Installing a Garden Hose Reel In our last post, we planted our new Lychee tree on the front lawn. So, now that she’s in, we’ll need to water her. In keeping with our home’s complete lack of normal things, the front faucet did not have anything to hang a hose. So to make life…
Home Demolition – Part 4: Tile Removal
Having completed the majority of the demolition we were still staring at a house full of tile. So far we had been able to: Remove all carpeting (Part 1 of our Demolition) Strip any walls that would need to be worked on (electrical, A/V, etc…) (Part 1 of our Demolition) Remove (and try to save) the…
Home Demolition – Part 3: Kitchen Dropped Ceiling Removal
I never thought the demolition stage of our renovation would have taken so long. By this point we were already multiple weeks in, having to work predominantly on the weekends. So far we had been able to: • Remove all carpeting (Part 1 of our Demolition) • Strip any walls that would need to be…
Home Demolition – Part 2: Cabinet Removal
In the prior demolition post we went over our general goals and highlighted a few unexpected issue that arose. Our updated demolition guideline is currently: • Remove all carpeting • Strip any walls that would need to be worked on (electrical, A/V, etc…) • Remove (and try to save) the kitchen cabinets • Remove the…
Home Demolition – Part 1
So if you’ve ever seen a home renovation show there’s always a demolition segment where the homeowner gets handed a sledgehammer and they typically take a swing at a kitchen counter or what not. I get it, it makes for good TV. What you don’t usually see in that TV segment is the small army…