Finished project

The house has been a passion project for a little over 3 years now. I have spent countless hours on it, along with blood, sweat, and tears. I started the project because I was planning to hang on to it forever. It has been a haven from the city and I have met some wonderful […]

Outdoor deck and roofing are complete.

It was quite a challenge to get much work done during the summer heat. But working under the covered deck sure helped. Arguably one of the scariest moments was renting a ladder to go up on the roof from the outside to secure the last panels. I did it in the morning before the roof […]

Second floor deck progress

Since I got the roof and the deck roof 99% complete, and it was definitely helping with the heat, I decided it was time to insulate the roof under the deck. The deck roof already cut the temps by 5-10°, but I knew all along it would need actual insulation. I bounced around several ideas, […]

Complete main roof and nearly complete deck roof

It definitely took more time, effort, and material (I think I’ve said that many times before) but the roof and deck roof are complete – and just in enough time. The day I got the deck roofing half finished, there was a storm and a downpour. But let’s back up. I knew I wanted a […]

Raise the roof…

As I’ve stated before, the container roofs are watertight. I didn’t NEED to put another roof on top. But I did for a few reasons. For one, container roofs are almost totally flat. If you just have a single, it’s pretty simple and will shed water naturally. Once you start putting two together, then you […]

Mistakes, I’ve made a few

As with any project, especially one that is done almost entirely by one person, there will be mistakes. Fortunately nothing has been catastrophic. But there have definitely been some inconveniences and time sucks for redo work. One of the biggest mistakes I made was painting the currently uninsulated ceiling during the wrong weather conditions. I […]

Living in the house

I kept thinking about writing updates but never got around to it. I didn’t realize it had been over two months since my last post. Definitely seems to be much slower progress when it comes to the detail work. The good news is the house is perfectly livable at this stage. Still plenty of things […]

one set of bed / bath down, one to go…

It is the holiday season, so I have not been able to spend every weekend working on the project. However, I have made some progress, getting it close to being livable. When we had the last cold spell, I realized that the living room HVAC system couldn’t keep up on its own without the roof […]

All systems go, so more finish work progress

Since the septic was completed and permitted, the priority was getting all of the plumbing connected. Water had been connected a while back to everything and I had drain lines all run, but those were not all connected. I was pretty happy that I got it all done without issue, but ultimately made an amateur […]

One step closer on bathroom completion

Last week I posted about completing the kitchen. This week it was plumbing and the bathrooms. While I can’t say I have one completed bathroom yet, I do have two that are half complete. The smaller bathroom had the shower working already, so it got floor tile this week. The upstairs bathroom had nothing working […]