 July 2005 |
 August 2005 |
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 2005 |
 2005 |
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 November 2005 |
 THE TEAM |
 Dave & Mud 1/30/06 |
 Dave & Mud |
 GUN GIRL |
 David & Ralph (aka vicious guard dog) |
 THE WELL |
 Alien Water Tank |
 The Dig starts 4/5/06 |
 The Big Picture 4/12/06 |
 Footing Mat |
 Footings |
 Footings |
 Footings |
 Footings |
 I Bent These |
 Back Wall 4/21/06 |
 Dave & Ron |
 East Wall of House |
 NE Corner Wall |
 West Retaining Wall Footing |
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 NW Corner Wall |
 West Retaining Wall Verticals |
 West Retaining Wall |
 Rebar Mat 4/27/06 |
 Bending Rebar |
 East Retaining Wall |
 East Retaining Wall |
 East Retaining Wall Verticals |
 East Retaining Wall footings |
 East Wall Footings |
 East Wall Footings & Verticals |
 East retaining wall footings |
 Finally...End of East Retaining Wall footing |
 First Pour 5/16/06 (1:00 AM) |
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 Column Steel 5/20/06 |
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 Sheer wall footing |
 "Top of the Line Crane" |
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 Setting Column Steel 5/26/06 |
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 Column Steel |
 Column Footing Mat |
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 Pour #2 @ 3am 6/05/06 |
 Pour #2 |
 The Pour CREW :-) |
 David aka Mud Man |
 Digging For Next Pour 6/05/06 |
 THOMAS our backhoe guy |
 Rebar Farm 6/23/06 |
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 Front footing pour 7/10/06 |
 Dave |
 Roberto |
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 8/07/06 |
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 David's buddy |
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 Walls Rebar...almost done 8/19/06 |
 Rebar Finished!!!!!!! 9/13/06 |
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 Wall Forms Arrive! |
 Column Forms go up! 9/13/06 |
 First Wall Form! |
 Ready For Wall Pour..9/22/06 |
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 Concrete Pump |
 First Wall Pour...9/22/06 |
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 Miguel |
 6087 DUDLEY |
 DRIVEWAY |
 9/30/06 |
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 RALPH |
 RALPH |
 East End of Building (My Shop) |
 THE BUILDER |
 Block-outs |
 10/4/06 |
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 10/04/06 |
 Cement Pump |
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 10/10/06 |
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 10/28/06 |
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 Brandon |
 Russ |
 Miguel & Arnie |
 11/15/06 |
 David & Lee |
 New Finish Guy |
 Brundage-Bone |
 DUDLEY DUNES |
 11/19/06 |
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 11/20/06 LAST HOUSE WALL POUR!! |
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 11/23/06 |
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 West Retaining Wall Rebar |
 11/25/06 |
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 11/29/06 |
 12/04/06 |
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 Ready for Pour |
 12/9/06 |
 West Retaining Wall |
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 West Retaining Wall Finished!! |
 East Retaining Wall..ready to pour |
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 FINAL WALL POUR!!! |
 12/29/06 |
 FINAL WALL DONE!!! |
 NEIGHBOR...:-) |
 1/26/07 |
 1/26/07 |
 DAVID & DAVE from ATLAS |
 Shoring from ATLAS arrives 2/22 |
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 Shoring for Roof Pour |
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 First SHORING TOWER 2/22/07 |
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 SHORING TOWERS DONE 2/24/07 |
 A VERY HAPPY DAVID |
 NEXT...the 4X4s go up |
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 Up, Up and Away |
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 Go "SUN BLAZE" |
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 Jason's dangling feet |
 4x4s Loaded & Placed 02/25/07 |
 Loading the plywood sheets |
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 Front to Back |
 End to End |
 Slammin sheets..... :-) |
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 Paul, Gustavo and Brian |
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 Rebar being loaded |
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 ROD BUSTERS |
 DUANE |
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 Rebar and Electrical Conduit |
 HAMMIN IT UP |
 Bill |
 Loading the long bars |
 Finishing the rebar |
 1 AM ROOF POUR 3/15/07 |
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 Lee & Roger |
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 Rob |
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 Brian & Jason |
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 ROOF |
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 Roof Dirt |
 More Roof Dirt |
 Shoring Comes Down... |
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 Our Ceiling...... |
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 Shoring goes back to Vegas Yeah!! |
 April 2007 |
 Now we need a floor....... |
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 Styrofoam Arrives |
 Thomas unloading |
 Styrofoam for Insulation over waterproofing |
 Manuel & Jorge rolling primer 4/15/07 |
 Giant toilet paper roll..ha ha |
 Applying Waterproofing Membrane |
 Waterproofing Membrane |
 Styrofoam over Membrane |
 Styrofoam & Dirt half way up |
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 Dale Backfilling |
 John Backfilling |
 John & his loader |
 West Retaining Wall Backfilled |
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 Placing Membrane on Roof |
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 Styrofoam over Membrane |
 Boots |
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 Boot Man |
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 May 1 |
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 May 1 |
 Dirt goes on Roof....finally |
 TeleBelt spitting out our Roof... |
 Loading the Big Hopper |
 Charlie and JR |
 Our busy loaders |
 ROOF... |
 Plumbing starts.. |
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 Go Hacking Plumbing!!! |
 Asses and Elbows...:-) |
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 With curb...... |
 Under 3 feet of Dirt |
 Ground Plumbing |
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 Trying to escape.... |
 Gopher snake that came to visit and stayed awhile... |
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 Water Tank Base |
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 Tamped floor |
 Sunken Shower Floor |
 Styrofoam & Rebar |
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 Go SelectBuild!!! |
 FLOOR POUR 6/24 |
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 Lee |
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 Mario...love the hat |
 Miguel |
 Swirls.....(:-) |
 SCORPION |
 WALKING STICK |
 SELECT BUILD Art, Jesus, Roberto |
 Finishing Garage Floor |
 Drywall |
 Drywall into rooms |
 Steel Studs start... |
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 Rooms....at last (:-) |
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 A/C starts |
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 Hallway |
 A/C |
 Master shower |
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 Studs on Front of House |
 Our Front Doorway July 2007 |
 Steel Studs on Front |
 Gary & Jim.. Electricity at its best |
 Jim |
 Kenny... |
 The front 8/23 |
 The front 8/29 |
 Drywall going up....... |
 My Honey |
 Ralph wash tub |
 Drywall & Taping.... |
 Light Shelf |
 Master Shower |
 Cool bullnose corners |
 Kitchen |
 Dave our taper |
 Slowly but surely we are getting there..... |
 First window installed.. |
 Yellow "Densglass" |
 Styrofoam |
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 Lath crew |
 Eddie |
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 Juan |
 Stucco Brown-Coat |
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 CURTIS |
 KENNY |
 PAINTER DAVE |
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 Painted Nov. 07 |
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 Hallway |
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 Back of Spray Booth in Shop |
 Our new guest... |
 Western Big Eared Bat |
 Our Border Patrol |
 Stucco crew JANUARY 2008 |
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 Stucco done |
 A/C Units Set... January 2008 |
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 Coast Garage Doors |
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 Greetings Earthlings |
 Sunrise |
 Curb for Ralph's run |
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 CHECKIN IT OUT |
 Coyote proof cage for Ralph |
 RALPH'S YARD |
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 Ralph's enclosure |
 Painting the West Retaining Wall |
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 David pulling the tape off |
 THOMAS |
 West side |
 East side |
 Tile start 3/17/08 |
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 Patrick and Joe |
 PATRICK cutting tile |
 CABINETS in kitchen |
 DESK |
 KENNY setting cabinets |
 Power/water trench |
 Widening driveway |
 John moving the Connex |
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 MotherEarth arrives..Justin & Steve |
 Templates for Granite |
 Master Shower |
 Master Shower Floor |
 RUDY from Rughut |
 Grouted |
 Guest Bath |
 Pantry shelves |
 Utility room |
 LARRY from SCHILLING |
 LEON from SCHILLING |
 Granite floor |
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 Richard and David drilling holes |
 Holes for Fixtures |
 Kitchen Granite |
 Guest Bath |
 Shop Bath |
 Mike |
 Bill |
 Jim and Bill plumbing Water Tank |
 Water Tank electrical |
 Living in Style ;-) |
 FRANK.jpg |
 JOE |
 TOM |
 planting trees 2 |
 planting trees |