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Welcome to the real-time
construction story of our new home in Trinity Center, California.
Follow the progress day by day...
HISTORY TIME LINE
The story ends here. We offer the story and photos for others who might be undertaking such a project. We thank everyone associated with the project for a job well done!
July 19, 2007 - The garage doors are finally installed. They look great!
February 15, 2007 - The apron is complete. The final 10' of asphalt was laid down and the hangar apron connects to the taxiway.
February 2, 2007 - Exactly 2 1/2 years from ground breaking, N3DX parks in the hangar for the first time!
January 28, 2007 - All painting is done.
December 2, 2006 - We moved in!
November 2, 2006 - We passed Final Inspection today at 10:40 a.m. PST.
October 20, 2006 - Final concrete pour for the year?
October 10 , 2006 - Finally, we pour concrete for the hangar apron. Day 480.
September 7, 2006 - The foyer compass rose medallion is in. Day 457.
August 25, 2006 - All of the counters are in. Day 449.
August 24, 2006 - The cabinet work is done. Day 448.
August 2, 2006 - Our 2nd anniversary of ground breaking. Day 432.
July 19, 2006 - Propane gas hookup complete. The pressure was tested with all appliances fired up: backup generator, two on-demand water heaters, and three furnaces. The system test passed on Day 422!
June 21, 2006 - Leach field installed, water hooked up, last concrete pour for final inspection, progress on the deck and stonework. Big day - Day 404!
June 8, 2006 - Hardwood flooring installation complete. Day 395.
June 6, 2006 - Deck starts. Day 394.
May 16, 2006 - The spa tub is installed! Day 380.
April 25, 2006 - One year of days working on the project. See Day 365.
April 13, 2006 - The weather breaks!
March 28, 2006 - One year anniversary of construction restart.
March 23, 2006 - Cabinets!! Day 341.
March 15, 2006 - Interior paint done! The first phase of painting all the interior walls, door casings, and hanging the doors is complete! Next comes cabinets and electrical fixtures. As far as interior painting goes, Donn's team comes back at the very end to do all the touch up.
February 24, 2006 - The ceilings are stained! Painting is underway. A major milestone. Day 328.
January 19, 2006 - The front door and laundry room doors are installed - the house is finally enclosed. Day 302.
December 22, 2005 - Furnaces powered up. Day 289.
December 20, 2005 - Power meter connected. Day 287.
November 28, 2005 - First snow at the site. Day 271.
November 17, 2005 - The hangar door is installed and covered! Day 265.
October 25, 2005 - Dumbwaiter is installed. Day 248.
October 21, 2005 - The roof is done. Day 246.
October 12, 2005 - The hangar door is installed!
October 6, 2005 - We passed electric, plumbing, HVAC, and framing rough-in inspection.
September 7, 2005 - Windows!!
August 26, 2005 - The "eyebrow" roof over the front porch is done. We're just about ready for roofing!
August 2, 2005 - First anniversary of the house construction
July 20 , 2005 - The roof sheathing is on.
June 27, 2005 - The roof trusses were delivered.
June 21, 2005 - Electrical boxes start showing up.
June 14, 2005 - Plumbing rough-in starts
June 10, 2005 - The tall columns on the east "balloon" wall went up. Now you can picture the view!
May 23, 2005 - The main beams holding up the second floor go up. And for a special treat, everyone paused to watch a B17 do a low pass over the airport! Check out the pictures on Days 139 and 145.
April 27, 2005 - The retaining walls outside the hangar door are done!
April 26, 2005 - The first stick wall went up -- it's the east wall in the dining room.
April 19, 2005 - The slab for the garage was poured today.
March 28, 2005 - We restarted the project today!
December 23, 2004 - We poured concrete for the garage walls and the ground level walls. After the pour, we closed down the site and wished everyone a Merry Christmas.
December 10, 2004 - A foot of snow almost shut us down.
December 2, 2004 - Final ground level footings were poured -- Day 87.
November 23 , 2004 - The first floor concrete walls are up -- Day 81.
November 4, 2004 -- The first floor subfloor is installed.
September 17, 2004 -- The BIG beams are installed.
August 2, 2004 -- Construction started
July 22, 2004 -- County issued the building permit
July 14, 2004 -- County approves plans
June 11, 2004 -- Resubmit plans to County
May, 2004 -- Original general contractor quit, found new contractor; new engineering plans completed
April, 2004 -- Fired first engineering firm, hired new firm
September, 2003 -- Plans back to engineers
August, 2003 -- County rejected the plans due to poor engineering
July, 2003 -- Submitted first set of plans to Trinity County
July, 2002 -- Applied for FAA construction approval
May, 2002 -- Tore down the existing house
January, 2002 -- Started new house design
October, 2001 -- Decided that the house could not be saved and still get a hangar in. The engineer said that the house needed "a good fire."
July, 2001 -- Applied for the rear lot offset variance in order to build the hangar up to the rear property line
February, 2001 -- Bought the lot and house
A cartoon from our
next door neighbor in TC
SPECIAL THANK YOUs
These people helped to get this house to reality:
Design, Permits, and Supervision
- Al Krumvieda - architect/designer, PEBCO Design Consultants
- Greg Foss - CAD draftsman extraordinaire, PEBCO
- Steve Roberts - Trinity County Airport Director
- Steve Judson - former Trinity County Building Director
- Wyatt Paxton - Trinity County Building Director
- Tina Devor - Trinity County Planning, variance processing
- Mary Roberts - administrative assistance
- Rick Webb Construction- general contractor, Anderson
- Doug Boss - 2004 site supervisor, Cottonwood
- Lila Levinson - design consultant, Accent on Design, Santa Clara
Hangar level to 1st floor subfloor - 2004
- Bub Ragan- excavation subcontractor and CAT 330B pilot, Red Bluff
- Billy Hartman - 2nd excavator pilot, trucker, Coffee Creek
- Mark and Matt Johnson, Cy Camp - excavation truckers
- Tim Hunter - 2nd excavator pilot, trucker, pit boss
- Ken Rieke & crew - hangar foundation and big beam installation, concrete work, hangar slab (Pete, Jason, Tyge, Mark)
- Gregg Duralia - Dura Crane owner/operator, Redding
- Robby - Eagle Concrete Pumping, Redding
- Mike Boban - concrete cutting
- Craig Callahan & crew (Jay, Matt, and Steve) - 2004 framing, Bella Vista
- Salvano and crew - Gretey Pro Landscaping
1st floor to finish - 2005, 2006
- Ken Rieke & crew - framing, mechanical room and garage slabs, siding, deck, septic system (Marc, Tyge, John, Mark, Kevin, Chelsea, Dave, Pete, Al, Rick, Gary, Phil, Dan, Brad, Mike, Zack, Doug)
- Richard Bacciarini - plumbing
- Mike's Heating and Air - HVAC, flashing, copper bay window roof (Mike Dampier and crew: Sean - foreman, Ben, Mickey, Rick)
- Golden West Electric (Bruce Swanston and crew: Jim - foreman, Greg, Mike, Joe, and Steve)
- Systems Plus - roof trusses (John Perez - driver and crane operator)
- Ark Design - roofing (Joe, Scott - foreman, Mike, Jason, and Dave)
- Gertety Landscaping (Jeff Gertety)
- Mandina Custom Cabinets (Mitch Mandina)
- Keller Supply - Plumbing fixtures (Diana)
- Northwest Propane - gas setup and testing (Dan and Rick)
- Sacramento Building - insulation (Larry, Chris, Jim)
- DuraCrane - hangar door storage, transportation, hanging (Ron)
- American Industrial Door, Medford - hangar door installation (Tom, Ryan, Josh)
- Walgamath Painting (Donn, and crew Gary, Ken, Richard, Craig, Vince)
- Dan Michelle and Scott - Drywall
- Boban Construction - Front curved staircase (Mike, Leonard, and Jose)
- Carmona's Appliances - Kevin
- TerraMai - Recycled ceiling and beam wood (Andy)
- Monticello Tile Design - Foyer compass rose (Brad)
- Dal Tile Redding - Medallion tile (Randy)
- BeeBee's Water Systems - Water filter system (Riley and Jason)
- Craftsman Home Connection - Floor registers (Cindy)
- Biggin's Lighting - Kelly
- Western Pacific Building -Interior doors and hardware (Alan)
- Trinity Carpet - Bamboo floor (Jason)
- American Lumber - GeoDeck (Jake)
- Tom's Hardwood Floors - Bamboo floor installation (Tom O)
- Design Air - gutters and hangar interior metal
- Allied Building - (El Dorado Stone) (Darrel)
- Molding Specialty - Column covers (Gary)
- Design Time and Tile - All main floor tile (Carol and Kelly)
- Vermont Soapstone - Kitchen counter (Alice and Gene)
- Pacific Crest Granite - Counter and medallion installation (Sylvia, Larry, Troy, Juan, Moses, Julio, Dave, and Bill)
- Diligence Woodwork - Interior stair woodwork (South and John)
- Mountain Gate - Interior stair metal work (Cyrus and crew)
- Metlund Recirculating Pumps - (Larry Acker, CEO)
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