Well, today saw lots of progress being made - even though the Shipyard crew got off to a slow start. They had to wait in Orange Walk for two doors to be loaded into their truck before heading out to Corozal.
Here's a couple of shots that show the utility trench dug from the power pole to the inlet side of the utility room. There's a shunt over to the well house where the power for the well pump and well house lighting now runs. I'll tap into that to power up the lights for the streetside fence.
The trench will stay open till after the water is run from the well house to the house - and a few other places (garden area, cart port, canal end of the house, etc.).
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| Power Pole Trench With Shunt to Well House |
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| Trench Going to House |
Here's a couple of views (I know, these are similar to previous views. Just hold them together and fan 'em. You'll see them magically come to life.) of the house and and the Streetside Fence showing the progress that has been made.
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| Sreetside fence - The Gate Area |
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| Sreetside fence - Looks Unfinished This Direction |
Here's the detail showing the line for the pump inside the well house. I'll simply drill another hole in the bottom of the box to tie the Streetside fence lighting to this circuit.
The other shot shows Isidoro's crew putting finishing touches to the Streetside fence.
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| Electrics to Well Pump |
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| Finishing Plastering Streetside Fence |
Siliconing the pump access hatch. We tend to get a fair amount of water in the well house after rain or even a heavy dew.
The other shot is a view of the fence hiding the garbags site - and to remind me I need to get a hatch made with hinges and latch to go with it.
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| Sealing the Hatch |
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| Viewing Trash Hole |
Isidoro's crew is making fast progress on the last bit of fence. Here they've dismantled the chainlink fence, and by evening had already poured the footing for the wall to come tomorrow.
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| Laying a level line |
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| Finishing plastering block tops |
This is a nice view showing all the scallups of the fence.
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| Fence Scallops |
For some reason, adding doors really makes things seem as though they're coming together. The jamb frames and doors are all made with solid mahogany (Imagine that Stateside - $$$).
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| Fitting the Jamb |
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| Getting an assist with it |
Interior doors looking good, Man! No locks for knobs, yet. Place seems like a carpenter shop with all the sawing and hammering going on.
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| Our Three Interior Doors |
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| Trimming Streetside Exterior Jam Piece |
Showing some of the progress that's been made - drywalling, plastering, and texturing technique.
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| Texturing - From the Overhead |
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| Boxes of Tiles Waiting for Placement |
Again with the discussions! This has just gotta stop. Oh, wait. I'm an enlightened boss. It's fine. Carry on.
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| Dianna and Jose Discussing Texture |
Our drain field fence is dang near finished. Once that and the rest of the fence are done, Isidoro's crew will be done too. It'll seem strange and too quiet.
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| Finishing the Drain Field Fence |
Just to prove to everyone that Dianna's fine and in good spirits after the near-miss with tragedy, we went over to Bob's new digs for home cooked liver and onions with fried potatoes. Yummers! Was it ever good. Bob swears it's because he soaks the liver slices in milk before throwing them on the fire. I think he's right. It does seem to lessen the bitter taste.
Dianna and Bob actually did all the cooking. I posed, looking all official and stuff.
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| Bob and Dianna |
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| Dave Pretending |
You'll notice Bob's counter space is somewhat limited. That's cause he just built it the other day. This house came with bare essentials. So he's been spiffing it up.
We haven't visited with Bob's dog, Sadie for a long time. Now that Bob is back and living near Tony and Nellie, he felt he should retrieve Sadie from Doug and Twyla - the folks who were dog-sitting her for Bob while he was in Cuba.
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| Sadie's a Great Dog |
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