Digging a Ditch – What Could Be Better?

How do you deal with a gas line that runs through the middle of your guest room? Well, you gotta move it. The plan in this case is to run the new line mostly outside, which will also allow us to install an earthquake shutoff…

Closet window rehab

We have three closets on the main floor of the house, and they each have a small window, one foot by two foot. The wood of the windows and window frames of two out of the three have deteriorated a fair amount. There’s evidence of…

Back Yard El Nino Prep

Let’s be honest – our backyard is going to take quite a while to turn into something beautiful. But today we took a big step forward! To get things moving forward, we’ve enlisted the help of our good friend Meri Mohr, recently certified permaculture specialist….

water line into the house

Incoming water line replacement

One of the fun parts of the adventure where I created an impromptu shower in our downstairs by breaking open a hot water pipe before I was actually ready to do so, was discovering that the valve on the water supply line into our house…