#yolo_az New Build!

[aham23]

Yes! We have workers this morning. Gas line going in for the firepit. Bummed a bit since they have to tear up the side yard to do it. The only section of the yard that was "done" was for Eddie Vedder, the dog. Had to do it right away when me moved from Chicago to AZ this past July.


http://Dog Run! by a ham23, on Flickr

 

[Arizonarob]

Eddie is not gonna be happy!!

 

[aham23]

Gas Co was bringing the Dtich Witch to the back yard as I left for work yesterday. I thought; that will be a tight fit, but hey they know what there are doing.”

Well they hit the house busting up the stucco. I told the PB and sent him pics ASAP. Pretty frustrated with the lack of caring on the part of some of these subs. They won’t get that final payment until it’s repaied and entire rear of my house is painted to cover all the overspray.

Ill toss some some pics up later.

 

[riley00dog]

Oh no! Not more damage! I actually popped by to ask if they’d cleaned up the overspray. Agh. Well hopefully they fix it all for you. Poor Eddie having his personal space torn up.

 

[aham23]

the damage...



http://Darn it! by a ham23, on Flickr



should have stayed and supervised. clearly not enough space to just run the Ditch Witch through here.


http://Darn it! by a ham23, on Flickr


currently still waiting for the inspection of the gas line work so it can be backed filled. hope to see the tile guy this week.

 

[Don_TLR]

At least you know which flavor of cervesas to leave for the guys as incentive..

 

[aham23]

Rain, street resurfacing, ect... has cost us at least two weeks. BUT PB and tile guy showed up today to check things out. should have tile started this week. Gas Co comes back to back fill the approved gas line. Ed will be happy.

 

[Oumagic]

I am sure you probably have the same tile crew. They did really well once we cleared up the miscommunication. Good to hear everything is moving again.

 

[aham23]

Well Ed is happy!

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I am not so happy. What is up with all the rain? Thought I moved to the desert!

 

[Arizonarob]

Looking good!! Oh and you didn’t get the memo? Arizona is the new tropics.

 

[Crowned1984]

The coping looks great! What sort of travertine is that?

 

[aham23]

https://www.monterreytile.com/product/boulevard-light

Boulevard Light 6x24 tiles. The same style/color will be used for the patio areas, but in 6x12. It will come out like a subeway tile look when done. We think....

 

[Crowned1984]

https://www.monterreytile.com/product/boulevard-light

Boulevard Light 6x24 tiles. The same style/color will be used for the patio areas, but in 6x12. It will come out like a subeway tile look when done. We think....

Awesome, thanks. Do you mean 12x24 coping?

 

[aham23]

right. 12x24. my bad. still all thats done thanks to more rain...

 

[aham23]

progress....

we got some blue paint

http://Untitled by a ham23, on Flickr


they moved the skimmer for unknown reasons to me.

http://Untitled by a ham23, on Flickr


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and we decided to go with just one umbrella sleeve. they had one of the two wrong anyway, so no biggie to change.

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they attempted to clean the fence wall from the overspray. looks ok. they did clean and paint some of the rear of the house as well. not sure if i am happy with that outcome yet. looks better, but still not new like it was. i think the wiring for the water feature got done this morning. still waiting for the tile guys to finish up across the street so they can start ours.

 

[Arizonarob]

What’s the blue paint for? And that shouldn’t be your skimmer over by the pad, that’s probably your autofill?

 

[aham23]

the blue paint is the fire pit and paver areas mocked up so we could see placement.

cant lie i am not sure what they moved, but they moved it. lol.

 

[slickraft]

My skimmer was placed on the west end of the pool but I wish it were on the east end. Westerly prevailing winds in the afternoons always drives the surface debris to the east end where it slowly sinks or sticks to the tile at the waterline.

 

[aham23]

What’s the blue paint for? And that shouldn’t be your skimmer over by the pad, that’s probably your autofill?

its the autofill. moved because that area is actually "fake grass" so it would stand out like sore thumb. looks like we got the equipment wall and maybe pavers started today.

 

[aham23]

The hat is back which means Pavers going down! They are leveling the base now. Super excited over here. Lol.

Pavers are coming! by a ham23, on Flickr


Pavers are coming! by a ham23, on Flickr


Still not sure why we let the PB talk us out of putting the equipment on the side of the house.....