Friday, March 5, 2010

Late entries

Today we signed the contract for the kitchen/bathrooms/pantry/office and dining room cabinetry
Koa in guest rooms, Sapele in pantry and office, Wenge in master bedroom and Kamani in kitchen and dining room.
The kamani was harvested from Opihikao - right near the house.

Slab around garage and master bedroom lanai to be poured Monday.

Bathroom/Kitchen fixtures to be ordered Monday - if you have any questions about urinals or toilets, I am now an expert (who would've thunk)

Solar lights to be flush mounted in walks around house and garage to be ordered Monday.

Berm - new concrete below nanawall opening

Front Door panorama

Same shot- different day

Guest room lanai - and new concrete beyond


Master bedroom side - slab prep for propane tank

Prepping for lanai slab - pool electricity and spa piping

Prepping for slab around garage

More slab prep

Dakine

From the pali

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Event: 12501

TSUNAMI MESSAGE 7 (TSUNAMI WARNING FIRST PUBLIC NOTICE via EAS)THIS IS A CIVIL DEFENSE MESSAGE FOR SATURDAY, FEB 27 @ 600amTHE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED A TSUNAMI WARNING FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A MAGNITUDE 8.8 HAS OCCURRED NEAR CENTRAL CHILEAGAIN, A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. THE FIRST WAVE HAS AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF 1100AM SATURDAY MORNING.ALL LOW COASTAL AREAS ARE AT RISK AND MUST BE EVACUATED BY SATURDAY MORNING @ 1000AM WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE SERIES OF WAVES MAY LAST SEVERAL HOURS; SO BE PREPARED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE EVACUATED AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.AGAIN, YOU ARE ORDERED TO EVACUATE ALL LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS NOT LATER THAN 1000AM @ SATURDAY MORNING.WE REQUEST THAT ANYONE NOT IN THE EVACUATION AREA STAY OFF THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TO FACILITATE EVACUATION EFFORTS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR UPDATES.YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED AS CONDITIONS CHANGE. THIS IS YOUR HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Better late than never... just added 3 different groups...

 
Talk Story (Bob and Denis in the living room)

  
Someone double-check that nail

  
 A view from the roof - of the roof

  
Aloha!


  
Kalepa Point afternoon

  
 
 
 Whales coming in close

  
Berm shot

  
Front door

  
Same shot - different day
  
Master carpenter

  
Pines pau

  
Electrical Permits pulled by Solar installer
  

 
Pool shot showing forms for concrete near guest room and torch columns

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Better late than never....

Roofers - Stucco - Framing - Solar - Concrete - Whales

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What a difference a (couple) days make....

 
Berm

 
Cupola

 
Two Cupolas

 
Working on Cupolas

 
Wall where grill will be


 
Front Door (Garage wrapped for stucco base application)

 
Same shot - different day

 
Guest room side

 
Dining room/guest room side


 
Ironwood eradication process

 
Hot dipped galavanized mesh for stucco mud

 
Tide pool - (there were whales too, but pictures never do them justice)