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9. Electrical Panel…
You may recall from the “excavation” post that we decided to move the electrical service underground to the house. In the past, wires for electricity, phone & cable came from the telephone pole to the house attaching at the roof just above the old front door. This caused pulling on the roof barge rafters during […]
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8. Roof removal
We used to say roof tear-off when Bob was in the roofing business but with a large metal roof like ours it is really a removal process. We are using Sierra Sage Roofing for the new roof. They came on July 24th to remove the old roof. They have a crew that comes in and […]
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7. Concrete Part 1…
Who knew it takes many steps to get a new concrete foundation poured in two different sections of a house. Certainly not me. We had to have the existing foundation removed in the lower corner of the house which is under the corner section of the 1st floor entry/laundry room. Then we needed the new […]
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6. Introducing Larry and Elder…
Well it’s time I introduced you to Larry Buranzon, General Contractor, and Elder Perez, Carpenter. These two great carpenters have been helping Bob since the July 11th start date every week, Monday thru Friday. Larry has over 30 years in the building trades and has been a General Contractor in the Truckee/Tahoe area for about […]
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5. Excavation!
Monday, July 15th the Excavation Contractor came with all our favorite toys which can power thru things that shovels would take weeks to do. Jim Fereira of Fereira Construction, Tahoe City, CA is the contractor and again we could not have asked for a better crew. On time, efficient and work done right the first […]
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4. Approval & tree cutting
As I said the paperwork started in February. By mid May the final plans were submitted to the Town of Truckee for permits. To our dismay, they said it would be at least 3 weeks before the earliest approval. With the July 4th holiday looming our start date of June 22 was not looking good. […]
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3. Empty/Tear out…
Now, here is where I say ‘we’ but you all know that the real work is done by Bob. I help as much as I can but Bob is the real doer and scheduler! First we had to empty main floor area (the kitchen, living room, dining room and bedroom). Then we emptied and consolidated […]
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2. Scope Decisions…
We decided to do all the major items we wanted done: New metal roof Add a 3rd car garage space for a workshop Extend the deck over the new workshop space Add windows and sky lights (3) to bring more light into the kitchen, dining and living rooms Put in natural gas lines to the […]
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1. A snowy day in February…
It was a rare snowy February day in 2013 when we went to Steve Miller’s office, a Structural Engineer in Truckee, CA. We took in the original and our modified blue prints for the Fuxagufer West. We wanted to remove the walls between the kitchen and dining areas and a large passive solar atrium that […]
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Henry's Foxhole "aka Fuxagufer West" 