We spent more that 8 hours cleaning the mess the plumber and the electricians made. We also had to reinstall the plywood floor. We first had to screw a new stud beside the existing one then screw the planks into that. Continue reading
Author Archives: Anne
Furnace
The temperature in the house dipped to 18.5 C so it was time to turn on the our Slant Fin boiler system which our electrician says it’s the Cadillac of furnaces. The user manual for the boiler has many wiring diagrams but no helpful information on how to actually use it. I winged it and … Continue reading
Wired
The electricians were here for 2 days adding outlets for the new kitchen in the bachelor apartment, separating the basement circuits into a subpanel and splitting an overloaded circuit on the main floor. They had to fish cables through the walls, ceiling and floors and I was amazed by how quickly they did it. It … Continue reading
Finally a Drain
I have to admit that the installation of the drain in the basement went smoothly. After 2 hours of jackhammering, the plumber managed to tap into one of the floor drains. Continue reading
Spin saw
It has been almost 3 weeks since we first started working on removing the floor in the basement. We have to get moving on this because the plumber will be here on either Wednesday or Thursday. As usual, nothing is a easy as it looks. The second plywood layer is nailed under the frame for … Continue reading
Icky and yucky
We have replaced almost all the ‘icky’ electrical outlets and ‘yucky’ light switches. The rest have irregular connections that I don’t dare touch! Mr. Electrician will take care of it… The main outlets the we use daily are in one breaker (2 Computers, TV, Freezer, Bedroom…). When Anne switched the breaker back on, only one … Continue reading
Drain teaser
We had an electrician and a plumber check out what has to be done to install a kitchen in the basement bachelor apartment. The electrical work is fairy straightforward but we ran into a block with the plumbing. There is no drain where we have chosen to put the kitchen so the plumber would have … Continue reading
Harvesting II
Some of the grapes are now ripe for picking. They are not too sour but eating too many of them left our lips feeling blistered. I picked some mint that Rachel gave me to plant in our garden. I’m going to make aMojito! Continue reading
Harvesting I
Our very first apple has ripened. It will go to Rachel, my co-worker who has given us mint and a giant zucchini from her garden. Continue reading
Blooms
Millie sunbathes beside freshly cut flowers from our garden. Continue reading
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