Insulation Day Live Blog

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

After a two-day schedule shift to allow my insulator to work on an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition house in St. Paul, today is my insulation day! I thought it would be fun to try a live blog format to capture the pace of the day's activity.  I'm already a bit behind ...

Getting Insulation-Ready

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

With the rough wiring done, the next step in the bedroom remodeling project has been to get the space ready for insulation.  Some of these steps were determined by choosing closed-cell polyurethane spray foam as the insulating material, others are based purely on my own preferences.  Here are my steps ...

Bricks in the Attic

Friday, March 21st, 2008

While working on bedroom remodeling project, I found two bricks on a piece of cardboard in one of the attic crawlspaces. The bricks are from the Belden Brick Co. of Canton, Ohio, and are in great shape. Belden has been around since 1885, so they could have sourced ...

Nursery Closet Framing Finished

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Over the weekend I finished framing the closet for the nursery. The outside wall needed to be built out with 2X2s to provide a nailing surface for drywall over the inside of the chimney. This will also give me a bit of space for some insulation ...

Cleaning Window Hardware

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

If you've missed the terrific recent posts on window restoration over at Stuccohouse, do yourself a favor and check them out. The photos and instructions she provides are are excellent supplements to resources like Terry Meany's Working Windows. Inspired by the latest entry in Stuccohouse's window series in which she ...