It has been a quiet couple of weeks regarding this project, but that doesn’t mean that they have not been eventful. While waiting for the contractor to start the joists and girder project, we’ve been working on the Highland house to clean up the wreckage of the car port that […]
Monthly Archives: August 2018
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Project day recap: A very long day of driving started at 9am to Connecticut. We picked up a dozen plastic 48″x40″ pallets that I plan to use as a raised floor in the basement once the construction is done. Had “Steamed Cheeseburger” lunches at a local restaurant, then headed north […]
Project day recap: ADT was installed today. The house is now secured and I can leave some windows open to let the place breathe. This is a good thing. The smoke detectors in the house that are hard wired were not part of the security system. The agent said it […]
Project day six: It’s like I’m documenting something big here. Went to the Post Office in Highland to pick up the boxes that they refuse to deliver to my house now that it is on a “Private Road”, since my neighbor put his last name on the driveway. Got all […]
Project day five: First part of the morning was meeting with Anthony to get a more solid look at the joists and girder situation and talk about scheduling the work. He was very impressed with the amount of work we have already done with the house, including the front porch […]
Project day four: Started with a trip to Jiffy Lube to get the oil changed in both cars. Not necessarily part of the house project, but it gets us there to do the work. Then we went to Home Depot to get more things for fixing up the house. Finally […]
Project day three: Started off driving to Lagrangeville to get 6 buckets full of free fill to be able to fix the grading around the foundation of the house. We’re going to need a ton more, so if anyone has any to spare, let me know! The weather was brutal […]
Second day recap: Started with an adventure up into the “wilds of upstate” known as near the Ashokan Reservoir to pick up a heavy duty scaffold in order to do more work on the house. Then we drove to Liberty with the thing strapped to the top of the car […]
First day recap: We mapped out the first floor electric to all of the breakers we could. The living room, main hallway, and dining room are all on one breaker. When the electricians come back, we’re going to see about separating those. The outlets in the Parlor are live. The […]