Daily Archives: May 17, 2013

You Stain, You Gain?

Posted on May 17, 2013 by ellen

Alberto introduced the idea of staining the concrete several months ago and I panned the idea, did not want to think about extra expense at the time. But when the concrete was finished and Alberto said the next step was … Continue reading →

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Boiler Struggles

Posted on May 17, 2013 by ellen

Planning for the boiler install has taken quite a bit of study. Similar to installing the radiant system itself that required learning about pex, radiant pipe layouts, Manual J, heat loss calculations, flow rates, btu’s per square foot, etc. etc. … Continue reading →

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Videos of the Concrete Pour

Posted on May 17, 2013 by ellen

  I’ve been taking a few videos of parts of the construction progress. I used iMovie to create files that are small enough to load here. These are “mobile” size snippets of the concrete pour. I’m one day off on … Continue reading →

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