On Monday, I managed to slap together the first of the framing for the outer walls. That was also the first day of client meetings, and we had a lot of material to cover. Yesterday was the last day of meetings, so I did manage to get home and continue with framing the walls. I […]
Monthly Archives: June 2007
The new K2 ain't much better…
To add to my existing woes, I thought I might be “smart” and update to the new K2 to try and fix some of the issues that the new WordPress brought down upon me. At least the annoying bug with the WordPress widgets was fixed. But now: My sidebars are horribly screwed up I’ve had […]
WordPress 2.2.1 broke my site!
Nurtz. This doesn’t happen often, and until now hasn’t happened at all. But the most recent upgrade of WordPress has officially broken my site. My biggest problem is that I’m using the K2 package, which doesn’t work properly with WP 2.2.1, which introduces “real” widgets.
Another case of really bad customer service
You’ve heard me rant about both [[Calgary Transit sucks|Calgary Transit]] and [[Air Canada sucks|Air Canada]]. They have their cases of really missing the ball on serving their audience. As much as I complain about them, they’ve got nothing on this case of just screwing someone over.
Basement floorplan, version 3
[photopress:Basement_Floor_Plan3.gif,thumb,pp_image] Here’s what’s different: Office and mechanical rooms swapped (this was done because the boiler can’t vent up a chimney — too low-temperature, so the condensation from the exhaust would completely rust the thing out; on the bright side, we get to use the void upstairs because of the change) The previously compact tub is […]
Plates in, first framing up
So last night I was in quite the rush to get home and get back to working in the basement. I’m trying to make the most use of time possible to try and get everything into place before the floor heating pipes are laid — that’s literally when everything else needs to be out of […]
Finally we get to rebuilding
I’ve finally managed to add something to the basement rather than just take it away. (That’s adding something myself, I should add — the plumbers have already beaten me to the punch of adding something.) But first I had to remove a lot more junk. Thankfully, the last of it, too.
The building supplies arrive
On Saturday, I scooted around doing a number of errands. One of them was ordering in the materials I need to frame and insulate the basement. Part of this is in preparation for the heated floor, part of this is to actually make the basement liveable. Rona delivered the bundle yesterday while I was at […]
Funniest. Commercial. Ever.
Well, at least this year. If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’ll enjoy this. Bud Light Swear Jar.
The plumbing begins in the basement
When I got home yesterday, we had a brand-new visitor at the house: a giant yellow refuse bin from Rubbish Express. This is to haul away all the leftovers pulled from the basement in the process of preparing it for overhaul. And it’s getting worse.