Laundry Room

Here is what happens when the door switch grounds out.







Here is a new Dryer door switch

Diving lessons

This is Tyler on the left. Scuba diving instructions & tours on the North Shore or anywhere else for that matter as seen below. No experience, No problem. Try an introductory dive today. You will receive full certification in just 3 short days. If you want to go diving on the North Shore or even right off of our property, but go beyond the reef, Call one of our own tenants Tyler Silber at 808-218-8893 or Email him at tysilber@gmail.com








This is Maili point by the Electric Power Plant.



Depth is 25'

Paradise Baby Company, Child, Infant, Rentals

A tenant for one of the units arrives to the property and discovers that she will need some baby supplies and doesn't know what to do. you need a crib, high chair, play pin and who knows what else. What would you do?

Somehow somebody knew of the company "Paradise Baby Company". They called the company and Kara answers. Later that morning a van shows up with all the baby gear they would need to enjoy their vacation at an affordable price. I mean they sounded good, they were very polite but if I'm going to place a name on our blog, I'd have to see what others have said about them. And, since I had never heard of the company, I decided to do some checking to see what reviews if any, were on this company. Here's their web site: http://www.paradisebabyco.com/ and then I found this site: http://www.trekaroo.com/activities/paradise-baby-company-haleiwa-hawaii and also this site: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Paradise.Baby.Co.Baby.Equipment.Rental.Oahu.Hawaii Phone Kara at: 808-561-1061 or at their North Shore office 808-638-5568

All the sites were created by Paradise Baby Company. There was no negative ads among the sites I found and everything I saw or read about them was positive. Now that I know a little about this company, I'll keep reviews on this blog. For now all is green lights and seems to be a very friendly and happy company. They have had a number of rentals here on the property and all sets ups were in advance of schedule and renters have been pleased with the cost and service.

Turtle Bay Resorts aka Kuilima

Here is a map of Turtle Bay Resorts:
http://www.turtlebayresort.com/_files/_pdf/resort_map.pdf
That's just in case you need to download it for your files or need to get some place out there.

Screens

There have been a number of screen repair people here on the property, but a couple have stood out as better than others because of their costs, return policy and easy to work with attitude. Don't get sucked into a $75 charge to estimate your job and then a high cost to create and install the screens because we're way out in the country, then another $75 to honor a warranty in case they prove to you that the damage it's not their fault, which you may have to pay in advance.

This one screen company that deserves your inspection that has roots in our property is Zippy at Island Screens in Waipahu. He takes care of any number of items including Glass, screens and door louvers. He can be reached through his office at 671-5425, by contacting me or at their web site http://www.islandscreen.com or Email them at info@islandscreen.com They have a beautiful new warehouse in Waipahu just below Waikele. They are an established company with obvious plans of being here for awhile. They are also the only company that I have found that can provide the wooden louvers for our front doors. Wooden louvers are spendy because they are made of redwood, but Island Screens has them in sizes we use to match the existing. My advice is to check them out and give them a shot at your upcoming project. I also have Zippys private cell number, so if you cannot reach him at his office, leave a message or call me and I'll get him in touch with you.


Another one is Sy Kaneshiro at Stacy's Mobile Screens. Sy can be reached at 372-4361 he has a mobile trailer that comes to the property and custom builds whatever screens you want to replace. He's been on at least 5 units that I know of and I had him do mine. I was pleased with his price and quality of work.









Here's what you have to start with. What I did was to upgrade to pet screen which gives a thicker weave to your screen and makes it more difficult for kids to damage. I also put in split screens so that they were easier to remove.

Here was my final results:









See the center supports on each screen? then you can see the larger center support around the middle of the screen about 4' up from the bottom. The screens split here and allow you to remove them 1/2 screen at a time. They were heavy duty, well built and affordable. Sy did the work on time and came when he agreed to.

Clark Little Photography

Clark Little who grew up with my kids has become the photographer of the islands. He has had his photos forever on www.clarklittlephotography.com. He was also featured on inside edition. http://insideedition.com/news.aspx?storyId=2672

What are the odds that someone gets a website named after themselves?? go figure! I also purchased one of his books with great photos in it. A very well made book. Personally, I had him sign a book for our family for our 40th wedding anniversary which we proudly place on display in our condo unit. You just gotta see what kinda work he does. It's great. I'm very pleased with my purchase and can't wait till the next book comes out. If you need informtion on where to pick up your copy, let me know and I'll get you in touch with one of the outlets where they're sold. His local outlet is in Haleiwa next to the Bank of Hawaii across from Pizza Bobs. He can be reached at 808-626-5319 or his Email at haleiwa@clarklittle.com

A guest of the condo named Basil M. visited Clark and posted these shots and comments: Waive Bay shore-break surfing pioneer, husband, and father of two, Clark Little has gained nationwide recognition for his photography on National Television..

It all started in 2007 when Clark 's wife wanted a nice piece of art to decorate a wall.

Voluntarily, Clark grabbed a camera, jumped in the water, and starting snapping away capturing the beauty and power of monstrous Hawaiian waves from the inside out.

"Clark 's view" is a unique view of the ocean that most will only be able to experience safely on land while studying one of Clark 's photos.

Now with a camera upgrade and an itch to get that better shot, Clark has taken this on full time and has moved his office from land, to the inside of a barrel.

Since the recent stir of Clark 's work, his images have been run on the Today Show, ABC World News Now, Nature's Best Photography, Paris Match(France), La Vie (France), Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) magazine, Surfer magazine, Surfer's Journal as well as multiple publishers and newspapers in the U.S. and overseas.

These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf. He is dedicated to photographing the waves and has published a selection of his best.













Sand in surf
Clark Little/SWNS
This shot captures sand from the ocean's floor being swept up by a monstrous wave and resembles a sandstorm. Little calls it the Sand monster.

There were clouds of sand ten feet high and I'm standing there. I'm holding on to my camera and my trigger as long as I can. Then I have to jump into the cloud of sand to try to get out of danger's way. His fans pay as much as $4,000 for his gorgeous photos.












Sun glints off wave
Clark Little/SWNS

Waive Bay shore-break surfing pioneer, husband, and father of two, Clark Little has gained nationwide recognition for his photography on National Television..

It all started in 2007 when Clark 's wife wanted a nice piece of art to decorate a wall.

Voluntarily, Clark grabbed a camera, jumped in the water, and starting snapping away capturing the beauty and power of monstrous Hawaiian waves from the inside out.

"Clark 's view" is a unique view of the ocean that most will only be able to experience safely on land while studying one of Clark 's photos.

Now with a camera upgrade and an itch to get that better shot, Clark has taken this on full time and has moved his office from land, to the inside of a barrel.

Since the recent stir of Clark 's work, his images have been run on the Today Show, ABC World News Now, Nature's Best Photography, Paris Match(France), La Vie (France), Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) magazine, Surfer magazine, Surfer's Journal as well as multiple publishers and newspapers in the U.S. and overseas.

These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf. He is dedicated to photographing the waves and has published a selection of his best












This guy stands in the water and waits until the last sec to snap his camera shutter then takes a beating when the wave collapses over him.-----












White tumultuous water
Clark Little/SWNS













Molten liquid gold
Clark Little/SWNS













Beach - surf crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS












Red mysterious shot
Clark Little/SWNS












Splash - stunning shot
Clark Little/SWNS













Beauty - water drops
Clark Little/SWNS

This shot is his favorite. With a high shutter speed he caught the brilliant fanned effect of two waves intersecting each other and throwing out this beautiful fan of water.

"Faith is not about everything turning out OK; Faith is about being OK no matter how things turn out."

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, Than to live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is."











Break - wave crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS

Fence west end of Unit 101

Here are the front and rear photos of the fence by Unit 101 to the vacant lot. The fence is 20' long and in parts 7' tall and drops down to 5'6" tall to match the other fence extending from beach to Haleiwa Rd.

Cover for Electrical Panel Boxes

The covering for the panel boxes can be made one of two ways. A wall box like it was before or it can be made as a shed covering the panels extending beyond the water main for Building B.














If you look at the bottom of the picture on the ground where the cover plate is, this is the water main for Building B. It extends 4' from the wall. If we build a shed to cover the Electricl panel, we need to build the shed to extend over the water main. The width of the panel boxes jus inside the hose bib is 7'9". For estimation purposes I said 8'.

The problem with not covering the entire panel boxes to the ground is because of all the spalling work that we just had to repair around the old panel. Here is a picture of the pipes as they entered into the building slab of Unit 406.













The base of each pipe had completely rusted through. The rusting created the spalling which then translated into a serious need to remove the concrete surrounding the pipes, treating the pipes then patching the concrete slab. This has all now been repaired.

Water main cover plate for Building B

From this temporary plywood cover to:




To this 3/8" diamond plate cover

Liko Kauai Cruises

If you ever want to take a picture like this, you have to visit Kauai and take the Liko Kauai Cruises. There's Napali or Wailua river and maybe others, but check in with or Email Liko and have the time of your life. I highly recommend it.

log onto http://www.liko-kauai.com/Summer%2006.htm or check his reviews at http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2900888-liko_kauai_cruises_kauai-i or

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60627-d526204-Reviews-Liko_Kauai_Cruises-Waimea_Kauai_Hawaii.html

Cover plate

Went from this





This lid had a corner that had finally lifted almost 1/2" and was just waiting for somebody to kick it. I noticed it some time ago, but today noticed that it got my attention and something needed to be done about it. The bottom was completely rusted out. Good timing.




To This






I just didn't want to hear that someone either tripped over, fell into or drove their car into our septic system. That would not make my day.

Electrical Panel Boxes

We went from this:













We did a temporary repair to this pipe while the bidding for the repair work was being negotiated.






To this:













Dave Hancock of Paumalu Electric was awarded the contract






Unit 401 wiring begins on the left facing the panels













I then coated the pipes with a cold galvanizing compound for further protection.












Here is a look at the inside of the transformer box by the dumpster.