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Today was a day of much progress. We had a contractor and sub meeting and made more decisions – each of which I’m sure will cost me a wee bit more… We had ordered some sconces with the intent of mounting them on our two interior supporting columns facing the pool.  We had also intended … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 29 – Driveway Demolition, New Door, Window Gone

Another incremental day. I’m pleased to say that you can’t really tell that the screening has all been installed 🙂 You *can* see the chair rails and the doors are now all fully operational. This first shot below is still waiting for the Lexan covering for the roof. This small part will not be screened … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 28 – Screening of Lanai Done

Things have been a bit busy around here lately so I’m combing the beginning and end of the day pictures this time. Yesterday they DC Enclosures guys were here and they erected the bulk of the skeleton of the new lanai Shortly after the above pictures were taken I got together with all the major … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 27 – Framework for Lanai is largely done

Michelle was concerned about the colors of the stones that arrived from Daco Stone. The sample board we were using to drive the decision was only about 15″ x 19″ of stone and, while it largely represented what we actually received, the darkest stones were represented as no more than a couple of inch high sliver … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 24 – Rock Face on retaining walls has begun

As expected, things came to pretty much a crawl while decisions regarding rock faces and colors were being made. Three days ago new columns were installed to replace the multitude of makeshift supports The next day they came and finished sawing the existing tiles so they were even. They had originally been cut and notched … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 22 – New Columns and Tile Sawing

We are in that phase of the project where the work done is more incremental than it was originally. Below we see that work continues on the modular block retaining wall And initial fill behind the wall that will allow widening of the driveway also continues The dirt pile continues to shrink. We’ve had several … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 20 – Modular Retaining wall continues

Arriving home after 5 days down South we were greeted with a VERY strong smell. I was thinking “Geez, what did the cat eat this time?”. But the answer came to us when we peeked out into the back and could see a couple of small barrels of sealant that still sitting on the patio. … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 19 – Sealing the Deck, Start of Modular Retaining Wall

They say the devil is in the details and there are a whole lot of little details that are being dealt with both by the contractors and by Michelle and me. Final decisions have to be made for the color of the concrete and the way we want it cut – we’re doing a stamped … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 17 – More Deck Pour Prep

No shots from the existing patio today since you can’t see much change from there. But here we have a shot showing one of the trenches that were dug on either side of patio in preparation for the monolithic pour. Lanai supports will be bolted to this footing. and on the East side and the … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 15 – Rest of driveway by house removed, Electrical, Gas and Water Returns in place