Tag: electrical

  • Drywall Begins

    The GoFundMe allowed us to hire a drywall crew–saving us months of Saturdays of doing it ourself. The house feels very different! The hanging crew had everything hung within a…

  • A Week of Work

    Matt took a week of vacation time to work on the house. It was an intense week. Saturday We started with a trip to Menards, this time for a trailerful…

  • The Beginning of Stairs

    Esther and our oldest daughter continued to run more electrical wire… and Matt and his contractor friend started working on the stairs. After puzzling through the complicated math for layout,…

  • Cutting and Wiring

    A weekday evening we headed over and worked for a few hours. Beside the obligatory, now-frequent-and-boring mowing, Esther broke out the sawzall again for a few minutes and worked on…

  • Joists, Pipes, and Wires

    On Saturday, the boys (brother-in-law, youngest son, and two nephews roped into the project) picked up the joist effort where it was left off the week before. Meanwhile, Matt worked…