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pictures
As I was heading to bed last night, I looked out the bedroom window... and snapped this picture. It kind of looks surreal. The sticky snow painted the big maple tree white.
food porn...
Oatmeal molasses bread...
roofing leak...
Some shingles blew off the roof during the winter... Ceiling of my office Ceiling of the guest bedroom
Rec Room
Part of what started off this project was the layout... the useless hallway, the oversized laundry room and the disco-era rec room. I don't know which was worse; the rec room with it's awful with nasty smelly carpet glued to tiles which were stuck to the concrete. The ceiling had faux wooden beams; the wood was real but it…
here we go...
Back in 2014, I divorced and moved as we sold the matrimonial home. I bought a house in an established neighbourhood from the original owner who had it built in 1962. It wasn't quite a handyman special but it was fairly close... It needed a new furnace, a new roof, you name it... I took care of the urgent needs (ie:…
Laundry room
In trying to plan out my next steps for the renovation, I decided to start with the drywall in the laundry room. I'd like to say there's a stunningly clever reason but no, not really... When the guys brought the drywall, I had them lean it against the wall in the rec room... so I figured using up some of the drywall in the…
lower level bathroom...
I posted several other pictures of the ongoing renovation of the lower level bathroom on the "here we go" thread. I thought maybe I should dedicate a thread. Today, I put measured, cut and fitted up the decoupling membrane. The next step is to use thinset mortar to stick the membrane to the concrete... then I'm back to…
central vacuum system
The main purpose of my renovation of the lower level of my house was the foundation had no insulation or vapour barrier. When I removed the old drywall, I found the old framing was awful and a hairline crack in the foundation... but I digress... Since I had everything apart, I decided to retrofit a central vacuum system.…
Food porn...
My wife Pam asked me to make a lemon meringue pie. I only had one lemon but I also had a lime... so it's a lemon-lime meringue pie. I left it in the oven slightly too long but I like firm meringue so it's all good...
Electrical fun
Part of my fun with this renovation is playing with electricity. I'm not a licensed electrician... but my post-secondary is in electronics engineering so I'm familiar with the basic concepts. The 2 car garage at the back of the property was originally powered by a single skinny wire which was installed wrong... so I rented…
