INSTALLATION (part 2)

Just a few days previously, I was told that we needed massive amounts of weight (over 15 tons!) to be added to the barge to get our stability correct. I luckily was able to find 7 tons of steel plate, which was cut, welded together and lowered into the barge. It was the best we could do at such short notice (by the way, steel--even "dumb" steel--is VERY expensive!) and all we could do is hope that we would sit low enough. The lower floor was rigged up and carefully lowered onto the barge. Our designed tolerances were 1- 1/2" all the way around, so it was a bit of a nail-biter as this 10 ton thing was matched up with its counterpart.

INSTALLATION!

The house arrived at around 8am on Wednesday in two pieces. It had driven all night up the I-5 and was a few hours late due to high winds.

last tango in Perris

Here are images taken the day before the house shipped from the factory.

jack the foreman

here's the world famous construction foreman overseeing the discovery center jobsite

almost there....

here are the latest photos of our house. we're now very, very close!


living room bay window...

stairs down to lower level (pre windows)...

front entrance...

newly shorn

Jack and his dad both got haircuts. (mine was by myself in a barbershop with crusty old guys, boxing photos and playboys...Jack was with his mommy at a place called "the Panda room") As you can see, I owe her one. Enjoy!

before...

during...

after...

father and son are properly shorn

our newly minted 6 year old...

may 3 progress

this is the lower floor, newly framed. from the window openings down will be within the concrete barge. this view is of our bedroom.

interior view from Jack's room looking into his sister's. step up will one day be a partition to separate the two rooms.

i don't know why, but i thought this view was cool. you are in the dining room. this is where our jukebox will sit. door is to our float.

this is the entry view showing exterior cladding. stair is to our roofdeck. entrance is on the right.