After a relaxing week with the kids with nothing happening on the house construction (see proceeding BLOG entry), thinks have been going pretty “heavy” over the last two weeks:
15JUL (day 22 of construction) - septic system installation starts
18JUL (day 23) – septic, including electric controls, continues; insulation of vaulted ceiling in great room & insulation of exterior walls
19JUL (day 24) - insulation of floor
21JUL (day 25) - final power connected; garage floor poured; completed electric for septic system & pump house
22JUL (day 26) – Dan discovers that insulation in ceiling of great room not what we paid for, R11 insulation added to great room ceiling
25JUL (day 27) - water treatment system installed in pump house
28JUL (day 28) – drywall installed
29JUL (day 29) - drywall clean-up & paper floor; septic system tested; connected water to house; discovered furnace was broken which will delay completion of the drywall
30JUL (day 30) - drywall taping & “mudding”; furnace fixed
During this time we kept working on the pump house (including insulation, paint & roofing); along with continuous clean-up of the property (including planting Rhododendrons); insulating the garage ceiling; laying PVC piping for final electric hook-up to house; etc.
We did take a break on 27JUL to see “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”. Dan decided that the local multi-plex was not good enough, even if they were showing the movie in 3D. No, he decided we needed drive to the Pacific Science Center at the Seattle Center to view the movie on a seven story Imax screen & 20,000 watts of gut wrenching surround sound. For more on the Seattle Center & its creation from the 1962 World’s Fair see the below BLOG entry.
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2010/08/test.html
When Dan was a kid the Pacific Science Center was one of Dan’s & his cousin’s favorite museums! The Science Center was created after the 62 World’s Fair in the building & grounds used for the USA pavilion. Even way back in the 60s it was based on interactive & hands on exhibits. We are not sure if was the first museum in the USA to take this approach, but it was definitely one of the earliest.
http://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/
After the movie we had lunch at the Center House which used to house the world’s only (bubbleator). Center House was originally built in 1939 as the old Armory Building. It housed the 146th Field Artillery and its half-ton tanks. The basement of the Center House still has markings from the old firing range and an unfinished swimming pool intended for the recruits. In 1941, Duke Ellington played on stage for the University of Washington's Junior Prom.
Trivia – what was the bubbleator?
For the 1962 Worlds Fair, the Armory was reconfigured into the first vertical shopping mall, called the Food Circus. It just pre-dated Northgate Mall, which was the first indoor mall in the United States. In the early 1970’s, the Food Circus was renamed Center House after some minor renovations. In 1985, the Children's Museum moved into the first floor of the building and expanded their space in 1995, building a giant toy mountain for the newly created Kenneth and Maureen Alhadeff Exhibit Center. At the same time, Center House was renovated and reconfigured to emphasize public programming, such as signature events, free family entertainment, and cultural festivals. In December 2000, the Kennedy Center designated the Center House Stage as an Imagination Celebration National Site, only the fifth location in the nation to be designated. Today, over 3,000 free public performances occur in Center House each year.
Lunch was followed by a leisurely walk through the Center grounds to the International Fountain. The International Fountain is a mainstay from the World’s Fair, but was completely replaced and expanded in a $6.5 million project in 1995. As the centerpiece of the broad open space and lawn, it has been transformed from its early days of hard iron nozzles and surrounding sharp-edged, white rock. Now children can play in the fountain bowl and venture right up to the smooth silver dome. By day the fountain is a favorite lounging area and delight for young and old.
15JUL (day 22 of construction) - septic system installation starts
18JUL (day 23) – septic, including electric controls, continues; insulation of vaulted ceiling in great room & insulation of exterior walls
19JUL (day 24) - insulation of floor
21JUL (day 25) - final power connected; garage floor poured; completed electric for septic system & pump house
22JUL (day 26) – Dan discovers that insulation in ceiling of great room not what we paid for, R11 insulation added to great room ceiling
25JUL (day 27) - water treatment system installed in pump house
28JUL (day 28) – drywall installed
29JUL (day 29) - drywall clean-up & paper floor; septic system tested; connected water to house; discovered furnace was broken which will delay completion of the drywall
30JUL (day 30) - drywall taping & “mudding”; furnace fixed
During this time we kept working on the pump house (including insulation, paint & roofing); along with continuous clean-up of the property (including planting Rhododendrons); insulating the garage ceiling; laying PVC piping for final electric hook-up to house; etc.
We did take a break on 27JUL to see “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”. Dan decided that the local multi-plex was not good enough, even if they were showing the movie in 3D. No, he decided we needed drive to the Pacific Science Center at the Seattle Center to view the movie on a seven story Imax screen & 20,000 watts of gut wrenching surround sound. For more on the Seattle Center & its creation from the 1962 World’s Fair see the below BLOG entry.
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2010/08/test.html
When Dan was a kid the Pacific Science Center was one of Dan’s & his cousin’s favorite museums! The Science Center was created after the 62 World’s Fair in the building & grounds used for the USA pavilion. Even way back in the 60s it was based on interactive & hands on exhibits. We are not sure if was the first museum in the USA to take this approach, but it was definitely one of the earliest.
http://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/
After the movie we had lunch at the Center House which used to house the world’s only (bubbleator). Center House was originally built in 1939 as the old Armory Building. It housed the 146th Field Artillery and its half-ton tanks. The basement of the Center House still has markings from the old firing range and an unfinished swimming pool intended for the recruits. In 1941, Duke Ellington played on stage for the University of Washington's Junior Prom.
Trivia – what was the bubbleator?
For the 1962 Worlds Fair, the Armory was reconfigured into the first vertical shopping mall, called the Food Circus. It just pre-dated Northgate Mall, which was the first indoor mall in the United States. In the early 1970’s, the Food Circus was renamed Center House after some minor renovations. In 1985, the Children's Museum moved into the first floor of the building and expanded their space in 1995, building a giant toy mountain for the newly created Kenneth and Maureen Alhadeff Exhibit Center. At the same time, Center House was renovated and reconfigured to emphasize public programming, such as signature events, free family entertainment, and cultural festivals. In December 2000, the Kennedy Center designated the Center House Stage as an Imagination Celebration National Site, only the fifth location in the nation to be designated. Today, over 3,000 free public performances occur in Center House each year.
Lunch was followed by a leisurely walk through the Center grounds to the International Fountain. The International Fountain is a mainstay from the World’s Fair, but was completely replaced and expanded in a $6.5 million project in 1995. As the centerpiece of the broad open space and lawn, it has been transformed from its early days of hard iron nozzles and surrounding sharp-edged, white rock. Now children can play in the fountain bowl and venture right up to the smooth silver dome. By day the fountain is a favorite lounging area and delight for young and old.
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