I know y’all thought we were done, even though we said we weren’t, but here I am, writing about installing yet another system I know nothing about. And also, maybe you’re thinking, “why would you put an HVAC system in … Continue reading HVAC System
Ready or not, we’ve moved in. And it’s not. “Ready”, that is. The end of the journey is just the end of driving out here to work while living somewhere else. There is still a lot of work to do here. We tried to get it done by the time school started, but ended up being a week late on that goal – so I drove my daughter a half hour every morning to the new school while we tried to get the place more livable. And we passed our final inspection and got our “CO” (Certificate of Occupancy). But … Continue reading The end of a journey, sort of
We didn’t want to do kitchen countertops at this point, but the kids kept getting hurt while swinging and standing on the pile of oak slabs I’ve had stacked out there drying. After re-arranging the pile a couple times to … Continue reading Kitchen countertops
The stairs are great. But we still needed a handrail and then some railing around the second floor. Initially, I was going to use this oak post to support the stair stringers and the rail – nice and solid, but … Continue reading Stair and balcony railing
Everywhere that can be drywalled on the first floor is finally drywalled, except for the bathrooms. I’m still trying to figure out what I need under the tiling. But getting the panels in “is the beginning of troubles”, as the … Continue reading Drywall installed – 1st floor, except bathrooms
I didn’t know what to title this post – there are so many things in motion! Electrical The electrical is nearly complete – I had a final inspection – the building inspector came out and made sure everything is correct. … Continue reading December 2022 Update
The choices for a countertop are almost endless these days – you can go with natural stones, cultured stones, or tile. There’s the standard manmade materials like Formica (the low end) or Corian (the high end). There’s concrete and wood. … Continue reading Island Countertop
I’ve been putting off insulating the floor as long as possible. No one wants to crawl around under a house pushing itchy insulation up in between floor joists while sitting uncomfortably on gravel rocks. Also, the footprint of this house … Continue reading Floor Insulation Done
Background and Research With the Drain Waste and Vent system in place (except for the connection to the road), installing something to flush became important. Again, I had to dive in, as this is something I don’t know much about. … Continue reading Plumbing Part II: Hot and Cold water lines
The DWV (Drain Waste and Vent) system was the most daunting project of the entire build, in my mind. Most LHBA folks (in fact all of them that I know of) hire this part out to professionals. Even though I … Continue reading Plumbing Part I: DWV
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