Posts tagged old house
Building Moxie Plays *the DIY Guy* with Owens Corning EcoTouch Insulation
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As I stood in my basement, looking up at the floor joists of the dining room above, I thought to myself, “I guess I do know a few things about insulation.” [ . . . ]
This Old House Peep Asks "Do You Believe in Ghosts?"
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This ghost, it seems, has a tendency to shut the jobsite's Dewalt radio off (possibly when it doesn't agree with what's on). The helper, of course, says, "Yeah, I can feel it moving back and forth behind me. But I just try to ignore it." [ . . . ]
Behind Every Great Man Stands a Woman Rolling Her Eyes . . . Yes, Thanks @MrsPickle_ for One Great Title, aka . . .
20July 8, 2011
I was naked . . . and stepping into the shower when she started, “Are you crazy?!”. . . but she continued, “I mean – do I really have to have you run every decision by me?” They were rhetorical questions (I think) -- but she was irritated. We were “discussing” which door style we would place on the now, almost-completed master bath. The 8x8 room, until that moment, did never have a door associated with it. Or at least that was the case in the time that we have owned this house. [ . . . ]
The Other Man :: Part 1 of Some On the Kitchen
20November 19, 2010
by jb
in working with pros
I mean -- I can do some things. This is our third signifigant reno. And before this . . . the only other interior project that has been completed by anyone else (other than me) was a small half bath. That project required moving the flight of stairs in our first, tiny rowhome . . . the timeline was important.
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Staying On-Grid, Part I: A Hybrid Approach to Sustainability
17August 11, 2010
Now, let's think about what it might mean to find a better way to remain on-grid. Like it or not, the grid is here to stay, and it doesn't matter how many homeowners spend hundreds of thousands of dollars purchasing land and building or renovating homes out in the country in pursuit of an off-grid way of life: There will never be enough true off-grid homes to significantly diminish overall societal dependence on the grid. So the big question is: Is there an alternative way to live on-grid that meets or perhaps even exceeds the goals for green-living, sustainability, and even survivability, that off-grid proponents claim for themselves? [ . . . ]
