occasional posts by risa aratyr
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. [George Carlin] There was a bit of on-again/off-again regarding the return of Berger Concrete and General Engineering to complete the excavation for and construction of the retaining wall around the carport, the portico, the basement stairs and … Read more BE-COMING HOME: all trussed up
In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. [Bjarke Ingels] The week of August 26th got a grand kickoff with a grand tour. I swung by the house after work to meet Mary, Carole and … Read more BE-COMING HOME: laboring on
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun. [Frank Lloyd Wright] By mid-August, the 2nd story floor joists were in, and the once-blurry threshold between “outside” and “inside” coalesced into a firm boundary. Side note for “Where’s Table?” players: in the photo above, the kitchen is in the background. Alas! no table – and no … Read more BE-COMING HOME: on the rise
Room Service? Send up a larger room. [Groucho Marx] As soon as the floor was down, the guys got started on the first-floor framing. When Neil came by on Thursday 1 August, we had most of the north wall. By Friday the 2nd, when we met Adrian up at the site, a good portion of … Read more BE-COMING HOME: making room(s)
Home wasn’t built in a day. [Jane Sherwood Ace] The third week of July was all about getting the sub-floor plumbing and heating systems in place. Those little white tubes sticking out above the joists are a fantastic sub-floor innovation: PEX piping. PEX is durable, dissolution resistant, chemical resistant, scratch resistant, fracture resistant, and high-functioning … Read more BE-COMING HOME: plumbing the depths