The road to our new shop

Oct 132012

A year ago we were working on the agreement to purchase our new building in Coupeville, and since then a lot has happened. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, we opened for business in our beautiful new shop. There is still more to be finished, but the whole staff is delighted to be working in the new space. We thought you might like to see our retrospective on the project….

: 15 Coveland in the spring, 2012

: Down to the bones in the kitchen

: Dry walled kitchen

: Drying drywall

: More drywall in kitchen

: Drywalling is so messy!

: Drywall in kitchen

: Drywall in what was the living room

: Kasia shows off new shelving unit

: Folding window from New Zealand from gift shop side

: Folding window from New Zealand

: Fire suppression hood being installed

: Old hillside exposed

: Big pile of juniper and shrubs

: Ripping out juniper & shrubs

: Range and hood – 10 burners and 2 ovens!

: Floor sink for steam jacketed kettle

: Floor sink #1

: Utility area drywalled

: Old houses have some yucky aspects

: This was bad news, but it’s gone now!

: More new drainage pipe – so important!

: New drainage piping installed

: Lee Construction putting footings in for handicap ramp

: Ditch with new sewer pipe

: Ditch with new sewer pipe – Yay!

: Exposing piping

: Sewer pipes and rocks

: Sewer pipe cap and rocks

: Water main cross that was held together with rusted chains

: Andrew’s Landscaping building rock walls

: Andrew’s Landscaping building rock walls

: Building rock walls

: Rocks everywhere!

: Kelly turning off water as water main job begins

: Andrew’s Landscaping reparing hole for replacement of water main cross

: Preparing hole for replacement of water main cross

: Dealing with water from hydrant

: More hydrant water

: Amazing talent was available for the water main project. These guys know their stuff!

: Environmental Abatement Services cuts water main pipe which contains asbestos

: Water main shutoff valve fails and water fills the hole and starts running down the street. There was more running around than this photo shows.