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About this blog…
I use this platform to share things that are of interest to me or things I'll want to reference later. Occasionally other people like these posts, hence "Shared Interests".
What might you find here?
- Problems I've solved (mostly computer- or network related).
- Recipes and cooking-related posts.
- Hobbies and projects.
- Our remodeling experience.
- Local (Sacramento) information.
- Anything that strikes my fancy.
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Trusses are here!
[Western Wood Fabricators][wwf] delivered the trusses this morning. Check out the [truss photoset][] on Flickr. [wwf]: http://www.wwftruss.com/ [truss photoset]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicchicken/sets/72157600197090377/
What a weekend!
I can’t believe it’s been five days since I wrote an entry here. Seems longer in some ways, shorter in others… Over the last few days, the framers have been installing the remaining joists. This morning, they finished with that … Continue reading
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Store Wars
This is hilarious! [Store Wars](http://www.storewars.org/flash/) Thanks for the reminder, Misty!
More joists, more rain
The framing crew carried on without me yesterday afternoon. They finished blocking the bedrooms and got the most of the joist headers nailed in and marked. I took some more photos from yesterday afternoon and added them to the [floor … Continue reading
Floor joists
The floor of our addition began in earnest today. Technically the sill plate could be considered the beginning of the floor, but the beams and joists started going in today, and joists are something you can actually walk upon! Barb … Continue reading
Rain and remodeling
Well, it’s been raining on and off since yesterday evening. Our lumber package (or at least a sizable chunk of it) arrived yesterday morning, and the framer was on-site putting the [sill plate][] on the addition, but it’s too wet … Continue reading
Porch tear-off
We tore off the back porch this weekend to make way for the sub-floor on our addition. Continue reading
A little Apache magic…
I got tired of telling people the lengthy URL for the remodel project: http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/tags/remodel I’ve added the following shortcut to my config: http://sonicchicken.net/remodel That’s just the domain name followed by “remodel” — short and sweet!
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Foundation poured
Our foundation was poured today–woo hoo! Check out our [foundation pour photoset](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicchicken/sets/72157600135095510/ “Pictures of the foundation pour”) on Flickr.
Foundation inspection: Passed!
(Also see our [foundation photoset](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicchicken/sets/72157600131207010/) on flickr.) We passed our foundation inspection(s) on the first try. Woot! We’re getting three truckloads of concrete tomorrow morning, and the forms will be removed the following day. Our [utility trench](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicchicken/473130209/in/set-72157600131207010/) will also get … Continue reading