Are you getting tired of reading about all the foundation work we’ve had done? Because I’m tired of writing about it. And even more tired of enduring it. Reno-weary. That’s us. It’s a real thing. This happened today. Fourteen new piers. If you’re counting, that brings our grand total to 78 piers we’ve installed in […]
And now a bathroom remodel…unplanned, of course
Ok. Random Wednesday night. “Let’s remodel the bathroom!”, we excitedly exclaim! No, it did not happen like that. That’s never how it happens. More like, “oh crap!! Are you serious?!?” So, the plumbers came today to test the new stack they installed on Tuesday (the stack of pipes coming from our upstairs bathroom—look at me […]
The Poo Wall
No way. Just no. Sigh. The plumbers came back to work on one of the plumbing stacks from upstairs. Remember the pipes that were angled the wrong way? Well, that wonky angle allows “stuff”to sit in the pipe and not completely move down the pipe to the sewer. So during the process of removing the […]
New Recessed Lighting, maybe
Okay, I can’t say I was looking forward to more workers in the house. Our history of things moving along smoothly is not exactly stellar. Some of the things we had planned included new recessed lights in Rob’s office, (there are NO lights in there right now – we are straight up old-school lamps), new […]
More foundation adjustments & (Surprise!) Demo Day!
Maybe, just maybe we’re seeing the last foundation adjustment. Which is kind of exciting…. After they came and checked our foundation again they were fairly certain they didn’t see movement inside the main part of the house. (I’m just going to go with fairly certain meaning none. Because I need good news, people!) Praise Jesus!! […]
Repairing a Brick Floor…Two Steps (or Holes) Forward!
Santa stopped by our house again!! This time he brought little masonry elves. Remember the holes in our brick from the initial foundation repair?These holes have been in our laundry room and area/hall leading to the garage for 2.5 years. Yes, years…not weeks…not months. Both collecting and making dust of their very own. Holes like […]
New Water Heater – AKA The FrankenHeater
So, we obviously couldn’t just run to the big box store, install a new water heater, and be done. It’s us…you know, we’re the people where it costs twice as much and takes three times as long as budgeted. Going into this project we got three quotes on our options for a new water heater. […]
More Foundation Work…Is it Groundhog Day?
Did I not get the memo? I feel like I’m in my own personalized version of the movie “Groundhog Day.” (Only I’m not as funny or as cool as Bill Murray.) The alarm goes off. I get up and you got it…more of the same kind of dirty underground work on our house again. Like this… […]
Sewer Fix Part Deux
Or maybe this should be titled any pile of dirt gives me a feeling of Deja-vu. And maybe somewhat of a desire to sit in the corner of this money pit and drink an entire bottle of wine. (We won’t talk about that one.) We’re back to trying to get the second upstairs bathroom tied […]
When Your House Becomes a Money Pit
I have had this post sitting in “draft” mode for months now. I think because it was just kind of hard to write. It’s that moment of “what have we gotten ourselves into?!” and “this house is going to bleed us dry!” Brace yourself for a novel. Let me back up a little. We bought […]