Hosting Lisa Meline’s Site Visit and Going to Watsonville
Lisa Meline, of Meline Engineering, is a key member of our design team as she designed our geothermal heat exchange ground loops and completed the initial design of our radiant system inside the house. Importantly, Lisa introduced us to Matt Jung of 88HVAC.
Lisa sent an e-mail last week saying that she had some meetings in the Bay Area and she would like to visit our site and see the progress to date. Perfect. Lisa showed up 15 minutes early and reviewed the site with Bryan.
Lisa arrived at the site early to review our progress to date.
Lisa taking photos of the PEX in the concrete piers.
Lisa was most impressed with the PEX in the concrete and took a photo of the PEX that was pressurized to 100 PSI (and holding the pressure!).
Quick Trip to Watsonville to See Jackel Enterprises
After Lisa left, Bryan and Christie Tunnoch, who was visiting from Vancouver, Canada, went ‘over the hill’ to Watsonville to Jackel Enterprises so we could measure the reclaimed beams from the original structure and to take a quick look at our resawn redwood decking.
Since we need 6×10 beams, we will need to identify where we will use the original beams in the remodelled ground floor.
Bryan and Christie met with Steve Jackel, who showed them some of the FSC inventory of FSC lumber that he had as well as other large timbers from British Columbia, Canada.
Steve Jackel showing FSC lumber that he is holding in his inventory.
Original Douglas Fir beams from 1969.
More original beams from 1969.
The original 2x6 tongue and groove redwood decking that has been cut in half and remilled (now is 5/8-inch thick) with a new tongue and groove.
Huge 14-inch by 14-inch Douglas Fir beams from British Columbia (not FSC).
Steve showed us some wood that he is drying slowly in his kiln.
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