Pictures
Something about good intentions can still get you into trouble and I'd say that's whats happened to me. I've been meaning to do a better job of updating but I'm being a little selfish and after those long days I've been kicking back a little bit.
After 2 hours of sorting, filing, resizing I'm now all caught up with my pictures in my computer. Next instead of too much detail, for now I'll just post some material here.
With the standby power generator being placed here, I needed 2 walls and a pad to set it on. One wall to serve as a fire barrier between it and the deck which will be behind it. Then another wall to visually hide it from view when you're looking at the house while driving up or seeing it from the street. It's a large industrial device that doesn't blend in too well with the surroundings.
I decided to use left over brick for the fire barrier wall and left over stone for the street side of the other wall. To construct those walls I needed good footings so...
...this mini excavator was used to dig the footings...
...which were about 40" (1 m) deep to get them well below the frost line.
With the footings poured (re-bar was used throughout)...
...the area between them was prepared for the generator pad. Here I'm tamping gravel prior to the concrete pour.
With the pad poured...
...the generator was positioned...
...into place. It weighs 1,370 lbs (621 kg) and just positioning it was a bit of a deal since it required slings to lift it from above. It's a Kohler 30 KW, 150 Amp unit powered by a ...
...water cooled, 4 cylinder, turbo charged 2.2 liter Kohler engine using natural gas for fuel. It's large enough to power the whole house. It runs at 1,800 RPM and is very quiet when operating. Much quieter than air cooled units.
I used stainless steel pipe for all the gas lines from the gas meter to the house and generator...
...as well as the flex line section.
With that done the walls were constructed...
This wall, while serving as a fire barrier will also be a bench to sit on once the deck is constructed. It will be topped with a limestone cap that will match the rest of the limestone used on the house.
The wall on the other side of the generator is brick on the side facing the deck/house...
...(here I am laying the last brick on that part of the wall) and stone ...
...on the other side facing the street. You can see the deck framing in the background.
All of this took several weeks to get this far. It's slow going but I'm very pleased with the results so far. It's all of the same high standard as the rest of the house, no shortcuts here.
To be continued and thanks for your patience everyone.
Thomas
