Thumb and Hammer Blog

We received our site survey today and for the first time since we moved here more than five years ago we finally have a clear picture of exactly what property we own.  We now have confirmatiion of our suspicions that we had been misled at the time we purchased the house as to where the [...]

I started this website as a showcase of DIY projects.  However, with this house being such a disaster and considering the scope of the repairs and renovations necessary to make it habitable, it is time to call in the pros.  The ball is now rolling….

I knew that the wood porch at the door to the addition (our main entrance that we use all the time) was in bad shape, but I assumed that it would last until the day that we tore the existing addition down.  I was wrong.  Two weeks ago, my wife put her foot through one [...]