Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
No Rest For The Weary
I’ve got big ideas, big decisions to make, big things to say– about the water leaking through the middle of my door, the lack of heat from our expensive geothermal system, the drywallers smoking cigarettes in my brand new house– I’ve got
Hanging Over My Head
You’ve never seen someone this excited to not have walls, and it’s only because I’ve got ceilings! In the bedrooms… The bathrooms… In the kitchen… In fact the great room is the only room without ceilings for the moment. And let’s just
Things Donkeys Think About Snow
You’ve got to be kidding me. No way in hell we’re coming out there. Okay. Fine. But…whaa?? What the hell is this?! Is this some kind of joke? What the…? Getitoff getitoff getitoff! This. Is. Crap. I’m done here. Take me back
27 Colors and Counting
In the way of construction we, at this point, may or may not have walls this week. (Read: no chance in hell we have walls this week.) Which I would like to blame on our heating guy who was supposed to show
How Geothermal Works: Cartoon Edition
For a long time I went around saying (very confidently) “oh, yeah, we’re putting in a geothermal system,” which lasted right up until some person asked me what the hell a geothermal system was, anyway? And I was all, “Well obviously it
Warmer Already
I left the house at 8:30 with no insulators in sight, and came back at 1:00 PM to see this much warmer and more air-tight house. The first layer is this expanding foam and then it’s backed with fiberglass batts. I was
A Pivotal Weekend
About three seconds after we got the green light on the rough framing, I had the insulators and drywallers scheduled for installation. I am so ready to have walls– to move on to those fun projects like texturing, tiling, painting, furnishing– with
It Gets Worse
If you thought that we couldn’t find one more spot to dig a hole, pile some dirt, or make a general mess out of our yard, to you I say this: We have three acres. Don’t underestimate us. Bad news for our
Things I’m Thinking About
We’re in the middle of a swirling vortex of snow, insulation, drywall, inspections, wiring, trench digging, and pipe laying. It’s enough to make my head spin and too much to allow for a coherent post on anything. Things I’m Thinking About Life
You know what this means…
Either I can tell you about the cab ride I took today with a possibly drunk and definitely deaf cab driver who tried to leave me at the car rental place with my bag still in his trunk (and this was before
Building Soffit Boxes (And wood soffit installation.)
I equate soffit building (particularly those funky boxes on the corners) as the house-building equivalent of being attacked by a shark. One minute you’re all swimming along, soaking up the rays, thinking how easy it will be to install siding (a two
Physics and Other Framing Lessons
You know that all I want for Christmas is some walls in my house, and last week the building inspector came through to do what building inspectors do… tell us why our house is going to fall down. This can be discouraging,
True Value DIY Rescue Mission: Replacing A Trick Faucet
When I was in college, we had a faucet. And not just your plain old run-of-the-mill two-handles-and-a-spigot, oh no, we had a trick faucet. If you pushed the handle on the sprayer just the right way and then set it back in
Not Your Typical Mouse Story
The fact that we’ve been living in a garage in the middle of cornfields for the last six months means that a.) I’m getting pretty used to the cat dropping life mice into our bed (sometimes two in one night), and b.)
No Rest For The Weary
I’ve got big ideas, big decisions to make, big things to say– about the water leaking through the middle of my door, the lack of heat from our expensive geothermal system, the drywallers smoking cigarettes in my brand new house– I’ve got
Hanging Over My Head
You’ve never seen someone this excited to not have walls, and it’s only because I’ve got ceilings! In the bedrooms… The bathrooms… In the kitchen… In fact the great room is the only room without ceilings for the moment. And let’s just
Things Donkeys Think About Snow
You’ve got to be kidding me. No way in hell we’re coming out there. Okay. Fine. But…whaa?? What the hell is this?! Is this some kind of joke? What the…? Getitoff getitoff getitoff! This. Is. Crap. I’m done here. Take me back
27 Colors and Counting
In the way of construction we, at this point, may or may not have walls this week. (Read: no chance in hell we have walls this week.) Which I would like to blame on our heating guy who was supposed to show
How Geothermal Works: Cartoon Edition
For a long time I went around saying (very confidently) “oh, yeah, we’re putting in a geothermal system,” which lasted right up until some person asked me what the hell a geothermal system was, anyway? And I was all, “Well obviously it
Warmer Already
I left the house at 8:30 with no insulators in sight, and came back at 1:00 PM to see this much warmer and more air-tight house. The first layer is this expanding foam and then it’s backed with fiberglass batts. I was
A Pivotal Weekend
About three seconds after we got the green light on the rough framing, I had the insulators and drywallers scheduled for installation. I am so ready to have walls– to move on to those fun projects like texturing, tiling, painting, furnishing– with
It Gets Worse
If you thought that we couldn’t find one more spot to dig a hole, pile some dirt, or make a general mess out of our yard, to you I say this: We have three acres. Don’t underestimate us. Bad news for our
Things I’m Thinking About
We’re in the middle of a swirling vortex of snow, insulation, drywall, inspections, wiring, trench digging, and pipe laying. It’s enough to make my head spin and too much to allow for a coherent post on anything. Things I’m Thinking About Life
You know what this means…
Either I can tell you about the cab ride I took today with a possibly drunk and definitely deaf cab driver who tried to leave me at the car rental place with my bag still in his trunk (and this was before
Building Soffit Boxes (And wood soffit installation.)
I equate soffit building (particularly those funky boxes on the corners) as the house-building equivalent of being attacked by a shark. One minute you’re all swimming along, soaking up the rays, thinking how easy it will be to install siding (a two
Physics and Other Framing Lessons
You know that all I want for Christmas is some walls in my house, and last week the building inspector came through to do what building inspectors do… tell us why our house is going to fall down. This can be discouraging,
True Value DIY Rescue Mission: Replacing A Trick Faucet
When I was in college, we had a faucet. And not just your plain old run-of-the-mill two-handles-and-a-spigot, oh no, we had a trick faucet. If you pushed the handle on the sprayer just the right way and then set it back in
Not Your Typical Mouse Story
The fact that we’ve been living in a garage in the middle of cornfields for the last six months means that a.) I’m getting pretty used to the cat dropping life mice into our bed (sometimes two in one night), and b.)
