With the siding finished on the house and the garage, Uncle Glenn and Chrissy’s Dad turned their attention to the deck on the back of the house. Or more to the point: the lack of a deck on the back of the house. We’ve had several pallets of lumber (both real and plastic) sitting on our driveway for a couple of days. ...
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The siding on the house and the garage is finally done. It was a big job and took a couple of weeks to complete. Glenn and Kevin did fantastic work, and you wouldn’t recognize the house at all now! I think that it actually makes the house look bigger. You can see that there is now a 100% difference. BEFORE AFTER We still...
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Chrissy and I went door shopping over the weekend. We ordered two Mastercraft steel doors to replace our older double doors in the main entrance. The new doors seal tight like refrigerator doors, so we shouldn’t get any more drafts in the foyer. We also got two storm doors with the screen that slides down to replace the...
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Kraz Construction came over to give us an estimate on replacing our aluminum siding. Replacing the siding on the house and the garage would run us $18k, down from a starting price of around $30k due to a current promotion. There was financing available (one year same-as-cash), so we went with the offer. It turned out that...
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When we first bought our house, the circuit box in the garage was a fire hazard waiting to happen. It had no lid and wires were dangling out of it. We asked my Uncle Marve to clean it up, being a master electrician, and he found that the entire garage was a mess. Conduit had been added piecemeal over the years, several electric...
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The roof is progressing well. Glenn started on Tuesday with a friend helping him, who was supposed to be responsible for stripping the old shingles off. That lasted about a day. By Thursday, I was up on the roof instead. I spent most of Friday helping Glenn and then from 8 AM to 7 PM on Saturday and Sunday. I found out that roofing...
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The shingles arrived yesterday. The supply company delivered them on a big truck and used a conveyor belt to send them to the top of the roof. The dumpster was also delivered early this morning, so we have the main pieces in place to start the roofing project. Unfortunately, it was supposed to rain today, so we can’t start...
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The next phase of home remodeling has begun. This time, we’re going to replace the roof. Glenn noticed last spring that the shingles on our roof are curling, which means that it’s time to get a new roof. I’m not sure how we’re going to afford it, but it needs to be done. We’re going to replace both...
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