The Home Project

So last time I told you about how the progress on my home is slow.  I just wanted to let you know that nothing has really changed from last time.  We are still waiting on the plumbing and heating guy…except now, as of today, his unit in the National Guard was activated and he is now working there full time.  This frustrates me since as you know I now live in Wyoming.  I need HEAT.

I would also like hot water out of my tap…I know, I know…totally unreasonable of me.  Now, the guy doing the plumbing and heating has known about his guard unit being activated for months.  He just took on too many projects and didn’t really finish up any of them.  So it looks like I will be figuring out how to finish his job on my house if I want hot water and HEAT before he is done in around 18 months and can get back to finish my job.  Again, I live in WYOMING…it gets cold here…18 months of waiting isn’t really feasible.

One of the biggest problems with the heating system is that we chose to go with a boiler system.  Now this really shouldn’t be a problem, except that it turns out the heating guy wasn’t certified.  We just found this out this week.  He claimed to be, but then admitted that he decided not to take his class until after he returns from his guard duty.  The boiler system that he half installed is from Canada.  Again not really a problem, except that all of the instructions are in French.  I speak English.  We found the English directions online, so that is some progress.  We think that the Motherboard on the system is not functioning.  Hopefully we will get that working soon.

All I can say is that I am glad that I have a smart dad who has worked around and with all of these things in his life.  If it wasn’t for him, I am afraid it would be a cold and long 18 months in which I would become increasingly crabby.  Dads are great!

So I guess what I am saying, is that if you want something done right, then just do it yourself.  (Or have your Dad do it…)

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So I thought that perhaps you might enjoy an update on my home remodeling project and the status of our progress. We originally had every intention of being finished and all moved in a long time ago. But we have been learning that sometimes progress can be slow and take much more time than you may have previously allotted for a project.

One of our delays was the passing of my grandmother. She has been in a care center for a couple of years and she finally left us and returned to the presence of God in Heaven. It is her house that we are remodeling. I am sure that she is watching over us with my grandfather and watching the remodel with fascination.

Many of our delays have been caused by the guy we hired to do the plumbing and heating. It seems that he has overextended himself in our community and has too many projects going on at the same time. I know that many of you would just tell me to hire someone else. It just isn’t that easy because this is a very small community and he is pretty much the only one that can do the job. There is one other person, but the end result would be pretty scary, if you catch my drift. At least the roof has been put on and the insulation has been blown in. And we are doing the rest ourselves.

So as of right now, although we have made tons of progress and should be able to get things situated soon, we are still waiting for heat and hot water. Since we now live in Wyoming, call me crazy, but I really think we should have heat in our home before it gets much colder. Oh, and hot water is always a good thing.

However, I do have a kitchen pretty much put together and the bathroom is close. We just moved the claw foot bathtub that we restored in today. We are waiting for the plumber to finish installing the fixtures and shower and it will be ready for use. The tub is really neat and the feet are eagle claws. Now, most people think that they have seen an eagle claw before, but these feet are different from any I have ever seen. They are the full body of an eagle with the claws of the eagle holding onto the ball of the tub foot. I will show you pictures when it is complete. I need to do more research on the tub and the special feet. It has been quite fascinating.

Anyway, my point is that sometimes progress is slow. But if you are continually moving in the right direction, then you will eventually make your goal. I will post the before and after pictures when things are complete. And if you have any knowledge about my tub and the claw feet that I have described, please leave me a comment and share. You just may save me a lot of research!