I Build Stuff

For the first time in 3 weeks, we have doors on our garage again. There is still a lot to do though. Read More »

Spring is here, and that means one thing. Home repair. Our first project is to build some new garage doors. We were wanting to start with building a pergola on the back porch, but the garage doors were on their last leg/hinge, literally. Read More »

You read the post title correctly. We're finished. Finally. And for the first time I've linked each of these photos to a larger version. So what do we do now that we're done and not completely ... Read More »

Head board: done laundry built-in: done shelf built-in: done stair railing: done final plumbing inspection: passed Left to do: painting touch ups, bring in furniture, final coat of sealant on ... Read More »

The master carpenter, yours truly, was hard at work again this past weekend. I built the shelving Saturday, and it's pretty sweet, although you don't get the full effect from this photo due to it ... Read More »

I had to leave the last 2 balusters unattached so I can finish them on film Friday morning. Doing the show is cool and all, but it's sometimes annoying having to wait to do something until it can be ... Read More »

Carol and Steven ended up coming over today for a few hours on a whim after Collette called them asking for tips and declaring her apprehension about grouting the shower tile. It's a good thing they ... Read More »

We spent the entire weekend tiling the shower. While I'm at work typing this, Collette is at home finishing up the tiling. Tonight we finish putting down the wood flooring, and prepping the area for ... Read More »

Nearly 2 months after setting up this blog I get around to fixing the RSS feed. I'm patting myself on the back right now. Click here to subscribe to it. Also, for the first time in weeks I can say ... Read More »

3 people. 2 floors. 20 hours. Collette's uncle Steve helped us by starting the bathroom floor, and it looks awesome. While he did that Collette and I put down the hard wood in the bedroom. Huge ... Read More »

Actually, I'm anything but lazy. Yesterday Collette and I stopped working mid-afternoon and decided to take the night off work. That would make the first night in 7 days that we haven't worked. We're ... Read More »

Drywalling SUCKS It's putting us a week behind schedule. I was hoping to be taping and mudding already, but we're just not at maybe 70% of the drywall hung on the walls. Fortunately the hardest ... Read More »

Dear Mr. Inspector, You don't know jack. Don't tell me I need R-38 insulation in my walls. R-38 is 12" thick. The wall is 3.5" thick. Do the math. Don't tell me I need layer of plastic over the ... Read More »

As I previously mentioned... here are the pictures. ... Read More »

So far it seems like the only thing we've been doing in the renovation is destroying things, and very few new things are happening. Granted the built-ins are nearly done, but it still feels like we ... Read More »