First Floor Subfloor

Estimating

I talked a while back about the need to get the subfloor in, and how we wanted to hire it out. So far that hasn’t happened. We put out a few requests for quote, one came back quite high, one never got back to us, and one said that we didn’t actually need to level the […]

Random Projects

Unexpected Insulation

It’s a very cold December now, and we still don’t have heat. We’re subsisting on electric radiators, both oil-filled and baseboard. However, it dipped down to 10° over the weekend, and they just weren’t cutting it. When I got up Saturday morning, the thermostat in the living room said it was 53°. Sarah decided that […]

Chimney Removal

Chimney Removal, Part 2

All right, back to the chimney. In Part 1 I got up on the roof on a particularly stormy and unseasonably warm day (at least is started that way), took the top of the chimney off, and patched the roof. This was followed up later in the week with removing the portion of the chimney […]

Ruminating

Blergging

We’ve been at this for a while now and habits form quickly. When I say “this” I really mean the blog more so than the house, and when I say “we”, I mostly mean the royal me, since Sarah’s been way too busy with grad school to indulge in things like blogging in a long […]

Chimney Removal

Chimney Removal, Part 1

Prominently located in the center of the house is the chimney. For the last hundred and sixteen years it served boilers, hot water heaters, and at some point stoves on each floor. One by one these things have been removed and replaced with direct vent appliances. Direct vent appliances are not only more energy efficient, […]

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