So, yes, alas, the cowboy and I have split up. He's wandered off, back to Texas, too far away, and far too busy to think about a weekend fixer-upper back here in the lovely north of Minnesota. It was an okay parting, as partings go. Still friends, and apparently, suddenly, now property co-owners. A more nervous person might be alarmed at that prospect, but I still co-own property with my ex husband, so really - what's one more piece of land with an ex?
We aren't sure what the plans are yet, for this place, but we've briefly tossed around a few ideas - maybe having it remodeled, then renting it out. For sure the decision can wait till spring, which was when we'd originally planned on resuming the work anyway.
Such is life. You play it as you go, no matter what hand you're dealt. :)
I'll be keeping up this blog, but the entries may be few and far between till spring. I'm hoping for an early one this year.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I haven't updated in awhile, because we have not been working much on the place. There are a couple pieces of news to report:
One, we jumped the gun putting our old disgusting carpets and padding into the dumpster. When my brother called for a pick-up and told them what was in it, they said, "Oh, you can't put old carpet in there."
Yikes. If you're ever confused about what type of construction materials can go in a dumpster, and this happens to you - the dumpster company has to pick the carpet and padding out (not by hand, they have equipment to do it), and it gets disposed of elsewhere. There was some added charge to do it. I think we had the dumpster an extra week too, so all told - from the original $275 quote, it cost us about $330. Glad to be rid of a lot of the mess and debris. Well worth it.
The other thing that happened was this - all of you fellow Minnesotans know that we've had some very cold weather already this October. So, at the beginning of the month, my brother called to tell me some of our pipes seemed to have frozen up. :(
It turned out not to be a big deal, they must have been just partially frozen or whatever, but when Paul turned on the furnace, they thawed. All are working fine with no problems. :) And did you notice what I wrote?? Our furnace works!!! YAY! I was planning to ask someone to have a look at it before we tried it out, but again, it looks like our luck is holding! Thrilled, as usual.
:))
One, we jumped the gun putting our old disgusting carpets and padding into the dumpster. When my brother called for a pick-up and told them what was in it, they said, "Oh, you can't put old carpet in there."
Yikes. If you're ever confused about what type of construction materials can go in a dumpster, and this happens to you - the dumpster company has to pick the carpet and padding out (not by hand, they have equipment to do it), and it gets disposed of elsewhere. There was some added charge to do it. I think we had the dumpster an extra week too, so all told - from the original $275 quote, it cost us about $330. Glad to be rid of a lot of the mess and debris. Well worth it.
The other thing that happened was this - all of you fellow Minnesotans know that we've had some very cold weather already this October. So, at the beginning of the month, my brother called to tell me some of our pipes seemed to have frozen up. :(
It turned out not to be a big deal, they must have been just partially frozen or whatever, but when Paul turned on the furnace, they thawed. All are working fine with no problems. :) And did you notice what I wrote?? Our furnace works!!! YAY! I was planning to ask someone to have a look at it before we tried it out, but again, it looks like our luck is holding! Thrilled, as usual.
:))
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Not a lot to report this week, but I wanted to post some pics of the rooms with the flooring removed. Tom and I also heaved the old smelly rolled up carpeting into the dumpster last weeken
d. Paul has been doing some dumpster loading too, so it's filling up pretty well. Should be full by the end of our 2 week dumpster rental. :)
d. Paul has been doing some dumpster loading too, so it's filling up pretty well. Should be full by the end of our 2 week dumpster rental. :)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tom has been on the road most of the time since 'carpet weekend' so we haven't been out to work on the place, but I did stop in this past Saturday just to see if the air was a little fresher now that the carpets are gone. Much improved! Yay!
My brother Paul, who has really good handyman/construction skills, has been doing some of the work for us, during his off-hours. So there has been some progress made even though we haven't been there. :)
He checked the well, which seems to be working properly; the hot water heater filled and doesn't seem to leak; he is installing toilets in the bathrooms and replacing some plumbing pipes under the kitchen sink. This is all great news. :))
The best news is that it looks like our major plumbing pipes are fine. We were anticipating having to repair burst pipes, etc, but it appears that we don't have any that need repair. Yaaaay!!!
We have a large construction dumpster coming today, and Paul is going to start filling it with some of the materials from the other demo'd house that was left on the property. And he has someone lined up to take the steel beams, aluminum sheeting, and other construction materials that can be reused for something else. Glad to see someone get some use out of materials that would have otherwise gone to waste.
I couldn't find any option to recycle the old carpeting and foam pad, so that's dumpster bound too.
We are ready to get up there and do more cleaning, and I know Tom wants to start on some of the demo and repairs too. I'm thrilled that we'll have water once all the outgoing plumbing lines are given a thumbs up. Happy with the progress! :))
My brother Paul, who has really good handyman/construction skills, has been doing some of the work for us, during his off-hours. So there has been some progress made even though we haven't been there. :)
He checked the well, which seems to be working properly; the hot water heater filled and doesn't seem to leak; he is installing toilets in the bathrooms and replacing some plumbing pipes under the kitchen sink. This is all great news. :))
The best news is that it looks like our major plumbing pipes are fine. We were anticipating having to repair burst pipes, etc, but it appears that we don't have any that need repair. Yaaaay!!!
We have a large construction dumpster coming today, and Paul is going to start filling it with some of the materials from the other demo'd house that was left on the property. And he has someone lined up to take the steel beams, aluminum sheeting, and other construction materials that can be reused for something else. Glad to see someone get some use out of materials that would have otherwise gone to waste.
I couldn't find any option to recycle the old carpeting and foam pad, so that's dumpster bound too.
We are ready to get up there and do more cleaning, and I know Tom wants to start on some of the demo and repairs too. I'm thrilled that we'll have water once all the outgoing plumbing lines are given a thumbs up. Happy with the progress! :))
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