After we moved into our remodeling project–from May, 2014–with some distractions–to December 2015.
- Sill caulking
 
- Rafter caulking
 
- Roxul installed
 
- Roxul Remains
 
- Taco 009 Stainless Pump Installed
 
- Laing E3 Pump
 
- Taco Bronze Cartridge Circulator Pump 1 40 HP New | eBay
 
- Kids’ New House–Wallpaper removal
 
- Master bath tear out
 
- New tub main bath
 
- New floor main bath
 
- Interior paint
 
- Tempe House Fix Up–New fans and fixtures
 
- Stoop repaired and painted
 
- Garage floor epoxied
 
- Refinished front door
 
- New front patio
 
- Cleaning and staging
 
- New entry patio
 
- RV at campground
 
- Lake scene
 
- RV across water
 
- Mom in Chicago
 
- Master bath redo with grout paint
 
- Garage entry trim
 
- Installed baseboards
 
- New water pump and pressure tank
 
- Tried to repair awning
 
- Grandson’s food list
 
- Resting at a playground
 
- Getting started
 
- Watching movies
 
- Indiana!
 
- Another visit to Grandma Grand
 
- Columbine at Golden Gate Canyon State Park
 
- View from hike
 
- The dress
 
- Table decor
 
- Flowing arches
 
- Flower arrangements
 
- Fascinators and carry sign for grandkids
 
- Dramatic sticks for hall
 
- Favors
 
- The bouquets
 
- Rehearsal
 
- The ceremony
 
- Paebaek Ceremony
 
- The beach
 
- S’mores
 
- Hanging out
 
- Friends’ garden
 
- Chickens!
 
- Washer Dryer Install
 
- Washer hookups
 
- Dryer Hookup
 
- Electrical box and washer hookup
 
- Cinch ring connections for washer kit
 
- Dryer access door
 
- Dryer igniter
 
- Air inlet and kitchen drain
 
- Living Room furniture
 
- Living room with stove
 
- Kitchen view
 
- From dining area
 
- Bar table
 
- Cabinets
 
- Sustainability Fair Presentation
 
- Poster at Fair
 
- Presentation Entry
 
- Mom doing the dishes
 
- Task List
 
- Rerouted vent pipes
 
- Vents through Utility Room Wall
 
- Concentric vent from sidewall
 
- New external air vent and old chimney.
 
- Hole from removing chimney pipe
 
- Plywood patch cut and sealed
 
- Chimney with 45º angle
 
- Shorter chimney cap
 
- New Chimney
 
- Air vent connected inside
 
- Joins to cold water pipe chase
 
- Flexible vent pipe under boiler piping
 
- Flexible vent from cold water chase to wood boiler
 
- Radon Fan Install
 
- Radon Fan Closeup
 
- Wiring for Radon Fan
 
- New Fridge
 
- Freezer Box with Ice Maker
 
- Refrigerator Box
 
- Rear ventilation grill and ice maker line.
 
- Compressor
 
- Sizing Info
 
- Maytag Refrigerator Energy Guide
 
- Whirlpool Refrigerator Energy Guide
 
- Energy Star W8RXEGMW
 
- Non Energy Star W8RXNGMW
 
- SPT Dishwasher Energy Guide
 
- SPT 18″ Dishwasher
 
- Dishwasher Pex Hookup
 
- Dishwasher drain hookup
 
- GE Advantium Oven
 
- Advantium Oven Interior
 
- Clean Dishwasher Load
 
- Old gas pipes
 
- Old line to boiler
 
- Old hanging pipes
 
- Gas Trenching
 
- Gas Trench at House
 
- New Gas Entry
 
- Old Gas Piping
 
- Gas Pipes Removed
 
- Washer/Dryer Moved
 
- Cut Existing Pipe
 
- Add ABS Tee
 
- Fernco to switch to PVC
 
- Across Closet
 
- Around under Beam
 
- To Floor Pipe
 
- Pipe Connection
 
- Rocky Mountain National Park Trail
 
- Jenn Air Gas Cooktop
 
- Rear view of cooktop
 
- Downdraft vent
 
- New gas line from old
 
- Queen sized bed
 
- Bed with loft over
 
- Bedroom “kitchen”
 
- Kitchen table in bedroom
 
- Dorm fridge in closet
 
- Dibble Fireplace Boiler Piping-10
 
- Boilers plumbing-diagram
 
- Dibble Fireplace Boiler Piping-1
 
- Cut to Fit
 
- Cathedral Ceiling
 
- Flat Ceiling
 
- Thermal Bridging
 
- Outside walls with polyiso
 
- Dibble Fireplace Boiler Piping-14
 
- Spectra Stove Certification
 
- Spectra Stove Certification p.2
 
- PCA Approved Spectra Stove
 
- Spectra Certification Data Table
 
- CE Certitication Buderus-lublin
 
- Water boiler table
 
- Wood Boiler Hookup
 
- Stove to Water Heater
 
- Cold Water Connection
 
- Storage Tank Loop
 
- Cold Side Leak
 
- Hot side leak
 
- Boards under the house
 
- Bits of insulation and wire
 
- More boards and insulation
 
- Piles of short boards
 
- Insulation scraps
 
- Mess in the corner
 
- Main beam with rocky ground
 
- Vinyl over cleared out dirt
 
- Taped around plumbing
 
- Clean vinyl covers dirt
 
- Second piece of vinyl
 
- Spreading out the vinyl
 
- Vinyl in the narrow “hallway” area
 
- Under Stairs
 
- Back Door
 
- Taped around posts
 
- Transition to hallway
 
- Back Wall
 
- Outside vent
 
- New vent cover
 
- Dewalt Cordless Caulk Gun
 
- Boiler Piping Plan
 
- Open System Header Tank
 
- Overflow Tank for Boiler
 
- Boiler System holds Air
 
- Tool Storage
 
- Double Scaffolding for Demo
 
- Double Scaffolding for Bird Hole Fix
 
- Single Scaffolding
 
- Installed taped and caulked edges
 
- Ready for Second Row
 
- First Application Uneven
 
- Siga Twinet Tape on Ceiling
 
- Siga Majpel Membrane
 
- Drips from roof corner leak
 
- Leak at roof corner
 
- Chimney Leak
 
- Rainfall
 
- Goodbye Skid Steer
 
- Slab area in the mud
 
- Skidsteer in Rain
 
- Muddy
 
- Hexagonal Rubber Tire
 
- First load of rubber tiles
 
- Spring List
 
- Greenhouse
 
- Solar hot water panels
 
- Glycol solar hot water system
 
- Glacier Bay Victorian toilet
 
- Gazebo for spa
 
- Spa subpanel and outlet
 
- Electricians
 
- New box
 
- Piper trucks
 
- Old box
 
- Xcel truck
 
- Truck with Spa on Trailer
 
- Spa on Trailer
 
- Trailer rear
 
- Tilt Trailer
 
- Rio Exercise Spa
 
- First Meyer Swim Spa circa 1968
 
- APT9 Exercise Spa Diagram
 
- Rio Swim Spa A-9
 
- Smooth Star Doors
 
- Southern Installation
 
- Living Room Windows
 
- Successful Crew
 
- We Can Do It
 
- North Bedroom Reframe
 
- New Doors
 
- Mud Room Door Reframe
 
- Wrapped Window Opening
 
- Dining Room Window
 
- Middle French Door
 
- Mismatched lockset plate on right
 
- Bolt head too large
 
- Paint cracking
 
- Peeling paint
 
- Door hinge routing
 
- Warped door?
 
- iConf Logo
 
- Ellen Dibble Matrix Barcode
 
- Open Studio 2009
 
- Peter Ellis
 
- Variable Tinting
 
- Translucent glazing
 
- Automatic Shading
 
- Full Session
 
- Windows in Garage
 
- Unloading
 
- Performance Sticker
 
- Window Load
 
- Alpen Truck
 
- LED and Incadescent Bulbs
 
- Piece of Gasket used on Glazing
 
- Solar Glass from Trombe Wall
 
- Selective surface membrane
 
- Dibble Res with Stone Facing
 
- Glazing Removed
 
- Unvented Trombe Wall
 
- Vented Trombe Wall
 
- RV at the lakeside camp site.
 
- Playing at Carter Lake
 
- Trombe wall
 
- Removed top part of walls
 
- Leaning retaining walls
 
- Feit R20
 
- HERS Index as MPG
 
- Typical LEED HERS Rating
 
- CRI Color Chart
 
- Phillips Slimstyle
 
- Great Eagle BR20
 
- Insteon
 
- TCP Elite
 
- GE Reveal BR30
 
- Feit G25 CRI
 
- LED bulbs
 
- Types of Track
 
- Track Lights
 
- H-J-L Tracks
 
- Compatible track adapters
 
- Architrak
 
- Architrak Head
 
- HERS Expectations
 
- HERS Index-Energy Star
 
- Floorplan cropped A-3
 
- Floor plan revision 3-11-15
 
- Floor Plan A-3
 
- Plot Drawing A-1
 
- RecoupAerator Duct Option
 
- RecoupAerator Install
 
- Ultimate air fan performance curve
 
- Typical Fan Curve
 
- Duct Layout
 
- Exterior Flir Photo
 
- Uninsulated foundation wall on east side of Master bedroom.
 
- Cold eakage under the door
 
- Radiant floor–just below design temp for zero degrees
 
- Flir One Son #2
 
- Flir One Son #1
 
- Chaco Canyon Pueblos
 
- RV in New Mexico Desert
 
- Carlsbad Cavern
 
- Pagosa Hot Springs
 
- Window Air Infiltration Rates
 
- Alpen Color Choices
 
- Alpen Frame Insulation
 
- Alpen Window Corner
 
- Alpen Fiberglass Casement
 
- Milgard Wood Clad Casement
 
- Moisture between panes
 
- Cracked window film
 
- Window damage
 
- Dibble Floorplan With Electrical Core
 
- Future Platform
 
- Beam to North Wall
 
- Kitchen Beam on Laminated Beam
 
- Beam to South Wall
 
- Kitchen Beam on Concrete Wall
 
- Taco Pump Relay and Swtich
 
- Switched Receptacle
 
- Combo Switch Outlet
 
- Ventilation Vents
 
- Ceiling Fan
 
- Solar Shade
 
- LEDs
 
- LED track and Japanese Lanterns
 
- Kitchen to Living Area Chandelier
 
- Tekmar Control
 
- Meter Label
 
- Superstore Indirect Water Heater
 
- Monitoring Equipment
 
- Slanted Pipes
 
- Electric Boiler
 
- Expansion Tank
 
- Water Meters
 
- Two Sunny Boy Inverters
 
- DC Control Panel
 
- Battery Bank Used for Backup
 
- Data Collection
 
- Fireplace Boiler Logic Diagram
 
- Grunflos Clip On Aquastat
 
- Taco Mixing Valve Wiring
 
- Taco 501-4 Switching Relay Alt 24 V
 
- Honeywell Zone Valve Wiring to Taco Relay
 
- Aquastat Function
 
- Simple Aquastat Wiring
 
- Honeywell Valve Diagram
 
- Plate Mount Transformer
 
- Transformer Wiring
 
- Laing Pump and Aquastat on Storage Tank
 
- FP Boiler Storage Wiring
 
- FP Boiler Wiring
 
- FP Boiler pump and Taco Iseries Mixing Valve
 
- FP Boiler Zone Valve and Aquastat
 
- Honeywell 8043 Zone Valve
 
- Honeywell 6006 Aquastat
 
- Dibble Fireplace Boiler Piping-15 Revised
 
- Original Boiler Zone Control Wiring–the end switch is wired to the secondary pump
 
- Revised Boiler Wiring for Pumps
 
- Revised Zone Control Wiring
 
- Zone Control with Mod-Con pump control
 
- Original Pump Wiring
 
- Original wiring diagram
 
- Trombe Wall Inside Detail
 
- Trombe Wall Outside Detail
 
- Capped Nails
 
- Master Bedroom Ceiling
 
- Solar Hall Ceiling
 
- Kitchen and Living Room Ceiling
 
- Family Room Ceiling
 
- Dining Area and Entry Ceiling
 
- Pipe is fully wrapped with barrier
 
- Patch caulked and taped
 
- Spray foam gap under stairs
 
- Difficult corner
 
- Radiator Pipe insulated to floor
 
- Pipes insulated to closet slab entry
 
- Insulated Pipes
 
- Concrete Arch
 
- Greenhouse
 
- Sun Frost Compressors
 
- Lighting
 
- Living Room
 
- Tall library ladder
 
- Tall library
 
- Lovins Floorplan
 
- Dibble Res_Electric Plan_Rev-11_14 w_core
 
- Spa Sconces $100 Craigslist Ad
 
- Stained Glass Wall Sconces
 
- Crawlspace Radon Vent Pipe
 
- Ratcheting Holder
 
- Completed Door Landing
 
- Coaxial Coil Sizing
 
- Mini Spilt Indoor Air Unit Structure
 
- Refrigeration Explanation
 
- Chiller Barrel
 
- Barrel Chiller for Aquarium Setup
 
- Mini Split System Frigidaire
 
- Hole bored under concrete obstruction
 
- Twelve inch depth
 
- Spa Electrical Trench
 
- Letter – James Hardie Siding – Recycled and Regional Content – Arvada, CO – 2015-08-21
 
- Cement Board Siding Stucco Finish
 
- Siding torn off patio doors
 
- Top edge of patio doors
 
- Installed and taped SIGA exterior house wrap
 
- Installed new foil faced polyiso
 
- Removed siding and insulated
 
- Sparkling clean spa
 
- Rollers for spa cover
 
- Concrete piece at least 6″ thick
 
- Concrete blocking trench
 
- Equipment side needs final design
 
- Hardware cloth installed
 
- Spray foam between polyiso
 
- Larger open area not completed
 
- Smaller open area not completed
 
- Patio dark and light stone
 
- Layers of Spa Insulation
 
- 4 year old’s view of the road
 
- At Chimney Rock Pueblo
 
- Fossilized Redwood tree trunks
 
- St. Luis State Park Basketball
 
- Painted Wall at Black Canyon
 
- Deluge at Curecanti NRA
 
- Road trip!
 
- Great Sand Dunes
 
- Reflectix and Hardware Cloth
 
- Space behind the reflectix for Roxul
 
- Roxul stuffing
 
- Pipe Insulation
 
- Reflectix Lining
 
- Rocky Mountains
 
- Big Thompson River
 
- Tundra walk on Ute Trail
 
- Spa still needs to be positioned
 
- Tilt trailer did its job
 
- Spa about at edge of slab
 
- Rope tied to spa
 
- Rope tied to tree
 
- Free Sand
 
- Need More Flagstone
 
- Flagstone Fitting
 
- Flagstone Hotel
 
- Sand on weed block
 
- Temporary bathroom
 
- New drain
 
- Awkward drain hookup
 
- Toilet installed behind Polyiso walls
 
- Cutting the drain pipe
 
- Filled and finished sill edge
 
- Friendly toad checking out the new edge
 
- Rebar to hold bottom of edge
 
- Homemade foam cutting tool
 
- Cut short edge
 
- First Piece Installed
 
- Foam Insulation under Doors
 
- Fiberglass Edges
 
- Broomed surface
 
- Floated surface
 
- Filling wheelbarrow from truck
 
- Bull Float
 
- More Leveling
 
- Leveling to form
 
- Concrete in wheelbarrow
 
- Re-installed garage light
 
- Re-installed porch light
 
- Foam insulation around box
 
- New wall electric box with one new wire
 
- New switch
 
- Bad wire was removed
 
- Bad wire at left other wires go to the switch below.
 
- Full Coverage
 
- Six inch overlap
 
- Fabric Install
 
- Wiring to the garage switch box
 
- Patio area from inside
 
- Patio area with reburied wires for the lights and three outlets.
 
- Third outlet with broken connecting wire pulled out.
 
- Ben Franklin
 
- Rock Delivery
 
- Newly rebuilt valves
 
- Old Valve Body with Indents
 
- Indents to position the plate
 
- Bolting on the Plate
 
- Valve Conversion Kit
 
- Old Valve Head
 
- Valve Set on Manual
 
- Rebuild Kits
 
- Temperature Sensor Add On
 
- Inside Weather Station Display
 
- Aculink Website Display
 
- Aculink Bridge Instructions
 
- Five in One Weather Station
 
- Weather Station on House Top
 
- Mother’s Day Snow
 
- Almost 3 inches of rain
 
- Colorado May Rainfall Totals 2015
 
- Alpen Door Warranty Exclusion
 
- Peeling paint on lower brickmold
 
- Peeling paint on upper brickmold
 
- Peeling paint on jamb
 
- Oversize door bolt
 
- Scraped strike plate
 
- Front Door View
 
- First Door Installers
 
- 1/2 HP Penguin Chiller
 
- Penguin Chiller Logo
 
- Radiant Floor with Toes
 
- Thermostat Wiring
 
- Chiller temp continues to go down
 
- Chiller water temp at shut off
 
- Finished Piping
 
- Heat Exchanger Piping
 
- Brazed plate heat exchanger
 
- Arctica 1/2 HP Controller
 
- Chiller Model DA-500B
 
- Chiler Front
 
- Chiller Label
 
- Arctica Chiller and Controller
 
- Novan Information
 
- Novan System Tank
 
- Novan Optimizer
 
- Novan Collectors
 
- System on Truck
 
- Existing garage light
 
- New light at front door
 
- New light
 
- New porch light
 
- Old porch light
 
- Rock Bin Heat Storage
 
- Double Decker Scaffolding
 
- Blue Lagoon
 
- Hall of Mirrors
 
- Boat Company
 
- Seine at Night
 
- Marais Old City Wall
 
- Famous painting
 
- Louvre art upon art
 
- Marly Restaurant
 
- Jim Morrison
 
- Moliere
 
- Cemetery in the Fall
 
- Bastille Monument
 
- San Chappell
 
- Flag through Arc d’Triumph
 
- Ceremony at Arc d’Triumph
 
- Victor Hugo Chinese Fireplace
 
- Monet
 
- Musee d’Orangerie
 
- Degas
 
- D’Orsay Clock
 
- Reconstruction Marie Antoinette’s Cell
 
- Moulin de la Galette
 
- Unicorn Tapestry
 
- Notre Dame
 
- Caulk in corner
 
- Repurposed pallet boards
 
- Tape Detail around piping
 
- Ceiling Layers Taped
 
- Mid ceiling tape hangs down
 
- Help with the membrane
 
- Matching bath faucet
 
- Freestanding faucet with new handle
 
- Tub in Master Bath
 
- Craigslist Tub
 
- Cow Girl Statue
 
- Moved to Spencer House
 
- Headboard Construction
 
- Log Headboard
 
- Log Bed with Dave and Lewis
 
- Arm chair at dining table
 
- Chair and table
 
- Bad TCO
 
- Thermal Cut Off fuse disconnected
 
- Relay Board Fuse
 
- Remove thermal fuse on damper
 
- Remove thermal fuse on damper
 
- Temp on Topside Control
 
- Wiring diagram
 
- Pressure Switch
 
- No power coming out
 
- Power going IN
 
- Model Information
 
- New board without wires
 
- Old Contactor being removed
 
- New Contactor
 
- Acura Megatrol Wiring Diagram
 
- Megatrol Internal Wiring
 
- Megatrol Spa Pack
 
- Water truck
 
- Spa Fill
 
- New Home
 
- In the RV
 
- Our Indiana House
 
- New siding
 
- Garage in Spencer
 
- Door Keys
 
- Ceiling Covered with Polyiso
 
- Used Polyiso
 
- Roxul Insulation in Walls
 
- Painting the screw covers
 
- Removing the glass from the old door
 
- Closer view of sealing
 
- Patio Doors Sealed
 
- Front Door Sealed
 
- Master Bedroom Door Sealed
 
- Back Door Sealed
 
- New Polyiso
 
- Polyiso not in line with door
 
- Crooked Door
 
- Mortar removed from 2×6 plate
 
- Left side interior, Right side behind slag block wall
 
- Beams that hold up roof
 
- Structural post in trombe wall
 
- Rear side of the interior block wall
 
- Chopin
 
- Paint Detail
 
- Repainted Door Trim
 
- Reorganized Garage
 
- Mom’s Extra Stuff
 
- Replaced Tool Wall
 
- Cabinets Moved
 
- Attic Wall Leak
 
- Back Door
 
- Upper window missing insulation
 
- Existing Bedroom Corner–not much can be done here
 
- Crawl Space Vent Area
 
- Stove pipe
 
- Utility room back wall
 
- Ceiling and side wall–no leaks!
 
- Master Bedroom Wall missing some insulation
 
- Master Bedroom Corner
 
- Upper Window and wiring space to garage
 
- Front Door at Floor
 
- Icelandic Horses
 
- Icelandic Sheep
 
- Gulfoss Falls
 
- Hot spring in Floudir
 
- Small Town Monument
 
- HardiePanel-Siding-Details-Wood-Framing-with-Wood-Furring-Strips-Wall-and-Soffit-for-Vented-Rainscreen
 
- Corovent Drainage Plane
 
- Xcluder Mesh
 
- Waterway Rainscreen
 
- Waterway Rainscreen with membrane
 
- Rolls of Waterway Rainscreen
 
- Rainscreen Installed
 
- Lower flashing and fiberglass edge
 
- Upper flashing
 
- Game time
 
- Turkey
 
- Greenhouse with stalls
 
- Greenhouse Connection
 
- Greenhouse Detail
 
- Upstate New York Sunset
 
- Table Two
 
- Girls
 
- Secondary System Circulator Wiring
 
- Always On Priority Wiring
 
- Duraspin Deck Screws
 
- Senco 3″ Screw Gun
 
- Navajo beige Hardie Stucco Panel
 
- First Panel
 
- PacTool Shears
 
- Front Door Siding
 
- Disconnected Blower Wiring
 
- Loosening the bolts
 
- Tightening Bolts
 
- Calcified Heat Exchanger
 
- Original Master Closet Interior
 
- Original Master Bedroom Closet
 
- Dibble Floorplan 11-14-12
 
- Dibble Floorplan Update 12-11-15
 
- Dibble Floorplan 12-04-15
 
- Outdoor Spigot in Bath
 
- What is the problem?
 
- Forgot about hot and cold?
 
- There is a solution.
 
- When the faucet turns on, both hot and cold come out at a pre-set proportion.
 
- A mixing “box” (valve) under the sink.
 
- Spigot’s copper extension pipe covered in rope.
 
- Final two spigots in bathroom.
 
- Moen Mixing Valve
 
								













































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































