December 27, 2005 - Tuesday - While the final mudding of sheet rock continues
inside, the rock facade installation continues outside. This picture shows the
progress just to the right of the front door. As mentioned earlier, the
"rocks" are made by
Eldorado Stone as
is the wainscot sill we will install as the top most layer of rock. The
wainscot pieces are not light so during the install of the last course of
"normal" rock we imbed galvanized steel angle brackets into the mortar.
Not only do these brackets help support the wainscot, they help guarantee the
wainscot will be level and snug up against the siding above it. These
angle brackets can easily be seen in this picture embedded into the mortar.
December 28, 2005 - Wednesday - This picture shows the rock facade just to the
left of the front door. The wainscot sill is now installed and even
cut at a 45 degree angle in the corner! For those interested in that type
of thing, one of the ways we cut the rocks is with a diamond blade on our
circular saw.
December 28, 2005 - Wednesday - The finished rock facade looks very nice!
December 28, 2005 - Wednesday - A nice shot of the front of the garage and the
newly installed rock facade.
December 30, 2005 - Friday - In preparation for the propane tank delivery, we
poured a concrete pad yesterday for the tank to rest on. Most builders do
not pour a pad for the tank, so the propane company simply furnishes concrete
blocks that the tank sits on. A pad always looks better and makes
maintenance easier in years to come since weeds will not be growing up under our
tank.
December 30, 2005 - Friday - We also poured the pad for our required driveway
light yesterday when the concrete truck was here. The driveway light will
be on a pedestal of brick and of course needs power for the light. To that
end you can see a conduit with electrical wire coming out of the center of the
pad.
December 30, 2005 - Friday - Our carriage lights were installed a while back and
now we even have the address on the home! Our carriage lights are made by
Kichler and are model 9645CV. Our
driveway light will match and its Kichler model number is 9945CV.
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