Karl Laustrup
01-31-2006, 9:07 PM
January 31st, 2006
Cold morning again [21 degrees].
Well, Benny and his helper got an early start again this morning. Started putting down the floor joists. I felt sorry for them [and me kinda] because this was the 2nd straight day that their other member didn't show up.
I couldn't stand it anymore so I left about 10 AM to come back and sit in front of the 'puter and constantly check that freight company to see if Ken got his surprise yet. Well, that and to make a few phone calls for info regarding our upcoming natural gas use.
First call was to the gas company. Explained what type of equipment I would be putting in the house. Here is a list of what I read off to him.
1. Wolf Dual Fuel 48" range with grill and griddle. Max BTU 89,000
2. Bryant Plus 90i Furnace 80,000 BTU
3. 40 Gallon water heater 40,000 BTU
4. Rinnai Tankless water heater Max BTU 180,000
He suggested I might need at the very least a different gas meter and possibly a new service line, dependent on what size mine is now. About 120' to where my gas line hooks into the service trunk. Guess who'll have to pay for that, if I need one?
Now I have to call him tomorrow with the above numbers as well as the pressures the appliances require. We'll see what happens there.
Back to the hacienda, or more appropriately, soon to be hacienda and see how the guys were doing. The east end had all the joists in place and they were starting to work on the west end. Also, one of the other guys from Schluters was there and had finished cutting an opening into each new section of crawl space from the existing basement. That will help the plumber, HVAC and electrician, as well as allow storage of stuff later on.
Weather is not cooperating like it was earlier. Rain changing to snow and back to rain for tonight and tomorrow morning. Hopefully they can get the sub floor done tomorrow. Hopefully they get an extra worker or even two so we can get caught up.
Stay tuned and thanks for looking.
Karl
Cold morning again [21 degrees].
Well, Benny and his helper got an early start again this morning. Started putting down the floor joists. I felt sorry for them [and me kinda] because this was the 2nd straight day that their other member didn't show up.
I couldn't stand it anymore so I left about 10 AM to come back and sit in front of the 'puter and constantly check that freight company to see if Ken got his surprise yet. Well, that and to make a few phone calls for info regarding our upcoming natural gas use.
First call was to the gas company. Explained what type of equipment I would be putting in the house. Here is a list of what I read off to him.
1. Wolf Dual Fuel 48" range with grill and griddle. Max BTU 89,000
2. Bryant Plus 90i Furnace 80,000 BTU
3. 40 Gallon water heater 40,000 BTU
4. Rinnai Tankless water heater Max BTU 180,000
He suggested I might need at the very least a different gas meter and possibly a new service line, dependent on what size mine is now. About 120' to where my gas line hooks into the service trunk. Guess who'll have to pay for that, if I need one?
Now I have to call him tomorrow with the above numbers as well as the pressures the appliances require. We'll see what happens there.
Back to the hacienda, or more appropriately, soon to be hacienda and see how the guys were doing. The east end had all the joists in place and they were starting to work on the west end. Also, one of the other guys from Schluters was there and had finished cutting an opening into each new section of crawl space from the existing basement. That will help the plumber, HVAC and electrician, as well as allow storage of stuff later on.
Weather is not cooperating like it was earlier. Rain changing to snow and back to rain for tonight and tomorrow morning. Hopefully they can get the sub floor done tomorrow. Hopefully they get an extra worker or even two so we can get caught up.
Stay tuned and thanks for looking.
Karl