Commencing foundations work this week for a Tubbs Fire fire rebuild in Santa Rosa is a welcome sight, although bittersweet, as it’s seen in front of a smoky horizon from the Camp Fire, which is proving even more destructive and deadly.
Excavations underway
It’s been a long recovery process in Sonoma County over the past year, just to get to this point.
The installation of a custom-designed towel bar, the result of a happy collaboration with East Bay blacksmith Celeste Flores, finishes a Lafayette master suite renovation.
Celeste (find her on Instagram @clay_and_steel) managed to transform several marginally-coherent sketches, a meandering narrative, and a cardboard template into a simple, sophisticated solution that compliments the beautiful Kohler wall-mounted trough sink. Collaborating with such a talented local artisan is a real pleasure and adds so much to the work.
This effort also afforded another opportunity to actually draw directly on the project, a sort of constructive graffiti, photos of which helped bridge the gap between a drafted detail and fabrication.
More later on my other work with Celeste...watch this space for details.
Excited to be working with Fred Najera again, diligent framer of outrageous craftsmanship, who brings a centered, positive, focused energy to a project site.
Freddy was kind enough to share some old pics of a previous collaboration in Pleasant Hill back in 2014.
A beautiful view in Pleasant Hill
Freddy makes it look effortless! Thanks for the pics!
A two-story residential addition in Walnut Creek has posed some planning and technical challenges over the autumn and winter months. Bridging over a demolished swimming pool structure demanded (19) 24-foot deep concrete piers and 18x24” grade beams in a side yard along an angled property line with a 10-foot Sanitary District easement.
Now that the weather has afforded the opportunity, it’s time for foundations.
An impressive array of rebar for 1,300 square feet of single-family residential addition.
Anchor bolt placement
Friday morning, it all passed inspection. By Monday afternoon , it’ll all be covered with concrete.
