South Side Foundation Repairs
What a Difference Every time I write the words 'Foundation' and 'Repair' in the sam…
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Restoring the North Side of House 173: One Summer's Worth of Projects
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Exterior Windows, Doors and More One neglected side of the house, dozens of small repairs, and anot…
The Basement Stairway Remodel at House 173
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Avoided Waaay Too Long What started as a small plaster repair turned into a complete basement stair…
If My Mother Wasn't Reading this I'd Probably Use Some Off-Color Language!
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I don't know about you, but when I'm nearing the end of a big project a couple things happe…
And the Wall Goes Up!
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Geeze, it's been almost a month since I took down the wall between the workshop and the laundr…
More Laundry Room Progress!
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The Plumbing Goes In When last we met , I had finally dove into the laundry room, and it was lookin…
Diving into the Laundry Room
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This Was a Mess On to the laundry room. I've had mixed feelings about this for, well to be ho…
Gettin' at the Workshop (and a little foray into the Laundry Room)
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Always a Surprise Waiting As I mentioned the other day, I was having a hard time getting motivated …
Snow, Slow and Trapped
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Shut-In Time! I don't mind winter, as a matter-of-fact I rather enjoy winter. I could do with …
Fixing the Workshop Floor
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So, this was the cause of it all. It sounds like I'm complaining, but I guess I'm really n…
Basement Wall Demo
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Taking Down the Wall In the Workshop After my little electrical mishap the other day, the last coup…
Man - O - Man! It Doesn't Pay to Rush!
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Turn off the electricity. Turn it off, check it, double check it, then proceed with caution! If y…
Don't Ya Just Hate It When...
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Before I get into this, I wanted to take a moment to document one other thing I did on the west wal…
Fixing the Basement Walls - Wrapping Up the Main Portion
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The basement at 173 is divided into three rooms. There's the laundry room, the workshop and th…
Fixing the Basement Walls - Finishing the West Wall and Starting the North
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After a few days off from the basement, it's time to get back at it. When last we met , I had …
Fixing the Basement Walls - Slow minor Progress
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Tonight I just did a little painting. I'm really starting to like the look. Of course the wor…
Fixing the Basement Walls - Getting Bogged Down
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The initial progress in this project was fairly rapid, but being done "in no time" really…
Fixing the Basement Walls - Part 3
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It's Thursday night and I haven't done anything in the basement since Sunday afternoon. No…
Fixing the Basement Walls - Part 2
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Learning How to do This So I feel like I got a good start on Saturday ...figured out the steps to t…
Fixing the Basement Walls - Part I
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And we're back at it! After the last pos t, we kinda took a break which ended up extending th…