What have we been up to

After we got home from Ontario and Quebec, dad came to visit. Sarah had to go back to work but my company was closed for the week. I had worked 90% of the time we were in Ontario so this was a good chance to relax and spend time with dad. With Omicron raging and some epic snow dumps we pretty much stayed at home, drank coffee and tried to sort out the basement. Dad's last … [Read more...] about Week 53: Getting Organized

Whoop! If you recall this is the entire reason we are doing this project so it was great to get new drawings back from Innes the architect with the kitchen sorted. There might be a few tweaks left but nothing too drastic. … [Read more...] about Weeks 50: Kitchen Finalized!

After two weeks off i was ready to get back at it. It is becoming logistically complex to get the work done because we have to keep shifting stuff out of the way. Without a clear timeline on when the actual building will start i don't want to be starting to pay for storage but my frustration might change that soon. Friday we had a visit from the builder, Dean, and he … [Read more...] about Week 49: Up comes some floor

We had a stat holiday this week and i spent part of it prepping for my dad's visit. I cleared our work area, cut nails, measured and cut a bunch of strips to go between the joists. Dad and i managed to get way more done than i expected because we have figured out the process. We also don't try to cut to the closest 1/8th so we have less BS to fuss around with. Dad got in … [Read more...] about Week 46: Soundproofing Sprint

I took a bunch more drywall down this weekend including a bunch of the bathroom. I am not going particularly fast as i am trying to keep the dust down and keep pieces usable for soundproofing. It might not seem like much but this little bathroom was one of the first things that we started renovating when we moved in. It was a disaster and had a funky smell from all of the … [Read more...] about Week 45: Expanding the demo zone