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Entries from February 2008

Researching and buying a new boiler and hot water system

February 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

After the quote from Cordell Mechanical that I outlined in a previous post I decided to do some research and get some other estimates. A gentlemen named Dan was nice enough to submit a comment with the name of someone he recommended and I received another referral from my sister.

Wow…lots of varying information about […]

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Tags: Heating · Plumbing · The new house

One step closer- our floors are finished

February 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We came home last night to a great sight- our finished hardwood floors. Capital Floors worked over the long weekend to accomodate us being able to get out of the house with the kids to escape the fumes. They sanded on last Thursday and began the staining process on Friday and varithaning on Saturday and […]

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Tags: Hardwood Floors · The new house

Light at the end of the tunnel

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Anke and I are beginning to feel like there is light at the end of this LONG tunnel.

On Wednesday the rads were hooked back up on the main floor and it has made a world of difference to the temperature in the house. No longer is there a freezing cold draft coming up the […]

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Finally…hot water!

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

After Aaron (the plumber) and Spencer worked hard last night getting more heat on the pipes we had a nice surprise at 6:20 this morning when hot water started flowing out of the kitchen sink. It was a VERY nice way to wake up!

We still don’t have hot water to the bathroom vanity or […]

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Tags: Plumbing · The new house

Frozen Pipes!

February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We woke up this morning to discover that we had no running water in our kitchen sink or bathtub and only the cold water was running out of the bathroom sink faucet. It’s unbelievably cold outside and with no heat flowing through the main floor or basement, the pipes behind the bathtub froze.

We called Spencer […]

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Tags: Plumbing · The new house