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Tue, 08 Jul 2008

Home Renovation Project: Fireplace Installed
The fireplace was installed today... that's the good news. The bad? Well... a little over a month ago the fireplace sales rep was out to take a look at the site and inspect our current gas lines to see if the supply was adequate (which it was thankfully). At the time, he informed us that the fireplace we ordered required line voltage (120V). Both Baxton and I were present and both of us asked for confirmation (Baxton said something like "Are you sure?" and I said something like "It doesn't run the ignition off of batteries?"). Anyway... it was somewhat of a surprise. So, at some expense, we ran some electrical conduit and wire out to the fireplace in the same trench as the gas piping.

Can you guess where this is going?

Yes, it turns out the stove's ignition system is in fact battery operated. So we ran the line voltage out to the fireplace (and up through the fireplace foundation) for naught. Thanks for that!

To add insult to injury, the installers put a huge dent in the front of the stove that they will have to address one way or another... either by part replacement (if possible) or by completely replacing the stove for another one. Aargh.

:: Posted by rus on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:36 pm
:: Filed under /projects/back_patio_deck


Olivia's Coconuts
Livy's upcoming birthday party will feature the theme of a luau. Here is one picture (of 28) that Kristy took of Olivia today for the benefit of Olivia's birthday invitations.

Livy's coconuts

:: Posted by rus on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:15 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2008



        

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