It's finally raining again - 01/26/09 05:54 AM
After a nearly a two week hiatus, I am once again active in the rain - see here. 
Now originally, we were supposed to move right after Christmas, as mentioned in the post above. But oh how things change.  Finally, we found out our closing date... nearly 30 days after we had closed on our house! Needles to say, with the help of many great friends & family we were able to move out & in, install heat in our new basement, and convert a stair railing into a half-wall, all in two days.  Mind you, we have 4 children (3 are 3 … (10 comments)

Drain, Drain Go Away (But not that way!) - 01/13/09 12:43 PM
You may have heard the ole' plumbers saying that all shi... well, in this case, we'll use ship... runs downhill. As you can see in the pictures, it would be hard for anything to run downhill (including all of the wonderful things that wastewater includes), when the drain pipe is running uphill. Drains also need to be properly supported to the structure. 
 
Although draining at the inspection, it will be a matter of time before these drains plug up.  The "water" portion of wastewater may drain out, but the "waste" portion, or solids, will have a harder time draining (if … (10 comments)

"Dancing on the Ceiling" - 01/04/09 02:47 PM
 
Remember this tune by Lionel Richie? Or how about the line ..."Now if you excuse me while I kiss kick the sky" If you're not familiar with this line, its taken from the song "Purple Haze" , which is often cited as one of Jimi Hendrix's greatest songs.  These two songs were runnin' through my head when I first looked up and noticed this peculiarly placed footprint. By the way, I was in a crawlspace looking up at the subflooring.  They both seemed to fit appropriately, no? 

Now, how the sam hill did it get there?  And why in such a strange place?  Who knows.  … (6 comments)

 
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