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It has been a few weeks since I last posted. I have been travelling a fair bit and lots has gotten done First off and exciting – the Geothermal system is installed and running. With that up and going, Paul was able to bring the house up to full temperature and get the floor and ...
This morning (Sunday), at sunrise, it was a chilly -21 degrees Fahrenheit on our front porch (indicated at -16 but we normally find a 5 degree difference due to heat from the house impacting the thermometer). The temperature at the town center is showing at -11. I think the difference is that we are downhill ...
Saturday was beautiful and cold after the snow on Friday (more on the way potentially – a series of Alberta Clippers are on their way – which is normally moisture starved storms from Alberta but they appear to potentially be meeting up with wet low pressure fronts coming up from the Carolinas – but that ...
I took today off to meet with Paul and get the final plan for the aluminum I-Beam cantilever and to go and choose tiles for the entryway floor & bathroom floors, the kitchen back-splash and tile in the bathrooms. My Dad and I went over and met with Paul (and his son Tim) and they ...
Quick post – to be elaborated on later – but lighting decisions are in-flight. This post is work in progress – kind of a in-flight storage of stuff Lighting items to review and complete (a) Hallway Sconces 1x entry hall 1x back hall (b) Under Cabinet Kitchen lighting 2x LED light bar. 29″ max length ...
Deck Acorn has given me permission to post up a photo of the 3D rendering their Design department did for my house – this was still in the pre-visualization stage of things as we were working on finalizing. I was pretty sure that I would not need an outside architect based on what I had ...
For those of you who are not cross wired like me – Steve Martin classic bit here on Youtube NSTAR (aka – national grid or something) came on Friday and installed the electrical power hook. Woo-Hoo! Paul’s team has been busy roughing in the drywall as well. I think the contrasts between the glass, the ...
Please see the prior post here for the answer to the question – Why build a mid century modern house in the early 21st century At this point in my process, I had the land, the permits (thanks to the Fields hard work prior to selling the land to me!), and a builder picked out. ...
This is a post that I have been mulling over for quite some time – why did I decide to build a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch house as opposed to some other design style? What is the thought process behind my house? I think I am going to post this as a new thread/category because ...
Good morning all NSTAR might be coming in the near future – but I am starting to wonder if Paul will be able to get the Generac placed and running before they get organized and arrive – lol There have been some beautiful fall days here in New England and the weather, on average, has ...