Category Archives: Our home remodeling project

Tile installation (Monday afternoon)

Posted on 2007-12-11 by Jim Vanderveen

Our tile setter came by this afternoon and finished installing the floor tile in the laundry room and the bathroom. The kitchen counter is done, too. He did some prep work on the floor between the front of the house … Continue reading →

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Tile installation (day 2)

Posted on 2007-12-09 by Jim Vanderveen

(Originally posted via Jott. Completely re-written, added pictures.) Rick and his crew showed up again this morning to continue tile installation. Meanwhile, I spent about five hours this morning re-installing the electrical boxes in the peninsula counter. This was made … Continue reading →

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Tile installation (day 1)

Posted on 2007-12-08 by Jim Vanderveen

Rick, our tile setter, had his crew at our place bright and early on Saturday morning. There wasn’t much that we were able to help with, and those guys were moving so fast that there was no place we could … Continue reading →

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Kitchen faucet’s outta here!

Posted on 2007-12-07 by Jim Vanderveen

We got our faucet out of the kitchen finally. The guys are plugging the hot- and cold water and sewer lines right now. We’ll cover it up and I’ll post some pictures when we’re all finished. Posted via Jott Pictures … Continue reading →

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Tile prep (cont.)

Posted on 2007-12-05 by Jim Vanderveen

We did more prep work for our tile setter last night, mostly on the kitchen counters and backsplash. We could have avoided most of this if we’d had the foresight to get our tile and cabinet people together *before* the … Continue reading →

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Salvaging hardwood floors, other progress on the house

Posted on 2007-12-03 by Jim Vanderveen

We were pretty busy last weekend working on the remodel, as usual. Most of the stuff we did was prep work for our tile setter, but even though we put in about 50 hours this weekend we didn’t finish *any* … Continue reading →

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Punch list

Posted on 2007-11-28 by Jim Vanderveen

Our remodel/addition project has gotten to the point where it’s time to make a [punch list](http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/phase-1a-punch/). We (and our subs) still have quite a bit to do, but [this phase (1A)](http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/2007/06/21/remodel-master-plan/) is definitely nearing completion!

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Pictures!

Posted on 2007-11-27 by Jim Vanderveen

I uploaded quite a few pictures to our [Flickr account](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicchicken/) today and created some new photo sets. I also added some more pictures to the [painting photoset](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicchicken/sets/72157603089665346/).

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Paint colors & techniques

Posted on 2007-11-16 by Jim Vanderveen

Barb thought it might be a good idea to document the paint colors and techniques we’re using, and what better place to do that than the blog? We’re doing a 3-coat process–sealer, primer, and color. The sealer we’re using on … Continue reading →

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Painting

Posted on 2007-11-10 by Jim Vanderveen

After nearly seven months of construction, we’re finally starting to paint! The garage, which required the least drywall compound, is ready for painting. Because this is all fresh drywall, we’re putting on two coats of primer–the first one basically seals … Continue reading →

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