The fans that will blow the warm air out into the house go in
When I left the mountain to return to Portland on July 28th, it was 82 F, 94 in Brightwood (the Brightwood Tavern reopened last Saturday – huzza) and 106 on the freeway home. It is 80 here inside. Probably below 70 on [...]
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I got on the mountain about 10:30 on Friday. Trung and crew and friend Burt had been there on Thursday doing wiring things.
The masons had [...]
By the time I arrived at 11:00 the construction crew had mingled their platform bases with the mason’s scaffolding and were hard at work on the siding on the clearstory wall. They had all the needed HardiPlank, plus a saw, plus caulking and primer way up there next to the clouds.
Jimmy, Jeremy and Todd [...]
I was on site by 10 o’clock and the masons were busy finishing off the chimney above the roof, grouting the stones in place. What is left to do for the outside portion is to seal it. And take the scaffolding down. Troy readily admitted he had a plan on how to get the scaffolding [...]
Very busy day at the project. I arrived much later than I had planned (fates conspiring against me such as my politically very left wing neighbor wanting to chat as I was on my way to the vehicle and cheerfully blocking my path…finally I told her I just had to leave NOW). By [...]