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Entries Tagged as 'Framing'

Old second floor kitchen being converted to a den

August 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Good news. We’re making good time in converting the old second floor kitchen into a den/tv room.

Ben and I made good progress a couple of weekends ago in getting the second outside wall framed and insulated. From there we turned our attention to wiring everything for surround sound, cable and power. Finally, […]

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Tags: Drywall · Framing · Contractors

Rain forces us inside to begin framing and insulating the old kitchen

July 21st, 2008 · 7 Comments

We were hoping today to finish the deck and cross that one completely off the to-do list. Unfortunately it rained heavily all day and thus we had to move our work day indoors.

It gave us the chance to begin framing and insulating the old upstairs kitchen and move it a little bit closer to […]

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Tags: Drywall · Framing

And we’re back!

January 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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

Update on the first floor beam and framing

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Here are some photos that we took of the first floor today. Just looks like alot of 2 x 4’s I know, but alot of progress has actually been made! They’ve framed in most of the outer walls as well as our front hall closet and powder room so things are really starting to take […]

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Tags: Framing · Slideshow

Kitchen Floor Plan changes

December 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Trevor and crew began the framing of the main floor yesterday- very exciting! We need to have the Kitchen and Powder Room framed in by Wednesday for when Marco from Altima Kitchens comes by to take measurements. (They won’t order cabinetry until the space has been framed and confirmed).

By this afternoon it was pretty clear […]

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Tags: Framing · Powder Room · The new house · Kitchens