Cellar door and trim
Great progress at the backroom project at Zolacmanor yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023)! The carpenters from Neil Kelly Company trimmed all the windows (including fir casing and the frame, stool and apron in MDF) and two doors (MDF frame). They also sanded imperfections from the fir already added to make them appear as one solid piece, and they added the door to the cellar, as 29 3/4 inch by 75 inch by 1 3.4 inch door and frame with metal threshold and weather stripping. Also the carpenters added a shelf for the pass-through.
This afternoon between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Poest will bring in two fir newel posts which will allow the carpenters to finish the kneewall and put in the guard rail with balusters, then continue the railing for the stairs and and around to the basement newel post. I imagine there are a few things they still must do to finish this morning, but they did not arrive so probably not enough. When they complete the railing, though they should be done!
I can see a few things they still need to complete besides the railing:
* passthrough needs bullnose pieces on both sides now that there is a "shelf".
* cellar door frame needs to have some structure added between the frame and the outside wood.
* cellar door needs trim framing.
Poest showed me some reject pieces: looks like he has not forgotten the equatorial lines in the final sphere. That makes me very happy! We may get a good reproduction...even better than the one at the front of the house (because there is no paint).
I gave Marisa her Christmas present early--well, at least the payment for it. Yesterday we went to T-Mobile next to the onramp to I-5 at Jantzen Beach and bought her a replacement for her phone. I have not received a legal agreement by email on this as promised. I expect there won't be one as I already paid for the thing. It should arrive next week sometime. We could have done something to fix her phone (or, more likely, replace her phone charging cord), but she wanted a new one anyway.
After we did that, we dropped over to Denny's for dinner and had a nice conversation about the greedy people of the world ruining it for the rest of us: Oil company executives, coal company executives, the CEOs of "Dollar" stores, the CEOs of railroad companies. All of them sacrifice safety of their employees and the health of this planet for short-term profits. Why? Because the CEOs are rewarded with bonuses and big pay by shareholders. Their short-term gain is all that seems to matter.
We, on the other hand, are trying to get to a point of creating a home which is net-zero and transportation that is also net-zero. The current systems of the world do not make that easy to do but that is what I try to direct our money to do and never at the expense of the environment (at least within my power) or the safety of us or others. I could say: I want a pristine lawn and great insulation and better plumbing and use herbicides, toxic products and pex (plastic) piping. I don't. Instead I want a yard that is a haven for a variety of native plants and animals with no man-made products and no gasoline engines used to construct or maintain the yard...and with only rain and stored rain used for watering. The house should use natural materials in its construction and last as long as possible. No asbestos encapsulated or otherwise, no oil tank, and (eventually) no lead paint. We aren't there yet, but I am working on it.
After Neil Kelly is gone there is so much to do!
Presuming that the yard grasses and clover is in...and the initial drainage...and we've moved stuff back:
* classic registers (3).
* phone extension in basement (the first) using the cellar access to bring the wire over.
* clear stain + protection on all natural wood, window sashes included.
* original 1908 era window pulls.
* possibly 1908 era window locks.
* cellar door from original back door after restoration and resizing to 29 3/4 inch by 75 inch by 1 3/4 inch.
* storage area under stairs using original cellar door pieces to create door.
* outside vents converted to cool metallic ones.
* different paint on rectangular medallions.
* eggplant paint for roof extensions.
* baseboard and trim.
* classic trim for windows and doors.
* sink.
* boot seat.
* Theda painting.
* picture molding.
* crown molding.
* wainscoting.
* stairs runner with dust corners and rods.
This afternoon between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Poest will bring in two fir newel posts which will allow the carpenters to finish the kneewall and put in the guard rail with balusters, then continue the railing for the stairs and and around to the basement newel post. I imagine there are a few things they still must do to finish this morning, but they did not arrive so probably not enough. When they complete the railing, though they should be done!
I can see a few things they still need to complete besides the railing:
* passthrough needs bullnose pieces on both sides now that there is a "shelf".
* cellar door frame needs to have some structure added between the frame and the outside wood.
* cellar door needs trim framing.
Poest showed me some reject pieces: looks like he has not forgotten the equatorial lines in the final sphere. That makes me very happy! We may get a good reproduction...even better than the one at the front of the house (because there is no paint).
I gave Marisa her Christmas present early--well, at least the payment for it. Yesterday we went to T-Mobile next to the onramp to I-5 at Jantzen Beach and bought her a replacement for her phone. I have not received a legal agreement by email on this as promised. I expect there won't be one as I already paid for the thing. It should arrive next week sometime. We could have done something to fix her phone (or, more likely, replace her phone charging cord), but she wanted a new one anyway.
After we did that, we dropped over to Denny's for dinner and had a nice conversation about the greedy people of the world ruining it for the rest of us: Oil company executives, coal company executives, the CEOs of "Dollar" stores, the CEOs of railroad companies. All of them sacrifice safety of their employees and the health of this planet for short-term profits. Why? Because the CEOs are rewarded with bonuses and big pay by shareholders. Their short-term gain is all that seems to matter.
We, on the other hand, are trying to get to a point of creating a home which is net-zero and transportation that is also net-zero. The current systems of the world do not make that easy to do but that is what I try to direct our money to do and never at the expense of the environment (at least within my power) or the safety of us or others. I could say: I want a pristine lawn and great insulation and better plumbing and use herbicides, toxic products and pex (plastic) piping. I don't. Instead I want a yard that is a haven for a variety of native plants and animals with no man-made products and no gasoline engines used to construct or maintain the yard...and with only rain and stored rain used for watering. The house should use natural materials in its construction and last as long as possible. No asbestos encapsulated or otherwise, no oil tank, and (eventually) no lead paint. We aren't there yet, but I am working on it.
After Neil Kelly is gone there is so much to do!
Presuming that the yard grasses and clover is in...and the initial drainage...and we've moved stuff back:
* classic registers (3).
* phone extension in basement (the first) using the cellar access to bring the wire over.
* clear stain + protection on all natural wood, window sashes included.
* original 1908 era window pulls.
* possibly 1908 era window locks.
* cellar door from original back door after restoration and resizing to 29 3/4 inch by 75 inch by 1 3/4 inch.
* storage area under stairs using original cellar door pieces to create door.
* outside vents converted to cool metallic ones.
* different paint on rectangular medallions.
* eggplant paint for roof extensions.
* baseboard and trim.
* classic trim for windows and doors.
* sink.
* boot seat.
* Theda painting.
* picture molding.
* crown molding.
* wainscoting.
* stairs runner with dust corners and rods.