Countdown to the Pagoda Party! August 12, 2010
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Hello Pagoda Party People (“PPP”)!
So we have been very busy getting things ready for the pagoda raising on Saturday, August 14. Please check this site for additional details very soon.
Foundation
Because of the height of the building the engineers wanted an extra big foundation under the pagoda (EarThQuaKE!), David and four friends spent the past three days pouring a concrete truck load of concrete. Except there was no truck — just a pickup and a lot of shoveling. 80 pieces of steel rebar, over 400 bags of concrete mix. About 12 tons of stuff brought in for the foundation. And it is all buried, so you can’t see any of it!
Lumber
We are starting on pre-cutting the components for assembly itself. Lots of parts to keep organized. But my dad and his wife are leading the charge there. Just starting, but I am sure there will be piles of stuff for you PPP to assemble by Saturday morning.
The Pagoda July 2, 2010
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This seems to be the version we are going with …
50 steps to the top deck (about 30 feet). One tower, one day, a lot of help from my friends.
August 14.
Pagoda near house June 23, 2010
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to give a sense of scale ..
Pagoda party? June 22, 2010
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Trying to decide what would be the most AWESOME — a barn raising or a pagoda party…
What do you think? August 14, 2010.
I’ll get by with a little help from my friends.
Water status June 20, 2010
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Water from the spring is at the rate of about 6 gallons per minute.
Water is circulating through all tanks, except tank 2 is closed off as a reserve. Overflow is from tank 1.
It is hot enough to heat a hot tub? June 13, 2010
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All you people who took physics, the inlet temperature is 76f. The outlet temperature is 104f. The ambient temperature is 88f. Water flows through at about 1 quart per minute. This was at noon and will be hotter later in the day. The collector faces west at about a 25 degress angle.
Will it heat a hot tub?
Hank’s Japanese solar panel June 13, 2010
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Trying it out. No directions, so who knows?
A Giant Flowerbox May 9, 2010
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Today’s project. All made from recycled redwood!
Oh deer! May 9, 2010
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Three females and one lucky (for now) male. A big set of antlers covered with velvet.
Water status May 8, 2010
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Measuring the water situation.
Water from spring is at rate of five gallons in 26 secs or 10.71 gals per minute.
Tanks are laid out as below:
Bl (#1) Gr (#2) Gr (#3)
Gr (#4) Gr (#5)
Tank status:
Tank Valve Fill
- Open 24″
- Closed 8″
- Open 24″
- Open 24″
- Open 24″
“Valve” is the position of the bottom valve. If the valve is closed, then the water level will not change (unless a leak!). If the valve is open, the water will seek the level of the other tanks with open valves.
“Fill” is the measurement from the top of cover to water level. A reading of 8″ is full to capacity. One inch of fill requires 30.7 gallons of water.
So, we need 64 inches (16 inches in 4 tanks) of fill to bring all five tanks to full capacity. 64 inches equals 1964 gallons (64 times 30.7). At 10.71 gals per minute that will take 183 minutes to fill or about three hours.
All tanks were filled to capacity and valves in tanks 3 and 5 open and others closed.
