Category Archives: House Project

Oil

Our heating company delivered our first tank of oil today. But first, since I have not posted a photo of the house for a while, here are a couple. Notice that the shutters are on. The front porch is also … Continue reading

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$23.84

I just spent another $23.84 on light bulbs today… and we are not done yet. Yikes! We could go broke on just light bulbs alone. Speaking of consumable items, I spent some time today figuring out what kind of filters … Continue reading

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Slow Day

Today was a slow day at the house. Other than spending $86.83 on light bulbs (and we aren’t finished with the light bulbs yet) nothing much happened. So I thought I would digress a bit and show you this: That … Continue reading

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Power!

We are connected to the pole! We have power! I went down into the basement to see the panel…. Hey! Where are all the circuit breakers at? Well, I guess we have power anyway. At least the hot water tank … Continue reading

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Ceiling

Some of the downstairs walls and ceilings went in today. Here’s the kitchen. And here is the living room. The photos are dark because it is dark out now by the time I can get to the house.

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Wallboard

I don’t have much time to blog tonight because of my crazy schedule so this is going tobeafastblogandIwillhavetotyperealfastandthisonewillbemostlyphotos…. Some of the wallboard is up. They did most of the second floor. Door into the full bath. Closet and entry in … Continue reading

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Bummer

We had a bummer today. Our builder discovered that the one-piece shower unit in the master bathroom had a crack in it. The shower unit is so big that they had to frame the bathroom walls around it because it … Continue reading

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Insulation

Because of our recent network outage, I missed reporting on a lot of activity at the house last week. The biggest item is that the insulation has gone in. We found out that our new house has the distinction of … Continue reading

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Back Up

This blog is operational again! In case you have not been paying attention, our blog disappeared for a few days. There was a computer glitch at our web hosting site,  and our domain name was not renewed on time… and … Continue reading

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Electricians

The electricians have been in, and the board for the service panel is in place. That white board is where the electrician will put the box with the circuit breakers in it. They have already begun to run the wires … Continue reading

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