November 20, 2007 From the Top

Monticello, FL is 7 miles to the south

just at the horizon. Tower is 50 ft above

the surrounding trees.

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Looking "down" on the 110 ft tower

The Elevated Guy Post (that has been shown in an earlier post)
is at the bottom of these guy wires!

November 19, 2007 Tower Day has Arrived

Crane set to lift 110 ft tower

at the 75 ft point

110 ft Rohn 25 - Going UP!

Got it Vertical - Now Swing Into Position

Upper Upper Guys Attached - Remove the Lifting Slings

120 ft Rohn 45 Tower is Vertical

View of 110 ft Tower from 75 ft elevation on 120 ft Tower

November 18, 2007 Tower Prep

120 ft Rohn 45 and 110 ft Rohn 25

ON THE GROUND

Hole for Rohn 45 Tower

Dead Man Anchor Hole

Deadman Anchor Rod

Photo taken before adding concrete

2 ft x 2 ft x 6 ft long (about 2 tons of concrete!) - buried 2 ft underground

12 ft long 6" diameter Elevated Guy Anchor Post

That's tar on the bottom to protect from rusting.

Elevated Post at Rear of Hamshack

Two sets of guywires from the two towers attach to this post

30" diameter x 5 ft deep hole for Elevated Anchor

(dug by hand!)

September 15, 2007 We've moved in!

Hope you all come see us.

Sept. 1, 2007 Less Than 6 Months

All finished except for the landscaping

Master bath garden tub and tile

August 25, 2007 The County Helped Us Out

Lots of progress in the yard this past week.

Terry persuaded the county road dept to bring their bulldozer and clean up their drainage easement. That really improved the side and back part of our property.

Can you see the car where we always park it in this photo and the next?

I'm standing on the driveway right over the culvert in the same spot to take both of these photos.
Before shot 3/12/07 in this one and after shot 8/25/07 in the one above.

Scenic wooded ravine lot after county cleanup.

Clogged drainage ditch before.

The kitchen is operable.

We have a very open floorplan with the living area and sunroom to the left.

To the right is the hall to the master bedroom, utility room and garage.

The guest room is ready for you.

Terry deserves a rest.

He's really worked hard physically and he's run ragged keeping everything going smoothly.

We have a wonderful contractor whom he's helped or who's helped him.

August 18 Nothings finished yet

Sidewalks, but no grass.

Moving in a month and lots left to do.

Garage apron, but no driveway.

Bought drapes, but no window sill.

Every room still needs to have some detail finished. Maybe next week.

August 3. 2007 Moving date set for 9/15

Gretchen says I could go right out through the sunroom into the back yard.

Marilyn says My orchids and violets will be great here on the shelves in the sunroom.

Terry says What's in the frig?

July 22, 2007 Marilyn approved the lighting

All the electrical work passed inspection

and Marilyn approved the matching light fixtures.

and dining room chandelier.

July 14,2007 Lots of Work Done, Not Much Shows

Guest bathroom is coming along. Air conditioning and electricity are in.

Master bath floor is done and

most of the woodwork and doors are hung and painted.

July 8, 2007 Terry Painted the Barn

How'd he get up there?

How'd he do it?
Great equipment. He borrowed the contractor's hydraulic lift.


Getting the paint sprayer ready.

A ladder's not tall enough.

Got it!

And Marilyn spent all day cleaning paint and plaster spray

off the garden tub and windows.

Gretchen's on the job.

She says it's hard watching the house and the barn.

June 30, 2007 Kitchen Started

The kitchen's started with most of the custom oak cabinets in.

June 23, 2007 Working Hard on Hardwood

Terry painted ceilings and walls this week and the flooring guys made a good start on the red oak hardwood flooring. Finish work goes slower than framing in.
All the exterior doors are installed now so we can lock up.

Terry set up a temporary ham radio staton so he could operate Field Day.
The purpose of Field Day is for ham radio operators to test their equipment under emergency conditions to be prepared to help in the event of a national disaster. The hams make as many contacts as possible in a 24 hour period using only emergency power like generators. Usually they go to a public park or shelter and put up temporary stations and antennas. Our construction site qualified because we don't have permanent power yet. He was happy to be able to contact some of his friends in Ohio.

June 9, 2007 Dry wall is up

This is the view of our house as you approach from the west corner of our property.

The siding and windows are finished.

The workers have moved inside out of the sun.

The dry wall is almost finished. Terry will be painting soon.

The kitchen has a ways to go before I'll be doing much cooking.



The tray ceiling in the back of the living room gives it more height.
All the other ceilings are 9 feet. Plenty of room for big fans.

Terry is loading more into the barn.

It sure is handy to have lots of storage space.