Today was the third day of the heating upgrade and the plumber re-configured the boiler and mounted the zone pumps. At this point, he expects the job to take another 2 and a half days to complete. He has another commitment tomorrow, so that means he will likely finish on Tuesday. There wasn’t much for [...]
Two days into the hot water plumbing upgrade
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
It’s finally happening. The plumber has been working on our gas hot water heating system for two days now and things are progressing nicely. This was not a DIY job. In fact, the previous owner had messed with the system which is why it was so messed up to begin with. Sometimes it is necessary [...]
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Side-tracked yet again
Monday, July 23, 2007
The plumber is coming Monday to begin work on our heating system. The house is not quite as far along as I had hoped it would be at this point, but hopefully he will still be able to do his work without too much difficulty. I’m going to be running around, trying to do my [...]
I should have been able to get more done….
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Having time off work is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it gives me more time to get stuff done. On the other hand, not having to be anywhere at a specific time gives me the false sense that my time is limitless. Wednesday, I planned to finish all the painting in the guest [...]
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Next time, I’ll do the taping
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I finally got tired of looking at the visual flaws in the drywall in the upstairs guest room. The contractor that we hired to finish the drywall was not so good at taping. The flaws were not evident at first when I primed, but showed up when I painted the eggshell top coat. I thought [...]
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