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The dogs are REALLY INTERESTED in what is going on. They recognize that this is
their home and they LOVE to visit the construction site...ummm, smells
good!
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Several "shear walls" were created to provide additional stability in case of
an earthquake and rough electrical infrastructure started to go in.
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The new house will have fire alarms wired into each room, each with battery
backup...& "supplemented" with ordinary battery-operated smoke alarms as well!
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The new dining room and pantry addition is starting to take shape, too. The
plywood is providing "sheer wall" strength on the pantry wall.
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The electrical infrastructure is considerably upgraded from what we had before.
We are using 12 gauge wire, extra-heavy conduit, way more circuits than
"typical" but at least we know we're doing everything we can to prevent a
repeat performance!
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We also have a second electrical subpanel going in the hallway to handle the
"burden" of electrical circuits in the bedroom wing of the house...and the new
house will have more than 5 times the number of circuits that we had before.
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The heating and airconditioning ducting will feed through soffits inside the
house. We think this will be a great improvement over having a roof full of
huge silver tubing as we had before!
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The rough plumbing is going in, too, and the tub in our guest bathroom has
arrived. We are using Kohler tubs & sinks with Grohe fixtures in the "Talia"
style. We have also selected a very nice limestone for the countertops.
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This is what the construction project looked like on September 13, 2001,
exactly one year after the fire!
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