Big green monster
New tank! Also, a sufficient crane.
July 2015
Tank goodness
Inside the old well tank: a pile of rusty innards.
Roofs and Solar
The three new foam roofs are done, and 15 new spiral solar panels on the studio roof should let us swim year-round.
Bye bye, ugly deck
The ugly deck the previous owners built over the septic tank is gone, thanks to three hard-working day workers, and the new septic permit is in.
A man’s got to know his trucks’ limitations.
The mini truck digs itself in on the hill while hauling trash, and getting it back out takes a come-along, a bigger truck and a race against the fading light.
Our house had an ouchy
The new flat roofs go on, and the great room reveals dry rot so extensive the wood was still wet in July. All repaired, and still under budget.
Well that didn’t go very well…
Epic fail: the contractor flipped their crane truck while trying to move the old well tank. Fortunately nobody was hurt.
The long week has begun
My first night at Purgatory, after hauling a truckload of boxes down in Barbie, ahead of the well tank replacement.
A week in review?
The view from the well, 200 feet above the house, why a rusting 10,000-gallon metal well tank is a problem and the Whale’s broken camshaft at LeMons.
Ack! The well had no water, but we do have earwigs
The well had no water, the pump wouldn’t restart and the culprit turned out to be a bug corpse shorting a wire.
Progress Update
New videos of the main gate, the old barn and the horrid dog kennel, plus a week of rain and delays. I have a pry bar, and I know how to use it.
Mister Gorbachev…
We have a wall problem: the old railroad-tie retaining wall is failing, and on the south side the deck and pool edging are heading down the hill.
Driveway of cracks
Pictures of the cracked, crumbly driveway before it gets repaired and resealed.