Wed, Jan 11, 2006
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Wed, Jan 11, 2006
The neighbor has a Bird of Paradise that is cracking their retaining wall. The main electrical panel. The stone that's sitting on the patio will cover the wall but not until the final grade is put in.
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
Since the other part of the retaining wall is dry, the corner can now be poured. Another view of the formed corner. The gas line needs to be removed and a new one installed below grade. The telephone pole survived the digging, especially with those chains anchoring it to the trees.
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
The front and back of the column are in place. One of two chains anchoring the pole. Looking at the retaining wall from the front yard.
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
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Thu, Jan 19, 2006
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Wed, Jan 25, 2006
Attaching the MDF to the underlying 4x4. The backyard has been cleaned. The backyard fence is gone!
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Wed, Jan 25, 2006
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Wed, Jan 25, 2006
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Sun, Feb 5, 2006
Sand was brought in to level out the yard. The new fence will add about 200 sq ft to my yard. The yard is looking quite large without any trees and the grade raised. My new fence is in on the correct property line. I now have a pole but also about another 200 sq ft.
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Sun, Feb 5, 2006
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Tue, Feb 7, 2006
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Tue, Feb 7, 2006
This Moonlight flagstone will go on the living room fireplace. The front yard hedge on the north side was removed today. The south-side hedge (actually 4 different trees shaped into a hedge) was removed today.
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Tue, Feb 7, 2006
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Sat, Feb 11, 2006
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Sat, Feb 11, 2006
Adding crawl space access on the south side. Pouring more retaining wall on the North side of the house. In the bedrock and heavily reinforced only 3 feet from the underpinned foundation.
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Wed, Feb 15, 2006
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Wed, Feb 15, 2006
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Wed, Feb 15, 2006
The water main is put in. It's one massive copper pipe. The water main is run under grade prior to pouring the retaining wall. Water enters the house here. There is 1" pipe throughout the house to keep the volume up.



Last updated: 3/3/06