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We've picked an insulator. The quote came in at a fairly reasonable price - or reasonable enough, anyway - and I just called him and accepted the proposal. The only thing that has to happen before they come is getting us wired for sound. Our order [Read More]

I just finally got hold of the drywaller - I was right, his message service isn't actually delivering my messages. He said he called me, too, and never got any voicemail or anything, so there's some sort of phone line mixup going on. Whatever. I h [Read More]

I am redoing the walls in the downstairs room and have a question for everyone. But first here is the situation. I have torn out the plaster walls in the room and know that insulation is a good idea, but what kind of insulation should I use? Since my [Read More]

There's a lot to do right now because of the wedding coming up in 1 month, so I really haven't been all that busy. I decided to try cleaning up the grout in the kitchen and dining room again even though it really didn't do a lot last time. A few hars [Read More]

We finished today lightly coated in white dust. Not because we were on a crazed drug binge, but because we were putting up the drywall in the front parlour. In case we haven't mentioned it enough, drywalling sucks. And we haven't even gotten to t [Read More]

what are the different options for green or eco-friendly insulation? when i think of insulation (and it doesn’t happen very often), those pink fiberglass batts come to mind. we don’t have any insulation (none, not one shred) yet, but addi [Read More]

Once Don had pulled the wire for the new front porch overhead lights and fans, he could start putting insulation between the new joists over the front porch, to keep us from freezing in our bed once we open the porch back up to the elements. It's pr [Read More]

This afternoon we went to remove the drywall that Stupid put up in the parlour. Noel had agreed that taking down at least one piece of drywall and giving me a better joint to plaster up was a good idea. As you can see, the quality of the insulat [Read More]

Since we have five more days left of our vacation, Steven decided to continue working on the attic area.  He started pulling up plywood so he could get it ready to blow in some insulation.  We always thought that the plywood was sitting on rafters [Read More]

We really did have grand plans for the this weekends, but the weather just isn't cooperating. It's been snowing since yesterday morning so we have to settle for projects that can be done inside. That being said, we did have to complete digging our t [Read More]

My house has no insulation. It is on the large size. Thus, I dread my upcoming gas bills. br /br /I've been installing weatherstripping on the frames of the storm windows and will do the same with the windows themselves, if we have a warm day anytime [Read More]

The difficulty with our new windows is how to find a fine balance between conformity with preservation orders and modern comforts, especially concerning the energy balance. Remember: We are a monument :-) and therefore we have to consider quite a lot [Read More]

Almost two years ago, even before we moved into our witch's hut, I already wrote a post about insulation and new windows. And now we finally start on this huge project. We'll exchange some of the old windows, but don't worry, of course we're not goin [Read More]

When I first purchased our home back in 2002 I noticed that our upper 1/2 story was fairly frigid during the cold weather months (roughly 9 months out of the year here in MN!) and broiling in the summer. I wasn't overly concerned about the temp dispa [Read More]

Now that its November and the Who Can Stand The Lowest Temperature In The House competition is over, we have turned on the heat and started to focus on indoor projects. Viewing ever growing pile of clean laundry sitting in piles around our bedroom, [Read More]

I have a huge list of things I am trying to get through by Thanksgiving. Last weekend was lousy but I did get the wood funiture waxed and I built a shelf for my wardrobe so I can actually use it.br /br /This weekend, I did a little better but I still [Read More]

Or maybe I should call it, "it's about time we insulated". I wanted to take on these types of projects much sooner but - well, I guess I have no excuse. This year, I started taking real steps toward making the home more energy efficient. We instal [Read More]

Now that everything is ruffed in and the plumbing inspector FINALLY approved the stink pipe, the fellas from Ace Insulation came and blew in the cellulose upstairs. Gerard (the delightful owner) sealed up the cracks with a foam spray, then they put [Read More]

When last we left the pantry, we had just bought more drywall to finish the walls. But we had not installed it because we had some chicken house stuff to do (this working on two projects at the same time is not good: too much overlapping time). Th [Read More]

After much research on insulation for interior walls, mainly for sound proofing, I settled on ultra touch denim insulation. I was initially drawn to it because it is such a cool product - insulation out of recycled jean scraps. However, it is expen [Read More]