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2014
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If you have been following the circus that is the den Boer home remodel, you will know I have often commented on the many holes, large and small, that seem to have been popping up in my home. The plumber has found new and interesting ways to get to the pipes, the electrician found ways to open ho...
10/30/2014
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As part of the massive remodeling going on at my home, we are redoing our 20+ year old master bath shower. John Puie, of IDP Tile is doing the work. He started the demolition yesterday and I am already impressed with his work. As you can see from the picture on the right, we had a basic white til...
10/30/2014
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The Granite has arrived! Yesterday was a very busy day as was expected. The granite guys spent about 4 hours yesterday installing the new granite counter tops. It was interesting to watch. They use a powered suction cup thingy to grasp both sides of two granite slabs and it pulls them together. A...
10/30/2014
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The kitchen remodel project, which in case you haven't noticed includes just about everything in the house by now, continued yesterday with the beginning of the installation of the gas line to where the new gas cook top will be. As you can see from the picture on the right, we ended up having to ...
10/29/2014
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Things have stabilized a bit at the den Boer remodeling. Things like the shower fixtures. Yesterday I spoke with the plumber about a shower handle and faucet that wobbled. Now, I am no expert, but I figured this was not a good thing. Luckily the plumber agreed and stabilized the whole thing by p...
10/29/2014
As remodeling days go yesterday was a quiet one. The plumber worked most of the day installing shower valves and bath fixtures in the remaining bathrooms. They are looking good. I will be talking to him today about one that seems wobbly, but for the most part things are going well. It seems that ...
10/27/2014
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Every year the Eagle Watch neighborhood puts on a haunted camp out in the playground. People get there early and pitch tents in their favorite places. By nightfall the playground is packed! There is usually a movie shown outside for the kids as well. The adults sit around and rough it, basically...
10/25/2014
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As I was typing in the Title of this blog today I realized that this post would have nothing at all to do with the kitchen remodel! Yesterday was all about the plumber continuing to put in new valves for the showers, and the bath fixtures and new toilet guts. That's a technical term. We are putti...
10/24/2014
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Not much happened today. Someone was in the house today, I can tell, but not sure if they did anything. It could have been the guy measuring for the granite counter tops. The cabinet in the center island shown above will house a mixer lift. The lift itself will swing up and out for use, the dow...
10/23/2014
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The Sheetrock guys showed up this morning about 7:45 to start filling in holes! They attacked the garage ceiling first, cutting new pieces to fit and taping and mudding them. Interestingly, it does not take too long to get new board in and to put the first coats of "Mud" around the seams. The rea...
10/22/2014
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