My house is currently going through the process of removing all of the vegetation, etc. The guy working on my place is inexpensive and seems to be doing a good...
Anyone interested in taking electric or classical guitar lessons in the ranchos? The teacher is great, very reasonably priced, and looking for new students....
Doug and I are very proud to share a new listing of a very authentic Cliff May Rancho. The kitchen and bathrooms have been remodeled with great sensitivity to...
I take my four-year-old to the Child Development Center on Carson. It is affiliated with the Long Beach City College. They won't take your one-year-old...
We have a 9'6" slider we want to install in the living room of our rancho. Had a installer all set up,but today before starting the install they backed out....
We are actually planning on removing our slider and replacing with original French doors. You are welcome to come by and look at how ours is installed if it...
Our houses are built on a 5' 4" grid. The posts are 64" on center. The 4X6 beam that runs across the sides acts as a header for the doors and windows. A 4X6...
Felicia,Did you have something 9'6" in that space before? If you did, the 4x6 header beam could have been reinforced (steel) or replaced already. We have a...
HI, just and observation in your notes, If your slider is 9'6" the existing 4x6 header will be over spanned. The normal widow and door widths are 6' between...
wow, that's a tough one. I would be concerned about the existing beam's ability to span 9'-6" since they appear to be designed to span only about half that...
Curbed LA is a very popular blog about architecture and real estate. They featured the impressive Rancho at 3322 Roxanne Avenue yesterday and it already has 17...
You can also contact Julietta on Lees Avenue. A great daycare in the Ranchos. She is great and I know that she has a lot of kids from the neighborhood, Her...
I am a structural engineer and live here in the ranchos. I could come buy and take a look if you want--no charge :) There are too many variables to give good...
You're welcome. I live on Lees and Julietta is 2 houses from mine. My daughter, who is now in Kindergarden, never went to the daycare there but Julietta...
Hi, There is a meeting to discuss dog park with Gerrie this Wed. Please see below: If you would like to receive updates about dog park, please sign up...
That's because were working on a donor. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: Joohae at Yahoo <kjoohae@...> Sender: cliffmayranchos@yahoogroups.com...
The skunk clean up scene from last night's Dexter (episode: Practically Perfect) was the one they shot at Stevely and Rosebay a few months back.  ...
And next week should be the episode they filmed on Stevely near Spring, and at Dick's Liquor store (well, at least that's what we got from seeing the...
WE are installing new front doors and looking for clean simple front door keyed entry knobs,deadbolt etc. We are having a hard time finding them,any...
Last night's topic at the EPAC meeting was the medical marijuana dispensaries in Long Beach. Eric Sund from the business licensing department was there to...
All of that information has been on my blog for several months (www.gerrieschipske.com). Several of us on the City Council are working on the ordinance. ...
