Before and After Roof Comparison
For final comparison, here are pics of the great room roof and linen/entry roof before and after the roof work. All the tar and paper…
Category: Exterior
And we swam and swam all over the dam
As mentioned a few posts back, we had to have the flat roofs redone. When the guys from Armstrong demolished the roof above the studio,…
Bye bye, old thing
One of the eyesores on the property was an old kid’s playground the previous owners had for their daughter. It hadn’t been used in probably…
Big green monster
New tank! Also, a sufficient crane.
Tank goodness
Part of the process appears to have involved gutting the old tank like a Tauntaun, leaving behind a pile of rusty innards. Sadly no snowspeeder…
Roofs and Solar
The roof work finished up Tuesday and yesterday. Seabright Solar came and installed 15 new solar panels to heat our pool. The old solar was…
Bye bye, ugly deck
I’m doing a very happy dance as one of the giant projects I’ve been struggling with since we took possession is finally on track and…
Our house had an ouchy
One of the big projects here prior to moving in was redoing the flat roofs. We know that there were leaks in both the foyer…
Well that didn’t go very well…
Epic fail on the well tank removal project. I have no clue how they’re going to fix this and we’re very lucky nothing rolled down…
The long week has begun
Last night I spent my first night at Purgatory. Yesterday morning we loaded up Barbie (the Ford F150) and Agent Smith drove her down to Sunnyvale.…
Ack! The well had no water, but we do have earwigs
Agent Smith is very, very water conscious. Since we’re due to have the well tank replaced next week, he didn’t want to waste the 10,000…
Progress Update
I’ve posted some new videos I took last week up on our Photo Stream.* The first is the main gate walking to the house yard and…
Mister Gorbachev…
We have something of a wall problem. Or a lack of wall problem, depending on where you stand. On the west side, there’s an old…
Driveway of cracks
Our driveway is slated to be repaired and resealed Monday and Tuesday of next week. Today when I was at the property, I took some pictures…
Debris and Horse Poop
Yesterday was a long day in San Jose. As we waited for a contractor, Agent Smith and I explored and documented new territory. Keep in…
