Author: Daniel

I didn’t quite finish all the panels during Panelpalooza a couple of weeks ago, but they did get finished. By the time I was on the last one, though, I was out of stock that was long enough to span the entire border so instead I pieced it together from off-cuts and whatever was left. … Continue reading Low Drawers, High Cabinets, Table Talk

So one fine day, this truck arrives at my house… …and the driver gets out and says “how are you going to unload this stuff??”, referring to the slightly over 1000# of 3″ galvanized steel pipe he’s brought me. Unloading a thousand pounds from a truck at loading-dock height is kind of a big deal … Continue reading A Ton Of Solar

I liked the look of those cabinet doors and the bednette table so much, I decided that’s how I’m going to dress all the cabinet doors and drawers in the house, which, as it turns out, is more than you might think. This represents two days of Panelpalooza: I didn’t quite finish all of them, … Continue reading Panelpalooza, Epoxy, & Fire Foam

Much to report since the last installment. Let’s get right to it! That blinding vanity light in the T.H.R.O.N.E. Room was just too much, so I bought a different light. That light is lovely, but it wants to be mounted flush to the wall, in front of a junction box. But my tiny house doesn’t … Continue reading Loo Lighting, Bearing Breakthrough, Bednette Building, Cabinets, a Log Splitter, and a Demon Cat

I was just about to start work on the Bednette table when I realized that with the table absent, it would be much easier to work on the room electric, so I took a diversion and did that. It starts with some LED strip lights at the top of the walls. These will give decent … Continue reading Bednette, Bearing, and a Broken Branch

Maybe this doesn’t look like anything to you, but to me, this photo shows something very significant. That top grille is the air intake & exhaust port for the water heater. You know, the one that was admitting rainwater not long ago. This is what the side of the house looks like after I squirted … Continue reading Hot Water, Trim, And Bednette

What do these things have in common? Not a lot, really, but they all factor in to today’s update! Pretty random, I know, but that’s how it goes sometimes. One very interesting thing I noticed while investigating the water heater rainwater ingress problem was that I felt a certain affection for the system I was … Continue reading Water Heater, Seat Belts, Threaded Rods, and Parenting

Now that the kitchen plan is pretty much set — there’s still work to do, but I know what it is and thus don’t need to do a lot of thinking to get it done — I have turned my attention to eating and sleeping… and sex… because bedroom. The original plan was for some … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Sex

Today’s update is all about the gas. We start with the furnace. After several days, I got only crickets from the manufacturer about that 6″ long 7-3/4″ inch exhaust tube, so I decided that, given the other two units inspected by my vendor also had the same 6″ long tube, that the manufacturer had changed … Continue reading Passing Gas

Ah, the furnace. You know, the one I tried so hard to get both the unit and the thick-wall kit in the same place at the same time, which as you may recall, took our intrepid builder to Sketch E Commerce, a handful of other vendors, at least one wrong-thing-sent, and, finally, at long last, … Continue reading Furnace Rancors, Stove Anchors, Drawer Slides, And Holes In Sides