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Crazy snow storm
03.10.2008
House, Rants

Well, we had our first major snow storm since moving into the house. The forecasters were calling for about 8-10cm on Friday, 15-20cm on Saturday, and another 5-10cm on Sunday.

It snowed Friday night, I shoveled on Saturday. It snowed nearly all day Saturday, and then Rosalee and I shoveled for about an hour on Sunday. We had about 20inches of snow to shovel on Sunday – yes… 20inches! That’s not including what I did on Saturday!

Here’s the evidence.

This is the snow from our porch, and a few feet of our driveway. Note the stick - that’s about a 3-foot stick! My scientific measurement - to the top of the meniscus.

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The last month
01.14.2008
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The last month has been completely chaotic. We’ve taken posession of the new digs, moved, unpacked nearly everything, had a ton of trades come and go, had a bunch of people come in to give us quotes for things that we want done, and whatnot.  Pretty crazy if you ask me…

I should have some pictures to post soon…

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The bricklayers continued
11.03.2007
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We went by the house, and noticed that the bricklayers continued their great work. We’re nearly completed with that part of the construction.

Here are some pictures.

Side Stone work Front Rear/side

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The bricks are ‘in use’
10.31.2007
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Finally. Nearly a month of waiting for the bricks to be put to use.

We almost have 2 full walls completed, and they’ve only been working on it for 2 days. Amazing! At this rate, they should have it finished by the end of the weekend.

Check out the bricks, and tell me what you think.

Bricks Bricks

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The door has been removed
10.31.2007
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So I just came back from checking on the house. The door from the garage into the house has been removed!

Apparently there isn’t enough room (according to the city inspector) to park a car because of the amount of space the stairs would take up.

BAH! Totally sucks. I guess I’ll install one afterwards.

Door removal

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10.22.2007
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Well, we’ve had bricks for 3 weeks now. They’ve been sitting there, on skids for 3 weeks! Not touched. Not moved. When are they going to do something?We have the venting installed too.The house is starting to look like it’s coming together, but I’m not convinced that it will close on time. I have my doubts about them being able to have it done in 2 months. Guess we’ll see…
bricks bricks stones house and stones house w/ vents

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We have shingles (not the bad kind)
10.02.2007
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I was in the area around 7 p.m., so I decided to drive by the house because there was still light out. To my surprise, the roofer was up there, and about to start putting the shingles up!

Check out the video for the first shingle being put on. Sniff – it’s beautiful!
The roofer about to put the first shingle on.

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09.30.2007
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Rosalee and I headed over to the house today to check out the progress. We have windows, and front doors. I was able to get into the house and take a look at the framing. Everything looks how it should – which is a good sign.

Take a look at the video.

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09.25.2007
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This person will remain nameless – but our house was vandalized right beside the front doors to the house.

Research + Development? lol

Take a look at the evidence and judge for yourself. :-)

Love vandalism

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Construction is moving along
09.15.2007
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Well, it’s about a week since the last visit to the house.

The update – we have a 3rd floor now, as well as the roof framing. I would imagine that within a week, we’ll have shingles, and they’ll be starting on the the brick shortly afterwards.

Below are 2 pictures of the house, and one picture of the brick and exterior colour selections that we made. What do you think of them?

Front right Front leftExterior selections

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09.07.2007
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Well, it looks like the house is going up fast. Within a week, they’ve done the framing on our ground floor (basement) and about half of our second floor (main floor). Where will we be in a week from now?

Front South side Backyard

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09.03.2007
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So, our foundation has been poured. They put in the wrong size window for our basement. We ordered a larger window because we’ll be setting up a studio for Rosalee down there, and we thought it would give more light, as well as more air.

When they poured the foundation, they put in the spacer for the regular window. So I set them straight. They backfilled in around the house, and then cut the concrete for the larger window. When I went back (3 days ago) to check on the house to see what they did, they had already installed the new window, and put down our ground level sub-flooring! That means that the rest of the house should go up fairly quickly.

We have a hole cut where our stairs will be that lead down to our basement. They didn’t pour the basement floor, right now it’s all just a bunch of rubble. I wonder when they pour that?

Here are some pictures… (My apologies for the poor quality. They were taken with my cell phone)

FootingsForming wallsFoundation - from the front leftFoudnation - rearWe have floor!Our basement

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