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Entries from January 2008

In search of light fixtures

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I went to a few places today to check out lighting options for over our dining room table, over our kitchen Island as well as the Front Foyer.

I first went to Aristocrat Ltd who specialize in custom orders. We’re thinking of a rectangular (3ft long x 10″ high x 8″ wide) shaped black linen light […]

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Tags: Lighting · The new house

The enclosed porch must come down

January 4th, 2008 · No Comments

So we hit a little snag today. The crew was going to take out the back wall where the french doors and transom will be installed ( a lovely job on the coldest day of the year!). They didn’t get too far however after realizing that our back enclosed porch was in the way and […]

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Tags: Demolition · The new house

Updated Timeline

January 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Spencer put together a timeline for us today for pretty much everything that is left to do on the house. Very exciting to see it put down on paper! Here’s what we’re looking at:

Jan.8th- Finish Insulating/ Vapour Barrier/ Installation of Lintels

Jan.8- 9th- Inpection for above

Jan.16th- Finish hanging drywall

Jan.17- 31st- Tape Drywall/ prime it/ put on […]

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Tags: Timelines · The new house · Contractors

And we’re back!

January 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

We’re back from Christmas holidays and so is the crew downstairs. It’s so nice to see work being done again! Here’s a re-cap of where we’re at: The guys finished up on Dec.21st and at that point all of the framing was complete and half of the insulation was up.

Various inspections need to take place […]

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Tags: Electrical · Home Inspections · Framing · Plumbing