November 12, 2009 by hammerprog
“No, its just, I, you know, I just think – right now I haven one key and everything I own is in the car, and I just… I like that, you know? I mean, I just, if I get an apartment, that two keys, if I… get a job, you know … I just like having the One key, its clean.”
I am glad that I got to move four from project house off my ring, but I am still left with eight.
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September 4, 2009 by hammerprog
“They’re lean. They’re mean. They turn the milk green!”
Now who can pull the “obscure child’s stuff” I wonder?
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August 22, 2009 by hammerprog
Continued… from family heirloom part 2
Let’s see, so we trim the logs down and try to square the ends. And then the fun starts. Spin ‘em up and round ‘em down.

- Lance starting the rest of the debarking.

And it was round, unbroken, and there was much rejoicing.

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August 22, 2009 by hammerprog
“Willabee, wallabee, wustin. An elephant sat on Justin”
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August 10, 2009 by hammerprog
Nothing broken, house pressure reduced to 65 PSI. And it only required 4 stops to locate the replacement. Part of that is what I get for trying to get the parts without taking the old one out first. Silly me, trying to leave the water on for the family and our guests! It sure is nice not to hear the pipes getting slammed by the dishwasher, ice maker, or washer any more. So the right answer in the call for advice would have been, “don’t even try to get the right parts without taking the old one with you!” Nothing about ball bearings (you know who you are).

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August 8, 2009 by hammerprog
Hmm,
Have ignored the high water pressure in the house for some time. After pressure testing, it looks like the regulator, it does nothing! I’ll be shopping for a new one, then trying to figure out how to replace the existing.

supply line left

supply line
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July 29, 2009 by hammerprog
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July 20, 2009 by hammerprog
The nice walls! What happened to them.



Didn’t get an after picture. Drywall is up and taped. Second coat of mud on the seams tonight, cause I know how to party!
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July 17, 2009 by hammerprog
Didn’t make it home from work until 10.30. Nice 5 am start followed by repairs at “project house”. First, the gas company was over “helping out”. So I got to repair a gas line. Then finally, I could start the plumbing repairs. So this problem likely existed the whole time I was repairing the place, but I never put enough water down to back it up to overflow out this broken vent line. And for who knows how long before that the trap was loaded, so the sink wasn’t really being used. Well, eventually, you fix things and just find more problems.

- Busted Vent
Still managed to watch, with some fast forward, soccer. So I can use the web again.
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July 11, 2009 by hammerprog
Sure plastic is going to last 10’s of thousands of years in the landfill. Meanwhile, this is the second PVC fitting that doesn’t last 10’s of years in the ground in my yard!

leaking!

New plumbing complete in the second picture. Look at the size of that root ball! I put it off pulling the plant for too long. And yes that is the main H2O into the house there. Extra digging… Go SLOW!
Time to hit the store for a new front door knob and an attic fan. Which one sounds like the most fun for a nice hot day?
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