June 8-12
Monday: Windows delivered. Taper arrives mid morning -just one person, not a crew (he was sent on another job first). Continue reading Week 13: drywall taping, window installation
Tag Archives: planning
Week 11: framing, HVAC, electrical, cabinet measurements
May 25 – 29
Monday: Memorial Day holiday, so no workers today, but we have to rearrange the bedroom to clear a floor joist that the cooktop vent ducting will go in. Continue reading Week 11: framing, HVAC, electrical, cabinet measurements
Week 7: Trim, subcontractors, bonus room, family room
April 27 – May 1
Monday: Measuring and details for master bathroom closet and windows, plus kitchen windows & bonus room. Continue reading Week 7: Trim, subcontractors, bonus room, family room
What’s wrong with the bonus room?
Lots of space, but hard to use because of ceiling height or stair landing or two doorways. An upper floor room above the garage with one window and two fixed skylights can get pretty stuffy in the warmer months. Continue reading What’s wrong with the bonus room?
Week 6 – plumbing, garage drywall, glass?
April 20 – 24
Monday: Bathtub, faucets for vanity sinks and toilet installed. No water for the morning. Continue reading Week 6 – plumbing, garage drywall, glass?
What’s wrong with the kids’ bathroom?
Originally, we thought we’d just replace or refinish the tub in their bathroom. The surface had worn and become very stained and the tile grout was icky making it hard to keep clean (or at least it never looked clean even when it had been cleaned!). Continue reading What’s wrong with the kids’ bathroom?
Week 5 – finishing tile, electrical trim, stair inspection
April 13 – 17
Monday: A quiet day – just the tile setter starting on the floor tile so that the glass company could come and template the frosted glass wall/door in the afternoon. Continue reading Week 5 – finishing tile, electrical trim, stair inspection
What’s wrong with the kitchen?
Oak!
Not entirely that, but a flyer from a realtor who sells a lot in our neighborhood mentioned that homes that had been updated – i.e. de-oaked – sold well. The house was built in 1993 with plans developed in the 1980s and it’s showing its age in all sorts of ways. Continue reading What’s wrong with the kitchen?
Week 2 – drywall, drains & ducts
March 23 – 27
Monday: drywall in the non-wet room parts of the bathroom. As we couldn’t have a medicine cabinet once we flipped the room back to its original orientation, I asked for a second niche, using lumber left over from the previous remodel (I’m a pack rat, but this time it did come in handy!) Continue reading Week 2 – drywall, drains & ducts
Week 0 – preparation
From January through most of February, I spent time cleaning out anything that could be tossed out and putting into the POD (storage unit in our driveway) things from the rooms we were planning to remodel. It’s about as much fun as moving (i.e. not much fun at all), but I’d had a dry run (which I didn’t realize was one at the time) in using a POD to empty out the garages so we could have the new storage racks installed last autumn. Continue reading Week 0 – preparation