The remediation effort from our recent water leak and resultant water damage is in full swing. The first thing the remediation contractor did is to install heated fan blowers and dehumidifiers. It is surprising how much moisture they pull out of the air. Then, they removed all affected drywall. In the rec room, this isRead more about Water damage remediation[…]
Despite the plumbing disaster, we are moving forward. The mitigation specialists are hard at work now tearing out the drywall and insulation in the basement, and have sealed it off from the rest of the house. We’ve brought in a load of stuff from our temporary rental, and have started unpacking the items we hadRead more about Occupancy![…]
It’s been so long since we’ve been able to get onto our property without walking over dirt, it is almost unbelievable. Yesterday, they poured the front steps and walkway, and today, we can walk on it. It was quite a project, and required 10 yards of concrete. We colored the concrete, a slight sandstone tint. Read more about Front steps[…]
Three days before move-in, catastrophe has struck our new house. Over the weekend, a plumbing fitting connecting the kitchen island pot filler to the water line had a crack, and developed a leak. It seems our plumbers over-tightened a plastic fitting and it caused a crack. The water dripped down behind the stove, and foundRead more about Catastrophe[…]
We move in next week. Let me say that again. We move in next week! In ancticipation, we’ve started pulling the Ram Board from the floors, in preparation for the post-construction cleaning, which starts tomorrow. It is a bit like unboxing a new house, as we are seeing all the rooms complete for the firstRead more about The ultimate unboxing[…]
We had our appliances installed this week. Here is the kitchen before: And after: Like most things related to construction, it didn’t go exactly according to plan. The stone contractor wanted to cut in the stove cutout when the stove was here, which they did, but then when the installers tried to push the stoveRead more about Appliances[…]
Do you see a beautiful yard through all this? I’ve been looking at this patch of bare dirt for so long, it is had to imaging it becoming a real yard. We are starting from scratch, meaning, we have to install everything – irrigation, drainage, lighting, do the final grading, and plant. Our landscaper tellsRead more about You gotta have vision[…]
The carpeting was installed in the last two days. We have 4 bedrooms, a play room, and the master closet that got carpet. To keep things simple, we used one color for all the bedrooms and the closet, and a different one for the play room. It looks nice and is helping to make theRead more about Carpet[…]
We are a couple of weeks away from moving in. The electrical has been signed off, and we can at last turn on lights, sort of. We are using a Lutron Homeworks QS system, which uses digital switches. The switches talk to the “brain” which in turn commands the appropriate “wall box power modules” toRead more about The lights are on, but no-one is home (yet)[…]
When people come and see our house, they generally tell us how much they love it. I always take this with a grain of salt, because, I figure it is like someone showing you their baby. Would you ever tell someone that their baby is ugly? No, you’d probably go the other direction and tellRead more about Design inspiration[…]