Moving into the final sprint to completion, there was one remaining bit of demolition work to take care of: removing the last bits of the old driveway, the concrete footing for an old fence, pieces of the sidewalk where the new water and gas lines will be run, and the old planter strip. Here’s a […]
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I took a bunch of photos during the demolition process. Here are a few of the ones I like best (you can view these individually or as a slide show):
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A quick FYI to my neighbors: we’ve asked the City to let us create a temporary no parking zone in front of 286, 282, 287 and 283 Chestnut Street. It’ll be for “construction hours” (which I believe are from 8 AM to 5 PM) on Thursday and Friday. We want to ensure traffic can get
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I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I loved to play in the sandbox with toy dump trucks, backhoes and excavators. This Thursday and Friday, September 26th and 27th, I’ll get to see them in action up close and personal. Because that’s when they’ll be clearing the existing structures, trees, etc
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Today we pulled the permits to begin building our new home! Many thanks to Chris Valley and Denny Phan of the City of San Carlos for making the process work as smoothly as it did. By the end of this week the construction site fencing should go up on the property. Demolition should take place
I didn’t appreciate the importance of stucco until I walked into 286 Chestnut after the asbestos abatement process was finished and noticed how drafty a house is with its skin stripped off. Makes you appreciate what the pioneers must have felt when they built their log cabins and before they found material to caulk the
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The first step in demolishing an old home doesn’t involve knocking anything down. Instead, it’s about removing whatever material contains pesky asbestos from the site. You have to hire specially trained and licensed people to do this. We’re working with John Howell of JWH Asbestos Removal Services out of Campbell, CA. The work is scheduled
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