plumbing

Time for More Detail: Our Kitchen/Chasse Family Party

I know… I know… promised you all the kitchen way back on Wednesday, but the appliances didn’t get completely installed until Thursday, and well, I had a little trick up my sleeve for this weekend. We threw the first annual Chasse eat lots of hot dogs and beans family party
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Finally Almost Heat

One quick picture of the plumbing and I’m out for the night. I’ll explain the heating system thoroughly tomorrow!
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More Siding, Electrical, and Plumbing

There was a bustle of other activity throughout the house. The electrician has just about finished the rough wiring for the main portions of the house and has now moved to working in the garage. The mechanical/plumbers made their way well into installing the vents. And, the
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Finished Radiant Heat Tubing and Covered Septic Tank

Well folks, was hoping to have some pictures/video of the concrete being poured today, but the concrete contractor wanted to wait until the warmer and sunnier day of Saturday.  Let’s hope that the forecast stays at high 60s with sun. Wanted to mention something special we
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Concrete Forms, Radiant Heat, and Septic Tank

WOW!   Yesterday turned out to be a super busy day!   When I got up to the project site yesterday morning there was over six men up there.  Earthworks was moving dirt with an excavator, bulldozer, and hauling in fill with 2 dump trucks; the concrete men were reinforcing their
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Plumbing and Electrical

What happened to the beautiful, clear, sunny weather we’ve had all summer?  This week was a bit screwed up by the rainy days and overall Maine-like weather.  Funny what a summer full of beautiful days will do to your perception of a little Maine weather.  Take last week, I
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Plumbing Rough-in

The plumbing subcontractors Gary Browning and Joe Boyd made quick work of getting all the drainage pipe into the crushed rock/under slab area. They ran a main 4 inch trunk line from the bathroom/utility area on the east side of the house through the kitchen/master bath/half bath
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