3 October 2013 Kuhlmann Leavitt
Today was a great day. The landscape crew showed up early this morning to finish up what they started. Trenches were dug to make room for more piping and filtration. The gutter downspouts on both the front and back of the building have now been tied into the garden. Plants were placed under the direction…Read more
5 September 2013 Kuhlmann Leavitt
It’s been more than a month since our last post and I’m delighted to be sharing this update with you from my desk at 7400 Pershing. To say that it is peaceful here is an understatement. Our geothermal cooling is soooooo quiet (and cool!). Our solar panels are doing their job, too. We received our…Read more
20 August 2012 Kuhlmann Leavitt
For the past two days the site has been humming with heavy equipment. Three trucks and two trailers arrived with tools, a couple thousand feet of pipe, hoses and a generator. It’s messy, noisy work but it’s going surprisingly fast. In case you are a novice like me and don’t know much about geothermal, here…Read more
2 July 2012 Kuhlmann Leavitt
A few updates on Pershing to kick off the week… The geothermal pipes are in! The wells will be drilled soon…more later on that! This photo was taken from what will soon be our new utility room looking west toward the kitchen and our back door. The old stairs have been removed to…Read more
20 June 2012 Kuhlmann Leavitt
We’ve been away for a couple of weeks and of course could hardly wait to get back to the building. So today, with an outside temperature of 100 degrees fahrenheit (why didn’t we stay in Colorado?!), I popped in to find two hard working, weary guys. They’ve spent their morning busting up concrete to make…Read more