Back Porch Fix recap: I’m going to take this moment to thank the people who were able to come over and help us with such an overwhelmingly daunting task, namely Catherine, Constantine, Marius, and Winna. I thank Æsa as well for her part in this crazy adventure. After breakfast at […]
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Project day recap: Went to Liberty today and checked all the measurements. We mathed the bejeesus out of it, and then kept going. Drove to Home Depot and picked up most of all the things. That took hours to do since we had to find the wood, choose the least […]
Massive Project Update: Friday. I went to the Liberty house and did all the measuring I could throughout the building. The result is to know every width of molding, window, door, wall, and everything to the inch so that we can plan out where to put all the things! I […]
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 […]
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 […]