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| Last December 24th, our first holiday in the house, an abundance of rain caused a chunk of our backyard to slide into the road below. |
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| So we are attempting to re-engineer the area before the rains begin again. |
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| Several trees were removed to reduce the weight on the landslide soil, and then used them to create a huge turnout on the creek-side of the road. |
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| This is the first in a series of retaining walls that are being installed to keep our "backyard" in place. |
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| Bacahus performs a final inspection of the wall. |
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| Also part of the work, we are adding a backup power generator. |
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| I resisted having a propane tank installed initially, but it will be necessary to fuel the generator. |
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| Because we'll have liquid propane, and blackouts are infrequent, we're ditching our old electric water heater for a tankless. |
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| The propane tank cove is ready! |
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| Complete with Loki's seal of approval. |
