http://eichler.kimigo.com Adventures in DIY remodeling Tue, 16 May 2006 05:31:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Larry recently started a Squidoo lens on Eichler… what does that mean? Well, check it out for yourself! http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/15/squidoo-lens-on-eichler/ As the electricians and roofers were busy on the roof and inside the house, I was outside, tearing off the old wood siding with my father. The initial plan was to simply replace the sheets in poor shape, but… we ended removing everything (this is about to become a tradition ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/14/removing-the-siding-and-re-insulating/ We completed the first major milestone today. The first phase of the electrical upgrade: addition of circuits and service panel upgrade is done! We doubled (or quadrupled? I don’t remember…) the electrical capacity. We added dedicated circuits to the bathrooms (left the existing one; added one for the new space ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/13/first-phase-of-electrical-upgrade-completed/ If you open your walls, try to think about what you will be hanging on them later on. I know - you already have a lot on your mind and decoration is the least of your worries. But an open wall is an opportunity not to be missed. You ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/13/if-you-open-your-walls/ As Eichler do not have crawl space or attic, owners who needed to add phone and TV capacity had only one choice: to run the wires along the outside walls. After 30-40 years you can imagine why most Eichlers look like a Swiss cheese entangled in a web of cables… One ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/30/a-house-not-a-swiss-cheese/ Re-wiring a house is a time consuming (and therefore muy expensive) task. If you go down that path, you should seriously consider adding some extra capacity and giving yourself some leg room for the future. The International Engineering Consortium says it better than me: typical costs for building operation and alterations ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/29/structured-cabling/ Finally completed the re-design of this blog. The new cleaner and simpler style should be more inline with the Eichler design principles - at least this was the intent. Now I just need to go back to work and blog about this remodeling story! http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/27/blog-remodel/ Enter the professionals! The first team of contractors (the roofers) just started on the house: they are removing the old roof to prepare the terrain for the second team of contractors (the electricians) who are about to start laying out the new wiring. I do not have much to say on ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/08/exposing-the-roof/ … I could beat myself up for not having done so earlier. Considering the amount of money that flew out of my bank account during this remodeling, I would probably have qualified for some decent rewards by now! Yet another obvious thing that I contemplated but was eventually too busy ... http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/06/get-yourself-a-banking-card-with-some-kind-of-cash-rewards/ Quick status of where we stand now: the house was fumigated kitchen demolition is complete bathroom 1 demolition is complete http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/06/status-of-the-work-mid-july-2004/