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I got all the mud sanded today. The I primed the drywall.  See, those numbers above are the prime numbers.  Get it?

I mudded the walls over the last few days. Earlier in the week, I thought that I’d also get the floor laid. I decided to wait on the flooring until the mudding was finished and sanded. Hopefully, that will happen … Continue reading →

Yahoo! As Luke said today, “It’s really starting to look like a kitchen!” I finished the drywall last night at about 9:30 p.m. Here are the pictures looking S, W, and N. Today I got the first coat of mud … Continue reading →

The first half of the day yesterday was spent finishing up little projects. I needed to move one run of wire, add some cabinet backing, and stuff like that.  Then I insulated the W and N wall and ceiling.  The … Continue reading →

Ha Ha… See, the title is another electricity joke… Wiring has taken me longer than expected. I honestly thought that I would be finished with it last week. This week, I went to the store to buy another 250′ role … Continue reading →

Good question. Remember that ugly wiring that I found behind the West wall? The one where a bunch of wires were going through the same conduit to the main breaker box. Here’s a reminder: I had the main breaker box … Continue reading →

My good friend Lee stopped by yesterday.  Lee helped me a lot when I remodeled my last house.  He spent a lot of time and particularly taught me about wiring.  When he came yesterday, he announced that the “building inspector” … Continue reading →

I thought that you might like to see what this kitchen remodel is going to look like when it’s finished. Here are the blueprints. I have also included a scan to show how I am going to remodel the room … Continue reading →

A week or so ago, Terri came over and we sketched out the wiring layout for the lights. Now it’s time to get all those wires in the wall. We went to Trinity Home Design Center on Monday and bought … Continue reading →

Sometime over the last year or so, my kitchen drain started to leak. Well, it actually was the pipe inside the wall that started to leak. It was made of copper. Now I remember going to my Grandparent Schutt’s house … Continue reading →