please take away all that water

November 13th, 2006

With the new pavers being installed, we wanted to make sure that there was no water pools that would form, so we installed new drainage. This turned out to be a lot of trouble.

We wanted to put extra drainage near the bbq area, but when the trenches were dug, we had to move several pipes. In doing so, we nicked another pipe. This last one turned out to be the hardest one to repair. I ended up tearing up a six foot segment and redoing the entire pipe.

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Although this was a lot of trouble, this will really help keep the water from pooling up on the pavers and washing away the sand.

drainage

putting in new water/power/gas lines

November 13th, 2006

Here is where we ran the lines for the BBQ.

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man I wish the spa was done.

November 13th, 2006

Having worked digging and trenching the yard I sure wish the spa was done. It’s going to be at least two more weeks before it’s complete.

The new border around the spa has been installed

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Just push this button here…

November 13th, 2006

The automation system is installed. We decided to not buy the compool system from Pentair. We found that their product was too expensive and didn’t include the salt system.

The Goldline Aqua Rite system is what we went with.

Here are some photos of the automation equipment:

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New Receiver

November 7th, 2006

Ok, so I stopped in to best buy today to check out the new DVD’s and try to find a wireless headset for my mac. No luck on either.

I popped my head into the Magnolia store and ran into one of the sales guys that remembered me and asked if I bought my receiver yet. I explained I was waiting to see what would come out for the holiday. We chatted about the current products and decided the right receiver for me to buy is the one I have been looking at for the last six months.

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I have been looking at the Pioneer Elite VSX-84TXSi. This unit has all the bells and whistles I could ever need in this decade 😉

It turned out he had one demo unit left and was able to offer it to me for almost 35% off. So I could not resist.