January 2006 - Posts
We noticed this morning that the sump pump has been doing its job. In fact, in the 45 minutes before we left for work this morning it cycled 3 times - should I be worried? At least it's doing its job, but man, I hope the basement is still dry when I get
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This is the first weekend in a while that I've been able to work on the house. At least, it feels that way. Yesterday we applied some of the finishing touches to the new upstairs bath. I stripped some of the trim we have laying about and installed it
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I've been home sick with a nasty cold, so I haven't been able to post about our trip to Vancouver yet. Right around the same time we began our blog last year, another west coast blog joined Houseblogs. Last weekend we were able to travel up to Vancouver
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The hot water was connected last night & I couldn't wait another night for the cold water so I tried the tub and loved it. Granted it's a shorter tub (4 1/2 feet), but it worked great. Once the tub is heated up it holds the heat well & it has
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We were ready to move the tub upstairs so it was time to call our friends (again)! Jon and Sean came through (the demolition party and other tasks had not yet scared them away). First they moved the tub out of the shop and up the outside stairs to our
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This morning I put the final coat of mud on the upstairs bathroom walls, and now I'm just waiting for it to dry enough for a light sanding and paint. Do they make "hot topping mud"??? I didn't see any at the HD. Maybe I should go read the installation
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Since we have everything out of the upstairs bathroom and we are close to re-installing fixtures, we decided to go ahead and buy a new toilet. We were planning on putting a Toto Aquia toilet in the new 1/2 bath on the first floor, but since our upstairs
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Okay. So I got talked into mudding and taping the new drywall in the upstairs bath, such that it could be painted and look cozy and stuff. Have I mentioned I’m not very fond of mudding and taping? With the possible exception of a few comical moments where
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My dad makes a yearly trip to Seattle specifically to help me out with the remodel. He typically comes in the summer, and I generally have an itinerary of projects for us to tackle during his week-long stay. On his first visit three years ago we got my
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