Category Archives: Our home remodeling project

Life, the Remodel, and Everything…

Posted on 2008-04-25 by Jim Vanderveen

We’ve had a couple of relatively minor setbacks over the last two months. Back at the beginning of March we went to pick up some stuff from our storage unit in Galt (about 30 minutes south of Sacramento). I noticed … Continue reading →

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Remodel update

Posted on 2008-03-07 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve been pretty busy at work *and* home since Christmas, and I can’t find the USB cable for our camera. Both things have kept me from blogging as much as I would like, especially regarding our remodel. But a few … Continue reading →

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Bathroom plumbing, again

Posted on 2008-02-22 by Jim Vanderveen

Our plumber *finally* made it back out to our project today. (The last time he was on-site was before Christmas.) Unfortunately it’s been raining here for several days, and there’s a pretty big puddle in the crawlspace right where the … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, January!

Posted on 2008-01-31 by Jim Vanderveen

Well, here it is the end of January and I haven’t posted *anything* since before Christmas. We spent a lot of our holiday break enjoying our not-quite-finished kitchen, and since then I’ve been swamped at work. Still, I’ve managed to … Continue reading →

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Christmas break

Posted on 2007-12-23 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve got a week and a half off for Christmas, and one can only socialize *so* much. We’ll be spending considerable time working on our remodel, of course. Speaking of the remodeling project, I noticed that I haven’t post much … Continue reading →

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Building permit extension

Posted on 2007-12-17 by Jim Vanderveen

Our current project actually consists of two separate permits–one for the addition/remodel, and another one for Barb’s quilt shop. We’ve been focusing on getting the house done, so much so that the permit for Barb’s shop is about to expire. … Continue reading →

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More appliances…

Posted on 2007-12-17 by Jim Vanderveen

Our [hood][] is wired up, so we have lights on our fancy new range! I was so pumped about the range in my earlier post that I forgot to mention that we got our washer and dryer hooked up again. … Continue reading →

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We have a stove!

Posted on 2007-12-16 by Jim Vanderveen

At long last, our [range][] is installed! Barb didn’t waste any time putting it to use. We’ve got the hood mounted to the wall, but it’ll be few days before that’s hooked up. Our HVAC installer will be out on … Continue reading →

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Wed. progress

Posted on 2007-12-13 by Jim Vanderveen

Louie, who did our gutters, came by yesterday and installed the last of our downspouts. Rick was also out yesterday afternoon and got the kitchen tiled, including all the appliance bays. Lots of finicky corner- and edge cuts, plus he … Continue reading →

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Tile installation (cont.)

Posted on 2007-12-12 by Jim Vanderveen

On Tuesday afternoon, Rick tackled some of the trickiest work on our floor tile–the area where the new floor meets the old, which are slightly out of level with one another. But Rick worked his usual magic and smoothed out … Continue reading →

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