Stucco exterior starts

Hola! This is mostly a photo blog.


Well, the stucco exterior and interior has started. You can see the blue primer, and then the warm toned finish. Honestly, Jim has no clue what color this is!





We were able to see a sample of how this looks though when we were there in January. The texture is really nice. You can see a close up of it in the last photo of the first of the back to back Christmas 2008 blog postings. Consider going back and viewing that.




The final three photos are just a set looking up towards the bathroom end of the second floor. You can see the long narrow window in the wall. The glass and actual window will be four panels of double or triple louvered pieces. Using a pole, we'll be able to open and close them. Looking ahead and up you'll see one of the cupola feature end openings. These will be fitted with what can best be described as a mini sliding glass door with door screen. On each side (left/right) in the photo you can see the long rectangles of the longer window spans in the cupola. These will be divided with an additional upright in the center. If you do the math or think it through, this means there will be a total of 10 upright supports of the upper roof. On the outside of each one will be a sort of EAR or LOOP made of steel. The purpose of this, and the mini sliding glass doors at each end is so we can climb up on a ladder, caribeener on a rope with harness, and work around the roof to clean the outside glass, and to clean out gutters. Those long side spans will be fitted with louvered windows as well, also openable with a pole. We'll do our best to find a relatively lightweight but sturdy ladder to store in our bodega. Thankfully we have a nice long wall down there to hang it!



This next photo is pretty obvious, standing at the top of the stair looking down at Gerardo's truck. Mostly I took it because it give a good idea just how high up one is at the second floor looking down to the driveway. That drive is equally challenging to maneuver to drive back uphill, and out again.






This final photo is looking out off the lower bedroom veranda...

So that's it for this mini post. Thanks for viewing!

Ricardo y Jeeeem