Networking: Wired or Wireless?

Should I bother installing CAT5 cabling throughout our new house addition?  What would you do?

I could spend the money, and mostly the effort, to install CAT5 cabling throughout our new addition… but is it really worth it?  We currently run a wireless networking and it is great.  We are using G, but with [...]

Progression of a House Addition

I wish I had taken even more photos, but here’s what I have… all taken from the same location.

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House Progression – Nov-Dec 2006

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So Friggin Busy

The house renovation is keeping me completely busy at home.  I am tired and can pretty much do nothing more than play with my kids and prepare the house for mayhem.  I am currently editing all of my stuff… something that M refuses to do.  I am ruthlessly eBaying stuff, Goodwilling it, or just [...]

Home Addition: Day 3 – Tree Removal

The tree guy came today.  Our lot is famous for its greenery… but we just can’t keep it due to the proximity of the new addition to the large trees in the yard.  So we had the tree guy remove a bunch of trees.  Check out the before and after photos.

(This was [...]

Home Addition: Exposing the Sewer

This is what that giant digger mentioned previously was able to do in a single day.

(that’s our sewer pipe.  It will be re-routed to go underneath the garage.  You are looking at the hole for the foundation of the garage)

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Home Addition: Backhoe Smashes Hedge

Woah, our house addition unexpectedly began today when a giant digger showed up and started wrecking our backyard.  Sweet.

Revealing Hardwood Floors

West Trail – 3:30pm – 7:00pm = 3.5 hours Today I went to the house and completely removed the carpet from the living room.  I ripped up the massive carpet in 3 strips, rolled them and placed them aside.  Then I pulled up the entire padding layer.  The staples popped out of the floor [...]

Removing Wallpaper

West Trail – 11:00am – 2:00pm = 3 hours Ripped down all the wallpaper in the house.  This included the downstairs bathroom and hallway.  The complete stairway, and the upstairs landing.  No more wallpaper exists in this house. Melissa then started to use DIF to clean the glue from the walls.  This is still [...]