archive for August, 2006
August 2, 2006
either/or
The heat index is 100+ degrees and, to make deadline, you have to either work on siding or install insulation — which do you choose?
August 3, 2006
we WILL have walls
We’re taking the last steps towards getting most of the downstairs ready for drywall — insulating, getting installation quotes, some last minute carpentry…
August 8, 2006
drywall day -1
After a few final days of getting the spaces ready and 30 freakin’ months after we started demolition, the process of putting up drywall starts tomorrow.
August 9, 2006
we have a drywall crew in the house
It is always weird to have contractors in the house. We generally like them as people and *love* having the work done, but there is always anxiety when there are other people banging around down there.
August 10, 2006
drywall day 2
The 3-man crew was here yesterday for just over 12 hours and did manage to hang the entire space downstairs. Today there is one guy on stilts taping and mudding; it is much more quiet…
August 10, 2006
some tape and mud…
Today the new walls were given the first application of tape and drywall compound. (and it sure is much easier to find time to write about this stuff when someone else is doing all of the work…)
August 12, 2006
drywall day 3
Day three was much like day two, only with a little drama in the mix.
August 17, 2006
walls up!
The drywall installation is 99% finished; now we prime?
August 18, 2006
back onto the siding
Having been derailed by the presence of the drywall guys and a web dev project, we’ve gotten back to the job of patching and priming on the long back wall that we got bumped from a few weeks back.
August 20, 2006
about chimney relining
The local paper has an article today about chimney relining that details the materials and process of relining and then describes how many homeowners are scammed into unneccesary and expensive repairs.
August 26, 2006
bathroom plumbing rough-in
We spent a day last week roughing-in the plumbing for the bathroom downstairs and learned a lot in the process.
August 29, 2006
another pink wall
Over a month after getting the back wall painted, we finally finished painting the longer wall along the side of the house.
August 30, 2006
towards having nice floors
We’ve gotten a quote about getting our floors downstairs refinished from the talented Joe Bell (who did the upstairs floors 3 freakin’ years ago). More on this as it develops…
