Quarantine

It sort of looks like something a hazmat team would set up, right? It’s actually the insulation contractors here to finally make our house warmer. Before they started, they wanted to test the airflow through the house to see how tight it was, in order to prove that there was an improvement after they left. There is a large fan at the bottom of the door sucking air out of the house. 

Alien Invasion

Oh no, wait. That’s just Greg preparing to go into the eaves of our bedroom and pull out the very wimpy layer of old insulation in preparation for the contractors who will be coming in just a few days. I was sick with a miserable cold, so my job was to lie on the bed and yell at the cats if they dared to go near the closet door. And, to listen for Greg to make sure he didn’t pass out in the awful confined space he was working in. 10 bags of old insulation later, he safely emerged from the eaves. Just another example of the amazing lengths my wonderful husband goes to to take care of our house. 

  

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VP

An improvement that takes so much work but is so worth it!

Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 06:28 PM

Attic Progress

The insulation team is scheduled for mid-November. Greg is making great progress on prepping the attic. Last weekend, with the help of his brother Jeff, the framing for the platform was largely put in place. Click here for the before shot. In addition to the attic space, the eaves off our bedroom will be insulated. Greg has been pulling out all the existing whimpy layers of insulation, and in addition, ripped down the partition that used to divide the eaves into two separate spaces. You can see, we are already making good use of this space. Although, I hope some day (many years from now!) it will be a master bath and a walk-in closet. 

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VP

Fantastic progress on a very worthwhile project. I like that you are planning long term!!!

Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 04:25 PM

CHRISTINE

Nice!

Monday, October 18, 2010 - 09:56 AM