Construction Materials

I went to Waimea to meet with David at HPM Building Supply who provided the quote to Chris for the building materials. I had to make choices on colors for the materials; I also paid for the construction materials. Due to the holidays, the delivery of the wood & decking will arrive 01/08. For the roofing, I chose Mauna Kea White; I wanted something lighter to reflect some of the heat but not something too white. Roofing will arrive around the 15th or so.

This is the usual plantation workers house roofing material.

I had already talked to Chris about using composite material for the decking; I decided to make a small deck & not just a landing for the stairs down to the garden area. I wanted composite rather than wood for the longevity & lower maintenance. I chose a brown color to hide the dirty cat paw prints & also to look more like wood.

Then I met with Jesika for cabinets. I chose the 'Ōhi'a series of Akamai Cabinets. The cabinets will be in the Cat Genie closet so will mainly be seen by the cats, who won't care that these are the cheapest cabinets with the most limited number of colors. I chose gray since blues & grays are what they can distinguish. I now have to talk to Chris about what size to make the cabinets.

The day had started out with a nice rain to water the plants! I did not have to water the ʻōhiʻa like I have been on the days when there was no early morning precipitation. On the rainy days, like the sunny days, the cats like to hang out on the window sills & watch for whatever is going on outside. I hope they will like being able to run around in the cat yard once it is finished.

ʻŌhiʻa outside my bedroom window.

Hoʻokoa waiting for something to happen outside.

Kīlauea is still erupting. The website for the live feed cameras seen below is here.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Bria!