Category: The Stronghold

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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March 2, 2011 / / overview

Please meet our sump pump. Sump pump, don’t be rude – say hello. See, he’s not as scary as we thought. Just a little misguided. Now that we’ve all been introduced I would like to tell a little story involving our little pumper here and how the incredibly stupid previously…

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January 6, 2011 / / overview

While the water heater was melting like a western witch in a swimming pool, the furnace decided that it didn’t like the Sepco having all the fun and decided to throw a tantrum of it’s own.  Not a big one – but it was just enough to throw a little…

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January 4, 2011 / / overview

Over the last few weeks some pretty amazing things happened.  There was the water heater thing for starters.  Ok, to say “thing” is a pretty overbroad, ambiguous term.  There was the water heater “I’m going to stop working and leak all over your basement” issue.  Better?  More descriptive anyway. Like…

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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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