Thursday, January 26, 2012

Floor Boxes for Old Houses

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When you own a brick house built in the 1840s you can be pretty certain that electricity was not even a consideration in the floor plans. Li...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Pictures from the White House

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One of the great advantages of being a Mayor of a mid sized mid-western city is that every year I get to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayor...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

We Have Curtains!

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I have wanted curtains in the front room for a long time. I got tired of looking at the pile of boxes that were stacked up in that room sinc...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Helping Mother - A Comedy of Errors (part three)

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I know, I know, why has it taken so long to post this? I've been busy and have actually been getting some work done on the Old Crack Hou...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Helping Mother - A Comedy of Errors (part two)

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OK, in England the plumbing is weird. You can buy copper pipe for plumbing. It comes in 22 mm and 15 mm sizes and you can buy plastic pipe, ...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Helping Mother - A Comedy of Errors (Part one)

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A couple of months back I got an email from my mother. She was going to get her bathroom remodeled and she was quoted $6000 for a room that ...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

More Recognition

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Wow. No posts for months and now you get three in three days! My "Steam Punk Bathroom" got some web recognition back in July and...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

You Know it is Getting Colder When ....

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You know it is getting colder when 8 tons of wood pellets are delivered to your house and you need to move them to the basement! Eight tons ...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

The Added Cost of Screen Doors

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Way back in June 2002 I took all the siding off the outside of the kitchen and wrote about it on my web page at that time. Then 7 years la...
Monday, September 05, 2011

The Roof and Other Projects

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Since I haven't been able to finish the roofing project this year because of the wettest spring in decades and then some 30 days of 90+ ...
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