HVAC and Sun-shades/eyebrows

It was a long road. But we settled on a great solution for heating and cooling our new home. We wanted to avoid the typical central air/heat that would require ductwork throughout the house. So Brent worked with a contractor to design a high-efficiency "split" system with minimal ducting.

The installation is happening this week.

Lower level work area for HVAC. Notice the units hung on the ceiling?

2 of the very few ducts installed in the walls of the master.

It's quite a relief to have this very important work getting done so quickly. With this hurdle cleared we can begin the finishing of the interior.

Meanwhile, outside the huge retaining wall on the east side of the house is nearly finished.

Greg Wheeler with Brent admiring the fit of this massive structure.
Our deck will integrate with this wall and the positioning is perfect.

Greg is working on our walls on the side (in his spare time) and is doing a fabulous job. The east side is the most difficult because of the deck, the slope and the cistern placement. Once this is finished, Greg says the west side will be easy. It's just 3 short walls, each being only a couple of rocks high.

For the last two weeks Rick and Dave have been working on our "eyebrows." These are the structures that will hold corrugate metal roofing material and serve as shades for the windows on the South. There are several others to be built over some windows on the east and west side and one on the north over the garage doors.

The most important eyebrow on the south side. It provides shade to the lower level
windows and the sliding door for the Sunspace.

Here's a shot of the eyebrow on the north side. It's the same construction as the once on the south.
It's included only to carry the look around the house (since we won't have need for shade on this side).

We are spending most of our time these days trying to wrangle showings of our house in Shawnee. It's quite a trick to manage random showings with 3 teenagers home from school, a dog and both of us at work. Hopefully, it will be a brief struggle with a big payoff. The house really looks beautiful and will make a great home for some lucky family. Here's a picture of the wonderful patio and terraces that Brent and the boys built.

I know our new place will have charming spaces to rival this one,
but it's hard to imagine.