Christmas Rain

Here is a photo of the house partially covered in tarp (for the front deck), taken on the 21st of December.

 Here is a picture of the PG&E drop service. My house is now powered up. It only took PG&E two months to come out and hook me up.

 Heavy rain. Picture taken on Chirstmas day.

 This is what the tarp was covering. My front deck.

Happy New Years!

Powered Up

PG&E finally came yesterday and hooked up electricity for my house.

Updates from Friday December 20th.

Hmmm.

Updates December 11th, 2012.

Trench back-filled.

 Floor on second floor gets sanded and a fourth coat of poly will be applied.

 View of the garage roof.

 A lot of white.

 PG&E service pole.

 I got the bill for the Solar Panels and boy its expensive.

Making electricity ain't cheap.

Stucco finished and gas line buried.

Jose's crew fixed the stair exterior.

Here is Stucco-Steve's crew putting the finishing touches on the stucco.

 Finished.

PG&E required that the gas line had to have a layer of sand put into the trench before it could be buried. The sand is suppose to serve as an indicator just in case you dig in that area and would hit the gas line.

 The bobcat burying the gas line.

The move in date is coming close.

Happenings

PG&E arrive to hook up gas.

Pathway to door a little off-center.

Stucco being finished.

Appliances & stuff

 Tony and his buddy put the finishing touch on the glass block trim. Its teak veneered 3/4" plywood. Lovely job!

 Tony also trimmed out the pantry secret door. Very nice.

 The window shade box is almost done. Tony has to wait for the installation of the actual curtain and mechanism before he can trim the planks to its final width.

Kitchen appliances!!

Dishwasher.

 My sexy Bertizonni range!

 My microwave oven.

 The vent over the range was not centered so it got damaged. The tile guy will return to repair it.

Stay tuned.

Heavy rain fall; little drama.

 Today was the heaviest rainfall I've seen to date. Although, apparently I've slept through previous rain falls.

 The roof seems to be slightly tilted towards this drain pipe, so all the water run off is coming out of it. If you look below, you can see the tarp is catching all the water and has effectively become a pond. I was worried but also thought this would have been a great place for a pond! 

 Tony's quick thinking saved the day. There was a leftover pipe discarded in my backyard. it was the perfect length to divert the rain water away from the light-well.

 Here is Tony bailing the light-well out with a bucket.Water did seep into the basement but the windows were fortunately tight enough that it kept a waterfall from flooding in.

 Tony, just to be safe, nailed the tarp up.

Wow, this could have been really bad.