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Posted on 2008-05-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Four days ’til our final inspection. Our last two tradesmen (for [phase 1A][phases]) were out today–masonry and HVAC. Kevin McKeever is our mason. He came out yesterday to salvage as many of the old bricks from our original chimney as … Continue reading →

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One week ’til final inspection!

Posted on 2008-04-30 by Jim Vanderveen

We have about one week left before our “final” inspection. (Final in quotes because I haven’t heard of many people who pass their first “final” inspection.) Our [punch list][] is still fairly long, but many of those items aren’t required … Continue reading →

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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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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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Insulation, drywall and HEAT!

Posted on 2007-11-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Insulation was installed on Wednesday. Wow, what a difference! It’s *quiet*, and the temperature in the house is much more stable. (Not so cold in the morning nor hot in the afternoon.) I thought they were only going to do … Continue reading →

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We passed!

Posted on 2007-10-30 by Jim Vanderveen

We passed frame inspection! Woo hoo! Lots of things are going to happen pretty quickly, now. Insulation goes in tomorrow (Wed). Drywall starts Thursday. Our plumber and HVAC people are also scheduled to be on-site Thursday to hook up the … Continue reading →

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Remodel update, week 24

Posted on 2007-09-26 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve been busy working on the wiring lately, so I haven’t posted anything for a while. This turned out to be a good thing, because Don and J Moreno read my last post and hadn’t seen anything new on the … Continue reading →

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Remodel week #12

Posted on 2007-07-09 by Jim Vanderveen

Progress on our remodeling project as of week 12. Continue reading →

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