Old bottles

PC found this bottle outside. It's very thick glass and it's very small which is probably why it survived intact.

In the pictures below, I added two old bottle stoppers and a glass bottle cap. These PC found outside, too.

It's too bad the stoppers and bottle don't go together.

There's more cool stuff we've found outside, but most of it is broken. I'll keep taking pictures.

And speaking of pictures:

The next few blog posts will be pictures of the progress on the INSIDE!

Yay! Progress!

And, remember: I'm working on the website. If you come here and this blog is not here, just look for the link. And PLEASE give me some feedback as you see updates published.

Thanks:)!

Gas Line

Here's the link to the original post about the need to replace the gas line.


This was a lot faster than digging the trench by hand:

A friend with a tractor and the small back-hoe attachment came over and dug the trench and backfilled it in about a half a day (Thanks, Junior!).




Here's the view from the street above:

Here's a picture of the required plastic gas line:

Remember the Curb Box that was such a problem to locate?
Look right below the yellow line painted on the stone:

Here's a close-up:

It's not really a box at all, but a plain-looking shut-off valve. The reason it was so hard to find is because it was so far below the surface. And this is after they raised it!

The painted yellow line was so we didn't lose it again.

There are a few more updates that need done before we can have it pressure tested. However, that should be done by the end of the week and then we'll be able to get a meter hooked up and start checking out the furnaces....

PC with PPE

Here's PC with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) strapped to his face:

This particular PPE makes a normal breath sound exactly like Darth Vader sweating his way through a lightsaber duel.

All the insulation and general dust from tearing down, ripping out, and hauling away has the air pretty thick with stuff you'd really be better off keeping out of your lungs.

Fortunately, this phase of deconstruction will be over soon.

Refrigerator of Death:

It doesn't look so bad with the lights on:

Dirty: yes.

Evil: no.