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vtblazer · 08-26-2008, 05:16 AM

Thought I'd let everybody know what's been going on up here, pretty much everything EXCEPT blazer building.

The biggest item (time and money sucker-upper) is our current house renovation:
After 15 years in this house it was time to do the kitchen over 'again'.
*Knocking out two walls, 1 interior and 1 exterior and adding 2 exterior walls and 1 more interior wall.

*Enclosing a porch and changing the entrance to the house to provide for a mud room.

This made for huge amounts of rip-n-tear, along with the necessity for a 14ft steel 'I' beam to create the clear span needed for the new space.

PART DUEX:
All at the same time, I'm having a 25'x8' retaining wall built/poured to repair/replace a previous redneck 2x2x4 concrete block wall installation that had no prevision for drainage and as a result undermined my foundation.

The good part though is that along with the retaining wall they'll also be pouring a parallel 25' footer wall.
Yeah, for the new garage!!

So that's the whole story behind the zero blazer progress...stay tuned.

08-26-2008, 05:16 AM	#77
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Zero Progress - Short Update: Thought I'd let everybody know what's been going on up here, pretty much everything EXCEPT blazer building. The biggest item (time and money sucker-upper) is our current house renovation: After 15 years in this house it was time to do the kitchen over 'again'. Knocking out two walls, 1 interior and 1 exterior and adding 2 exterior walls and 1 more interior wall. Enclosing a porch and changing the entrance to the house to provide for a mud room. This made for huge amounts of rip-n-tear, along with the necessity for a 14ft steel 'I' beam to create the clear span needed for the new space. PART DUEX: All at the same time, I'm having a 25'x8' retaining wall built/poured to repair/replace a previous redneck 2x2x4 concrete block wall installation that had no prevision for drainage and as a result undermined my foundation. The good part though is that along with the retaining wall they'll also be pouring a parallel 25' footer wall. Yeah, for the new garage!! So that's the whole story behind the zero blazer progress...stay tuned.