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Spring is here... sort of.
Spring is here but it has been hard to tell so far. The strength of the sun is making itself felt when it's out, but it hasn't been out much. Despite the weather, I have been outside and busy working...
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Catching up with those chickens.
In my last post (more than three months ago already) I touched on how we had decided to get ourselves some laying hens. I also touched on how I was going to have to scramble to get their coop finished...
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Flashing windows - don't worry, I keep my clothes on.
It was almost a full year ago that I described the installation of some of our windows in an earlier blog post. Well, I guess it's about time I described how I set up the window openings and flashing...
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Soffit work - or, why I've been having to see a chiropractor.
In an earlier post, I briefly discussed some of the work I had begun on the exterior soffit. I will now elaborate on that work "below the fold".A section of completed soffit over the main entry. I did...
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The christmas gift that keeps on giving - an airtight ceiling.
After the first week of December, Northwest Ontario was put in a deep-freeze (check out those daily mean temps). The early arrival of such extreme cold made the completion of the ceiling assembly in...
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It lives!
Howdy, blog-readers. After a protracted hiatus, I have returned to dip my toe once more into the inter-web's murky currents. Much has transpired with this house project over the almost 2.5 (!) years...
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A proper chimney - part 1
I'm choosing the chimney as my starting point for getting back into more detailed construction-related posts since it seems to follow nicely from where I left off with a post about the air-tight...
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