Like an Atlas rocket: a whole lot of shaking going on!

There were a variety of activities completed in the Merry Month of May. I have compared this project to an Atlas rocket launch at nearby Cape Canaveral: there is a lot of noise and shaking going on. But we haven’t left the pad yet. I’m going to post a brief overview:

There were a variety of activities completed in the Merry Month of May. I have compared this project to an Atlas rocket launch at nearby Cape Canaveral: there is a lot of noise and shaking going on, but we haven’t left the pad yet.

I’m going to post a brief overview:

Early May

Jack Hammer, LLC started work to pull down trees.

South of $1200 a day for labor and removal of large trees and other trash to waste disposal.

May 9

My favorite English handyman, Lloyd, came out to work on expanding the plywood box for the air conditioning unit. And he started to expand the place within the wall where water funneled in. It is quite rotted inside...the vertical support has just dustified.

Jack Hammer, LLC crew is still working on the yard. A few more trees went down. Rot was in the bamboo. The brick path is damaged. It looks like a bomb hit. But, it gives us a clean slate for future landscaping. I called to schedule a pool appointment on Wednesday at 4.

May 11

Got the bids for the windows. Insane. $65,000 for wood interior and white vinyl exterior Andersen windows. Installation is extra. We are going to have Home Depot give us a bid for white interior instead of wood and see if the price comes down very much.

May 12

Paid Everly’s Air and Heat $8915 for one air handler installation. They haven’t completed the installation at this point, but have a lot of expensive equipment one our side of the balance sheet, so we transferred funds over to their side of the ledger.

May 18

Wendy from Martin Pools came over to measure up and talk about design features of the new pool. Jeff from T&V Electric came over to evaluate the electrical panels. He will call FPL and inquire about dropping the power line and burying it.

May 22

Second window bid came in at $53,626.68 for impact resistant white-painted interior

May 24

We came into the house at dusk last night, and noticed that there was water standing in the middle of the kitchen. We searched with flashlights, hoping to catch the glint of light on water, as the source of the puddle was not readily apparent. Lloyd had already put the siding back in place on the external wall of the kitchen. We did see some small drops at the canned lights in the kitchen soffit. Perhaps water is coming in through the external vent, which leads to the kitchen fan.

The AC guys are back today to finish placing ductwork under the house. Luckily it is cooler today. Unluckily, It rained last night.

Because the house is in a hurricane zone, and more specifically on the barrier island in coastal Florida, we must have sturdy concrete pads under the air conditioning units. These weigh about 100 pounds, and are made of a reinforced concrete that is wrapped around a piece of styrofoam. Lightweight and strong!

One unit is for the downstairs and the other is for the upstairs. The house didn't have a modern power supply, so we hired an electrician to replace the old panels. The unit to the right is in an upstairs closet, and it replaced a unit that was there previously, but was MUCH smaller. The guys from Everly's Air said it looked as if the old unit was not used. They ended up removing the old ductwork aand replaced it with new flex ductwork.