house posts

The branches that had broken in my back yard fell down the next day without inci…

A couple branches of the big tree behind my yard have cracked, swung down, and a…

My dad and I did some work on my chimney this weekend to help it last longer. I…

My furnace stopped working. Luckily this house has a lot of thermal mass (brick…

When I bought my house, half of the regular windows had already been replaced w…

Summit County has deemed my property to have increased 71% in value in the last …

When I went outside yesterday after work, I noticed a piece of the aluminum fasc…

From Saturday evening to Wednesday evening, I spent quite a bit of time on a plu…

I got locked inside my Uncle's house for a while tonight. Yes, inside. My brot…

Finally turned on the house air conditioner. It has been getting up to 78 or 79…

The weather was awesome today. Mid-60s and sunny in December. I did some work …

Over Thanksgiving break, my dad and I finished installing the replacement bricks…

This weekend, I started my first masonry project. With the help of my dad, we b…

This weekend, I did some roofing repair on the roof of the patio attached to my …

Olive oil seems to work for removing roof cement from skin. It may take longer …

This past Sunday, I spent much of the day cleaning my house. I cleaned the toil…

My home air conditioner stopped working today, making it rather hot. My house i…

I replaced the toilet in my main bathroom this weekend with the help of my dad.…

I helped my dad install a water heater and washtub faucet today. Relatively eas…

I had feared it, but I've now verified: Water is leaking through my bathtub wal…

Moved the last of the carpet I pulled from my house to the curb. I didn't want …

Took advantage of the nice weather to go on a nice long hike today (yesterday). …

This weekend I prepared the house for and had its first game night. Had my brot…

This weekend I finished moving out of my old house. I took off work Friday, th…

This past weekend was pretty much all house related. There was a van to move fu…

Took off work today to work on the house. Stuff sure takes a while. Today's ta…

It is official: I am a home-owner. I got the keys today and was able to visit…

Tomorrow, if all goes as planned (though it hasn't always so far), I will finall…

Next week, barring unforeseen events, I will be the owner of my first (real) hou…

I have now passed the inspection + renegotiation stage of the home buying proces…

Barring unforeseen events, I will be buying a house. The seller has accepted my…

gah: frozen water pipe