Remember the chimney? Back in May I got a few quotes for lining the whole thing and rebuilding the chimney from the roof line up. One of those quotes, from Empire Masonry & Chimney cost $200 to obtain (to be subtracted from the work if we went with them), and they were able to match … Continue reading The Chimney (part 2)
It's like a dream come true. After 2+ months of lugging hot water from the kitchen to the bathtub every time I needed to not be gross anymore,* we actually have hot water in our bathroom now! Only 3 days after my live-in plumber** moved in, I have hot water in the bathroom! But that … Continue reading The Joys of Hot Water
My live-in plumber and electrician moved in this past weekend, and it's a good thing he did as I nearly burnt down my house and/or electricuted myself to death* on Sunday. In an attempt to cut back the random weeds that surround the house (and scare me bc of their proximity to my foundation), I … Continue reading Safety first (or something like that)
Once the paint is scraped (good grief, that's an annoying job!), it's time to patch the damage and prime it fast* so that it can stop being disintegrated by the weather 🙂 Good grief, that is a lot of windows. The house is pretty solid, structurally, but there are a few (thousand) points of vulnerability … Continue reading Scraping – Patching – Priming: Windows
The Wassaic Maison 