The House That Claire Built

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

sewer lateral is clear

Sutter plumbing came out and videoed the exterior and interior sewer lines. The main clay sewer lateral is completely clear and uncracked, and not a candidate for the Sewer lateral Program. He said it looks good and could use a cleaning once the house is built.

 The interior sewer line was also pointed out. This is made of cast Iron and he recommended replacing that with PVC, even though there were no cracks there either. He did not think the lines needed to be larger either; they are 4".
He gave me a rough estimate of  $8200 for 41 feet of replacement line around $200 per foot installed.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Don't Tell Apollo.....

Demo work is complete and I meet T. Postal at the house to double check foundation appraisal, I bring Apollo with me for his morning jaunt. He is confused, very confused at the familiar surrounding but remembers how good it feels to sprint into the bamboo....

Claire, thanks for inviting me back over here. Sure looks different without the house
Ya Ted it does, so do you still think we can build on this? How does the foundation look... pulling the I-beams caused a little tear....
Aw, I think its beautiful. absolutely gorgeous. I think this might be the strongest foundation Ive ever seen....they dont make 'em like this.

Dont tell Apollo we are not staying here tonight.....
Double walled foundation: Limestone and  8 " Block
This is what a $30,000 coupon looks like