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House Addition - Week 5 & 6 (and 7 & 8) (and 9 & 10)

October 30th, 2009 by Bryan

I’m combining several entries together because 1. I’m lagging behind on the updates  and 2. Rain, inspections and tests have caused delays so there wasn’t too much activity to report on.

After fixing plumbing and digging even more, we started to lay our rebar

Our 2 steel columns complete with impaling rebar rods were delivered by this [...]

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House Addition - Week 3 & 4

September 21st, 2009 by Bryan

After spending the week under the house moving around utilities, we demolished the cripple wall under the house in order to excavate the new foundation.

the whole house was braced to the sides on the sandy ground.

Eventually, we replaced the large braces so we could dig the rest of the footings and grade beams.

As of now, [...]

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House Addition- Week 1 & 2

September 15th, 2009 by Bryan

We started construction on a 2 story addition to an existing single story house.  By ‘we,’ I mean the general contractor, a few guys and me.  I’m actually on-site most days getting dirty, learning new things and trying not to get hurt.

SITE: Here is the back of the house along the alley.

Step 1.  [...]

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February 24th, 2009 by Bryan

I passed!  It was harder than I thought it would be but I’m glad I did it.

That’s me I promise.  ‘Kim Hyung Rok” is hard to pronounce, even in Korean.

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Jørn Utzon 1918-2008

December 3rd, 2008 by Bryan

Jørn Utzon passed away at the age of 90. 
 

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