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Interesting Weather Zone
OK, we seem to be in that part of the wintertime when we have interesting weather on a daily basis. We had a warming trend late last week which melted almost all of the accumulated snow (approximately 1 foot) we got between Christmas and New Year's. Then we got another 2 inches of snow over the weekend coupled with very cold temperatures, ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year!
I'm back! Alive and well, and as sane as I ever am. :D ( Read more... ) -
And in Other News
One of the outdoor kitties, S'mores, got into a fight with his brother last Friday and got a nasty bite wound to the chest that needed a trip to the vet, stitches, a drain, an injection of antibiotic, and a "buster collar" to keep him from pulling out said stitches. Needless to say he has been an indoor kitty for almost a week now, and once he ( Read more... ) -
Siding
The exterior siding is done. More photos to come when I get a spare minute. This shot shows the siding about 7/8ths complete on the back side of the house ( Read more... ) -
Pipes and Piping
This week they pretty much finished the roof and switched from exterior to interior work. Quite a lot was done, but since it was done inside the house it is less-visible from the outside.
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Roofing
Even as I type, the workmen are tromping over the roof, new and old, putting on the new shingles.
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Roofline
Oh my goodness, I actually have something up there that looks like a roof! This was the proof of my conceptual design -- that I would end up with a nice little peak over my old roofline and that it would look decent. Even though it isn't finished with shingles and siding, I think it looks good.
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Trusses!
They put up the trusses today and we had a terrible windstorm right afterward -- it figures. Mother nature is stress-testing everything. The interior of the addition was a malestrom of dirt, pink insulation flocking, dust, lawn debris, bits of tarpaper... ugh! I've got a sand dune in my scalp!
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Electrical and Trusses
They finished switching over the electrical system today. At about quarter till 8 the contractor's electricians showed up, followed shortly thereafter by the city Public Works electricians.
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