Monday, December 3, 2007

Masonite Floor

The floor is stained now, with one coat of sealer:


Well, it LOOKS like masonite - it's really cement - it'll be darker. This is only about a half-hour after the first coat of sealer. The look is very uneven, like Mexican saltillo tiles, but a dark coffee color. In case you forgot, here's the concrete floor, before:



Here's a picture taken through the car's front window (carefully...), coming down into Questa. The property is out of view here, I think, but it would be almost in the center of this image (the tiny red arrow - click picture to see it BIG), in the foothills of the big mountain, hidden here by the ridge in Questa town.


Another view, from my parking lot, looking south, toward the hill seen in the above image on the right, below, on the left...


The big one in the background here is Flag Mountain, site of the Lama Founation and the huge fire of '97(?).

Finally, here's the old cistern (just a big cement tank, no pipes in or out), in danger of further deterioration because of a combination of wet and cold. I've been covering it with cardboard, but some water is soaking part of the concrete, turning the cover back into gravel in the hard frosts.


Sunday, December 2, 2007

More Weather

We had about 2 days of sun after the snow, but it rained yesterday and melted most of said snow. Somehow in all this, I managed to stain the floor:


The picture above shows the acid stain soaking in, before removal. I've since sopped all this up and rinsed the floor many times. The actual color is going to be more like black coffee, I hope (for max solar gain, as they say).

Yesterday, friend Steve hauled hauled up the bookcase I sold him long ago, which I just bought back from him... I was intending to seal the floor then, but rain had gone through the big thermopane windows... around them.... There was a bit of water on the floor, and obviously a lot of wind came with the rain.

So, today I'll work on sealing windows. If the sun comes out, I'll seal the floor.

Not sure about contractors... Sun and wind (good) and cold (bad) are forecast.

And what about the cat?
Meet Browser.