As I sort through pictures for other blogs, I’m stumbling across a few that are worth sharing, but not necessarily in their own blog. So here’s a mish mash of pictures for you to…
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All of the following pictures could technically have been placed in one of the ‘Progress’ blogs, but I thought they deserved their own space. ‘Shiny’ presents an alarming contrast to the soot-covered, 100-year-old wall…
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Perhaps to the naked eye things are still a serious mess, but the truth is, we’ve made some pretty dramatic progress these past couple of weeks. A few pictures to bring you up to…
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From this day forward I will never underestimate the skill of a general contractor. “Sure,” Joel and I said, “we’ll be our own GCs and manage this restoration process.” It started out with what…
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Joel was vacuuming the future master bathroom very thoroughly, meaning really getting into the open plaster areas to get out as much debris as possible. (Joel LOVES to vacuum!) He noticed something red in…
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As Joel wrote in the previous blog, we spend a lot of time trying to sort out how the house was built initially as well as what was added when by whom and why.…
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Written by Joel Sauer Disclaimer: If you are under the age of 30 and/or are any of my children, this blog post will be incredibly boring. Those not fitting this general description may choose to…
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Written by Joel Sauer We should all probably stop a moment and thank God for those who decided to go into a trade. You know, areas like plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning, general…
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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…
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