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Post date: Dec 30, 2015 4:30:02 PM
While final construction details are working their way through, I’m settling in to the house. I have unpacked most of the things I shipped from Seattle (but still have not gotten to the bottom of the last box, where I hope to find the legs to the coffee table). Here you see the much-abbreviated market scene of ceramic figures from the shop of Josefina Aguilar, of Oaxaca, Mexico. Missing are the church, wedding, and baptism scenes.
I have some of the other artifacts arranged by region of origin. I don’t have all the wall-hangings up yet, partly for lack of wall space, partly because some walls are still blocked by rugs, and partly from laziness. There is only so much I can do at a stretch before I either get tired, run out of ideas, or want to move on to a different activity. I’m not enough of a curator to know exactly where everything should go as soon as I see it, so quite a bit gets moved.
My replacement cook stove arrived and has been installed. I checked the temperature of the oven, which is correct at 350° F, as long as I can read the dial (which is somehow upside down). I spent an afternoon repacking the GE stove (which was 1/4” wider than specified and wider than the space for it) into the Avanti packing material. That meant carving down polystyrene moldings designed for a narrower stove. The trucker won’t come until the snow has melted a bit more.I wired the relays that turn up the ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) when the range hood fan is active. That will draw out cooking smells, the same way it draws out smells when I turn up the ERV from the bathroom. We tested it yesterday to my satisfaction.
The plumbers installed the ventilation fan for the garage. This will draw the warm air (heated by the sun) under the floor slab. Even without this, the garage is often 50° F in the morning when the temperature outside has been below 20°. In both corners (and in front of the fan) are now 300 gallon rainwater storage tanks, which are being connected to the roof drain as I type. The rainwater from the roof will be stored in two 300 gallon tanks, and eventually go outside to an irrigation system, supplemented with city tap water if needed. I have left room for one more tank under the window if I need it, but I will have to organize my stuff on the shelving better to make room for that tank. Here you see the plumbers installing pipes to fill the tanks (from the pipe parallel to the left wall).Meanwhile I will have to wait for the temperature to thaw, as the snow is just accumulating on the roof now.
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