Author: chonny

March 2, 2011 / / The Stronghold

so the outside of the pump was kind of hurting too, unsurprisingly enough. not only was the pipe broken and dumping right back into the house, the external portion of it pretty much dropped the water right back into the concrete. my mom, ever resourceful, built a little trench drain…

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January 4, 2011 / / kitchen project

we decided to finish up the kitchen before the electricity was fully hooked up. this is mostly due to the fact that our cabinets and appliances were coming in. so, we preemptively ran some wires up and started putting the walls in. insulation up, drywall measured, screwed into place, and…

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December 1, 2010 / / overview

Sorry about the recent radio silence, folks. Things have been unusually hectic in the past couple of weeks, as our water heater decided to die in the same weekend the heating fan/motor stopped working. Or at least, we noticed it wasn’t working. We had stayed for a night while doing…

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November 10, 2010 / / overview

Eventually I’m going to reconcrete this mofo and setup some gargoyles or similarly tacky statues next to it, but for now, we sanded it down and repainted it. the handrails were damned struggs fo’ sheez.

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November 8, 2010 / / electricity project