May 07 2006
it’s spring what else could we do but renovate
well, it’s safe now for the renovation season to begin fullforce. we’ve now had our water heater, furnace and water softener added (oooh, soft water).
haven’t had soft water since i lived in vancouver 15 years ago. it’s so nice to have soft and white clothes out of the washer. and showers are absolutely devine. hair no longer looks like mike commodore
we’ve gone all granola on the furnace. high-efficiency, two stage furnace. it’s the cat’s ass. it warms the house in minutes as opposed to the glacial heating pace before (mixed metaphor, odd…). plus it no longer needs a chimney, as you’ll see in the gallery the chimney stack being removed by the roofing guys. how strange is it that luke warm steam is all that comes out of a 2 inch pipe through the wall of the house. pretty strange.
the roof was on it’s last legs, likely 20 years old, and i can’t say i’m sorry to see dorothy’s emerald green roof whisked off to oz. b-bye old roof. the new looks absolutely fabulous, or abs fab. it’s a slate imitation roof that really looks like slate.
we picked the colours for the house. we’ve removed the stucco which is one of the nastiest jobs i’ve ever beheld (except for trudging through the attic). and i only used MF and the f-bomb about 10 times. sharp stoney objects and sharp wirey objects equals good times, yep good times, not…
we are ever closer to finishing. now we await our new fancy door, windows and siding. the before and after will be stunning.
as we renovate we are reminded to take breaks by our good buddy ron. “stop and smell the flowers, well grass…“. len on the other hand is not so fond of construction and has taken cover in her bunker.
see our roofing and siding gallery of extreme prejudice (not sure what that’s means, but sounds cool – in a made for tv sort of way).
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