Monthly Archives: October 2010

The Hangfire Toilet

Things have gotten interesting in the Fallapartment again. In the downstairs bathroom we have a hangfire toilet. What is that? After you flush it and the water is gone, it sits there doing nothing for about 20 seconds before it … Continue reading

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Plaster

Part of the house has been plastered. The walls now look more like walls and less like a battleship. Below is a photo of the closet and bathroom doors in the master bedroom. Those things in the far left corner … Continue reading

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Steps

They put the front steps on today. Look at this! That is going to be really nice after they put the railings on it. I kind of like the white door and the white posts and the white risers. That … Continue reading

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Oil

Our heating company delivered our first tank of oil today. But first, since I have not posted a photo of the house for a while, here are a couple. Notice that the shutters are on. The front porch is also … Continue reading

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$23.84

I just spent another $23.84 on light bulbs today… and we are not done yet. Yikes! We could go broke on just light bulbs alone. Speaking of consumable items, I spent some time today figuring out what kind of filters … Continue reading

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Slow Day

Today was a slow day at the house. Other than spending $86.83 on light bulbs (and we aren’t finished with the light bulbs yet) nothing much happened. So I thought I would digress a bit and show you this: That … Continue reading

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Power!

We are connected to the pole! We have power! I went down into the basement to see the panel…. Hey! Where are all the circuit breakers at? Well, I guess we have power anyway. At least the hot water tank … Continue reading

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Ceiling

Some of the downstairs walls and ceilings went in today. Here’s the kitchen. And here is the living room. The photos are dark because it is dark out now by the time I can get to the house.

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Wallboard

I don’t have much time to blog tonight because of my crazy schedule so this is going tobeafastblogandIwillhavetotyperealfastandthisonewillbemostlyphotos…. Some of the wallboard is up. They did most of the second floor. Door into the full bath. Closet and entry in … Continue reading

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Bummer

We had a bummer today. Our builder discovered that the one-piece shower unit in the master bathroom had a crack in it. The shower unit is so big that they had to frame the bathroom walls around it because it … Continue reading

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