Snow Falling on Railings

Snow? Again? Time to buy an AWD vehicle. ...

Photo attributed to Anne Bertino.

Curiosity did what to the cat?

Anne spent the first night in the house on Saturday. The cats slowly got used to their new surroundings and started to explore on Sunday. Today they are helping Anne seal the tile with some super green sealing product.

Photo attributed to Anne Bertino.

On the 124th day, God said let there be railings.

And we saw that they were good.

Photo attributed to Anne Bertino.

A few more days

The railings are due to be delivered on Monday. In the mean time, the entrance is blocked with caution tape. I told the builders that it looks like a crime scene. The railings are the last step needed for us to live there.

Not too much else to report at this point. There's a temporary railing on the back patio to make access safer over the week-end. We're close.

Here are a few pictures that provide unique perspectives of the stairs before the railings are in place. ...

We've started to move some boxes in ...

... but the progress is still slow.

The stairs and decks are up. Our design for the 90 degree staircase was executed to perfection. The only down side is the use of treated wood instead of metal for the landings. We made that concession for cost and ease of build reasons. Hopefully, we won't be cursing that decision in the future from a maintenance perspective.

The design of the stairs fit much better with the concept of the house than the design that was supplied by the architects. Notice too the shadows and interesting lines that are cast from the staircase.

The posts that you see are temporary. The real posts for the big deck in front and small deck out back are in now, and hopefully the posts for the stair landings are on their way.

Visits by the San Juan County Inspector are on-going and the appraiser is due for his "final" visit on Saturday - at this point. ...

The inside of the house is done for the most part. At least what can be done is done. I have ideas to "finish" some the low voltage wiring: Cat5 and Speaker Wire. The sound system components have also been picked out and will be purchased after the sticker shock wears off.