by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 13, 2005 | HousePosts
Can Sheetrock be far behind? Things have been rolling along rather nicely. Friday the insulation began. A crew of a few started putting batts in the ceiling of the second while someone went around plugging holes with fire caulking. (Now a New York State building code...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 9, 2005 | HousePosts
Ducks in a row? Do we have all our ducks in a row? Soo… this is the tightest schedule that we’ve had during the entire process. Friday the insulators come and do their business. Monday we get an insulation inspection and the sheetrock will be delivered....
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 7, 2005 | HousePosts
One week from rock (and counting…) Plumbing’s inspected. Electric will be by the end of the week. Insulators are scheduled for Friday. Sheetrock is scheduled to be delivered next week. While I don’t want to get my hopes up too high, it looks as if...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 30, 2005 | HousePosts
Excluding, of course, the sound of my voice…Spent a few brief moments yesterday taking video of the entire house. All told it takes about 13 minutes. Thankfully, unlike that last video, I took this with a real video camera. So it lacks the irritating...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 26, 2005 | HousePosts
So come and get cozy… A day earlier than expected, the fireplaces are now fired up and cozy. (Looking at least. With no insulation in the walls yet it’s still a bit chilly.) But this is one more step in the right direction. We’ll be done with...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 23, 2005 | HousePosts
Can I interest you in some cold-cuts? Whoah! Bloody cold at the house yesterday. 2º when I ventured there at about 9:30 am. It didn’t take me long to discover that, at least for me, work was going to be impossible. So, I made a little lumber list and prepped...