Our construction gate got tagged last weekend. I honestly don’t understand the appeal of tagging. For one, I have rarely seen a tag that I can actually tell what it is supposed to say. Second, this is obviously a place where it will be covered up pretty quickly, so what is the point? A canRead more about Tag, you’re it[…]
The pool house is inching along. One of the difficulties with the pool house is that it has a lot going on. Among the normal stuff, we have a bathroom, outdoor shower, and electrical sub panel. But there are also a number of elements that make this a lot more complicated than just a smallRead more about Pool house progress[…]
We’ve got quite a bit of tile work that needs to be done. The first thing the tile guys are going to start on are the showers. In preparation for that, some guys came by yesterday to water proof the shower pans. This had to be one of the worst smelling things we’ve done soRead more about Getting ready for tile[…]
The carpenters installed the box beams last week. Before the box beams went in, the bead board ceiling had to be installed. This is actually a lot of work as they did very precise cuts for each hole in the ceiling (for such things as can lights, sprinklers, and HVAC supply and return ducts). TheyRead more about Box beams[…]
All the drywall has been hung for a couple of weeks now, and the crew has made great progress with the plastering. The 2nd floor is now completely plastered, and the first floor and basement have much of the seams, holes, doorways, fixtures, sockets and switches plastered. the last layer of plaster is pretty thinRead more about Drywall update – getting very close[…]
Another week gone by and more milestones on the drywall. The crew is now putting up the “rock” in the last room now, the garage. They’ve also made a lot of progress with the joint compound (mud) and taping of the 2nd floor. Here is the progression. First the drywall goes on. Then the outsideRead more about Drywall is going fast[…]
It’s been quite a process settling on a cabinet maker. We received initial bids from three different companies and then went through an extensive back and forth negotiation to try and get the price down to what we could afford, and to figure out who we thought would give us the best end result. WeRead more about Cabinets and built-ins[…]
We are adding a small pool house in the back yard. Here it is from the elevations on the plans. It’s not really a house, but more of a covered patio. The only part of it that is fully enclosed is the toilet room. Among the many silly things that the building codes and zoningRead more about The pool house[…]
At the back of our house are the kitchen and family room. We decided to make the ceilings in these two rooms (really one big room) somewhat special by finishing them with bead board, like we did the exterior patios and porches. The family room will get the added treatment of box beams below theRead more about Bead board ceilings for the kitchen and family room[…]
We’ve got two permits being reviewed by the city at this time. The first is our revised landscaping permit. When we originally did the landscaping, we didn’t have the benefit of (a) spending a lot of time considering what we wanted the property to be like (we just needed something reasonably close to what weRead more about Waiting for permits[…]