Week – 50 Joe After the excitement of finally connecting to the service panel last weekend, we naively thought we be able to get all the lights on that very same weekend. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Then we experienced a frustrating week of sub zero temps and a broken furnace that made work slow and…
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Mission Electrician Part Three: Making up and Hooking up (It’s not what it sounds like)
Week 48 – Amy A lot has been accomplished in the past couple weeks. The rough-in of cables is complete! WOOT, WOOT! (minus one more for the upstairs furnace- but who’s counting anyways?) Joe already hard-wired all of our recessed lights and I already met with an electrician for a “pre-inspection” inspection. The circuits were…
The Great Recession: How Recessed Lights Took Over Our House
Week 47 – Joe The pace of our work is picking up as we get closer to another major renovation milestone for us – electricity! Amy and I took a personal day from our “day jobs” last week so that we could work together on the house and make a few more final decisions that…
A Morale Boosting Saturday: Windows and Wiring
Week 46 – Joe After many weeks of typical winter weather we were blessed this weekend with a day of 50 degrees and sun! My mom took Lucy to the Children’s Museum and Aiden hung out with a friend all day which meant Amy and I could both work on the house and take advantage…
Mission Electrician: Part 2 (Roughing in)
Week 43 – Amy If you read Mission Electrician Part one you know I’ve decided to do the electrical work myself. The first part and probably most important part of any big project like this is the planning (also mentioned in part one). After planning out all of the circuit loads, deciding what kind of…
Mission Electrician: Part One
Week 35: Amy [Edit from Joe: Before my wife tells you about our latest progress you need to know something important. My wife is amazing. Seriously. She is one of the most determined people you will ever meet. Just try telling her she can’t do something and see what happens. I dare you. Amy and…
Under New Management 