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Four items complete!

11/30/2017

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I can finally mark four things totally complete! The propane is in and hooked up, AND the in-floor radiant heat is turned on, not leaking, and they're increasing the heat in order to not crack the cement...AAAAND...PUD hooked up the permanent electricity (complete with meter, of course) and the electricians installed lights and everything!! It looks amazing, especially at night! Yes. These are in fact the first four things after all this time, and while PUD was finished a little earlier, all in one week!

Patrick is at this very moment prepping the inside walls for doggy safe, clear wood sealant for the lower eight feet of the kennel walls. I need to figure out new, more visible signs for the street. The actual kennels should be arriving in the coming days, and next week the appliances will be here, the final cement pour should be complete with the sunny weather that we are supposed to be getting, perhaps the septic and drain-field will be done, maybe the driveway topped off and made all pretty, and the fencing should be at least nearly finished. We're really getting there! Although I feel like I'm just asking for it when I say things like that. Can't help it, just getting too excited about completion. 

We need to wait for the fire system people, who dropped the ball completely, to finish installing the fire alarm system. They said sometime around January 2nd or 3rd. But if they have a cancellation they might come earlier.

After that we just need final inspections and the occupancy permit.
Giant propane tank.
Electrical installed.
Massive in-floor radiant heat system, from which we'll be able to get fresh hot/cold running water.
Lights, fans, outlets, and the all important EXIT signs.
On another note, we've switched cell phone carriers and purchased new phones. My new phone is a Google Pixel 2 and not only does it take excellent pictures, easily, (not that I do, but it really helps a lot!), it also receives phone calls when people call, lets them leave messages, leaves their number on the call log for missed calls, doesn't drop calls, and the biggest relief: I don't have to mash the phone against my ear to hear people. I know, these things are mostly what a cell phone is supposed to do, but amazingly my old phone, which wasn't that old, was extremely bad at the phone part. I hate to think how many calls I missed. So look forward to more pictures of the dogs playing and maybe some things that get in there just because I have a new phone with a cool new camera on it that works. Now I just have to force myself to create a new outgoing message.
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Is the building nearly done?? I think maybe so!!

11/24/2017

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A lot has happened since my last update on the kennel building, but so slowly I decided to wait until it would be an informative update. 

A "brief" summary of what's left (it's now a short enough list to actually list!): ADA pad to be poured and connected to the rest of the path, completion of septic drain-field hookup, propane hook up to heating and water system, concrete sealant, work area shelves 'n stuff, doggy safe sealant for the lower eight feet of plywood, plumbing installation, just a little more electrical, fences are supposed to go up this week, installation of the indoor/outdoor kennels when they get here, appliance delivery and installation, and the completion of the driveway. Then a quick walk through to catch anything missed before the final inspection. And on approval of that, OCCUPANCY!!

Pictures of the kennel building...

E​xternal work in progress:

Of all the projects in this next slide show, the water and dispersion system are the only things complete at this time. But, I think, maybe, this coming week will have a few more things completely completed.
I think I'll cut this post off here and save some for the next update, in a day or two...probably.
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    Carol Bianchi

    I started a boarding facility in July of 2014. I'm so excited to be able to surround myself with dogs, I thought I would write about the process.

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