Our home inspector noted some cracking in the mortor in our fireplace. Eric ordered a two pack of this product to fix the issues. Fireplace vacuumed and cleaned up, then new mortor liberally applied to any areas that looked like they could use it. The next step was to cure it with a fire per… Continue reading Day 667: Fireplace Tune Up
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Day 628: Septic Tank Backup
December 26, 2019: a good back to back rain storm inundated our septic field, pic above related. How did we know there was an issue? Water was coming out from under our kitchen cabinets! The culprit was a floor drain under our washing machine, and yes this is black water with scum from the septic… Continue reading Day 628: Septic Tank Backup
Upcycle: Butcher Block Remnant to Cutting Board
A piece of “scrap” butcher block from this project Day 900: Floating Desk piqued Eric’s interest: could it be used on our Weber Performer? A quick fit says it was meant to do exactly that! The second step was to remove and clean the cutting board from the grill, and clamp the butcher block to… Continue reading Upcycle: Butcher Block Remnant to Cutting Board
Day 900: Floating Desk
This project had been fomenting for years, and we finally pulled the trigger on ordering another butcher block slab. Which was tough during the Covid-19 pandemic as nearly all construction materials have been in short supply and up to 300% price increases. This type of slab was $329 when we bought our kitchen counters, and… Continue reading Day 900: Floating Desk
Day 559: Tankless Water Heater 2.0
If you are just catching up, a few posts to gain some additional context: Day 48- Hot Water 1.0 Tankless Electric Water Heater for pre-planning our water line expansion; and Day 563- Gas Line Extension and Propane Tank for our fuel supply and rational. It should be noted that this project was put off from… Continue reading Day 559: Tankless Water Heater 2.0
Day 928- Bypass Barn Door
You might recall our last barn door project House Hacking: Barn Door. That project was built from scratch, and we didn’t really have the energy to do that again. As chance would have it, our regional family owned hardware store was having a 50% off clearance event on barn door slabs. Eric typically throws these… Continue reading Day 928- Bypass Barn Door
Day 167- Kitchen Island
Some of the progress can be seen on Day 182- Trouble in Paradise. Eric will cover the rest of the story in this post. During the time we were dealing with the appliance fiasco, we purchased a used electric stove top to formally move our cooking off of the camp stove. Here it is after… Continue reading Day 167- Kitchen Island
Day 182- Trouble in Paradise
Now that we have had time to cool way off on this process, we feel we can tell our story finally. This is going to be broken up into two parts, first our appliance fiasco, and second our drafting error on our kitchen island and crown molding. A true comedy of tragedy as we look… Continue reading Day 182- Trouble in Paradise
Day 192- Kitchen Backsplash
Back to our local tile supplier, this was another finish we vacillated on for months. What shape did we want, what color, what size, what grout? Important things to think about. We were drawn to this elongated hexagon tile, and picked up samples locally, as well as mail ordered samples from a different supply house.… Continue reading Day 192- Kitchen Backsplash
Day 134- Rats in Shed
We moved quickly to get into the shed and garage to start on this project, and after a few months of rodent activity, the gauntlet had been dropped: this left over by the previous owner can of bait was dragged across the entire shed. Two can play this game… An entire plank was missing, and… Continue reading Day 134- Rats in Shed