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May 2012

    Blog Creating a Home

    Negotiating (aka So This is Why I Took Debate in High School)

    May 23, 2012
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    One of the most interesting parts of this experience for me has been learning what is actually inside the walls of a house. Before April 10, 2012, I knew that heat came out of some vents and air was returned back through others. I knew that electrical wires ran here and there to offer me light at the flip of a switch. And I knew that there were pipes that took away the ick and brought in fresh water. There…

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    Clean up on Aisles 8, 9, and 10!

    I know we haven’t provided any updates for a few days. You’re probably all awaiting those glorious after pictures that you see in Better Homes and Gardens, aren’t you? Sadly, I can’t provide anything…

    May 17, 2012
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    Progress

    It would just be wrong to end today’s blog entries with bathroom sewage escaping from lead pipes, don’t you think? I know that I will have to return to my coping corner if that…

    May 11, 2012
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    Why?

    Written by Joel Sauer Perhaps more than any other question, this is the one we get most often.  It is elegant and simple, yet remarkably poignant.  Why? Usually the person asking is on their…

    May 7, 2012
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    Surprise!

    We’ve had our share of little surprises as the walls have come down. Some of them have been amusing like the avalanche of hickory nuts that fell atop Joel as he knocked down the…

    May 3, 2012
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    Lead Pipes

    So we’ve already mentioned that lead pipes were cemented into the floor of the upstairs bath, right? If you missed that fascinating detail, you can learn more about it here. In that article, I was…

    May 3, 2012
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    Clean up on Aisle 7!

    This post piggy backs onto the previous one, It’s Gonna Get Worse Before it Gets Better, because after all of that tear down and resulting mess, someone has to clean up, right? Who knew…

    May 3, 2012
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    It’s Gonna Get Worse Before It Gets Better

    We’re heavily into the restoration of 1110 W. Washington and lo and behold, Steve, the all-knowing heating/air conditioning/plumbing expert’s words of wisdom have come true. Steve has been around the proverbial house-restoration block and…

    May 3, 2012