Happy Thanksgiving, The Teak Issue...

Hola Amigos!

For the most part, this is a photo edition of our blog. Rob and Kent have been in Hawaii for the past two weeks, and will be there another week. The flow of photos has slowed down, and there may very well be updates to what you see in this collection. However, some of these are through Rob via another Costa Rican friend.

I'll explain the photos in order. This first one is while standing on the upper veranda, looking into the Living Room towards the stairs coming up to this level. You can see a bit of American Beam on the left, which marks the outer edge of the building (and hence outer edge of the stairway too). The roof past that is the overhang to shed water further away during rain. Looking up, you can see through the opening where the upper veranda windows will be located, and above that to the cupola feature. Teak will be applied to the outer overhang of the cupola roof. Right now the teak ends where the windows will go.

The second photo is similar shot, but closer so you can see the teak.

The third photo is taken by turning around and looking across the upper veranda. Marlon is applying oil to the teak. You can see how the color is becoming more vivid with oil. As that soaks in, that vividness just become richer. The camera was tilted so that you can see more of the teak and not just a level view which, because of limitations of the camera itself would not capture as much. On the upper left you can see the other end of the cupola feature as well as the other end of the upper veranda windows.

The fourth photo is taken by stepping closer to the railing, and then looking through those upper veranda windows to the cupola. If you imagine an ocean breeze blowing in, and the effect of the sun on the cupola roof creating a chimney effect, you can imagine how this will be naturally cool. Dick and I have purchased three Hunter fans suitable for tropical climates which we'll hang from the veranda ceiling.

This fifth and final photo for this post shows teak, but the focus here is looking up from a few feet out from

the bottom step going up. All of that underside will be teak. Above the wall and behind the worker you can see the teak ends. At that point above the wall will be glass. This is over the kitchen cabinets. Teak will extend outside to the edge of the roof. BUT the other reason for this photo is to show the gutter in place so that when you're walking to the stairs during a driving rain, there isn't a waterfall on ones head. We are liking the color of the teak against the green of the gutters (which match the roof).

All for now. Dick and Jim hope you had a happy thanksgiving!

Ciao!

Ricardo y Jeeeem