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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Workin Folks

November 11, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Yesterday was a work day… Taped and spackled the backerboard joints, caulked a lot, primed the floor for self leveler: And much more! Overall, very productive.

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Project Tile Clean: Season One

November 11, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

It’s time to recap last nights episode of Project Tile Clean. As a reminder, winners stick around to clean antique tiles for our bathroom – and the losers go back […]

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West Philly Tool Library

November 10, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Some evening, probably next Thursday, you will be arriving at our front door with a pizza and a hankering for helping us tile our bathroom. Unfortunately for you, we are […]

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South Street Bridge

November 9, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Saturday, the newly rebuilt South Street bridge opened after two years.  It’s on the north end of our neighborhood and connects our side of the river to West Philly (Drexel, […]

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After: Bathroom Close-In

November 8, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Pretty pretty niches: We also put board in the area that will be behind the wood paneling, for extra stability. What a huge change backerboard made in just one day: […]

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We-Can Weekend

November 8, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Saturday, Rob and I worked with the help of my dad to close in the entire bathroom. Here’s the sweet cart my dad made specifically to accommodate our mid block […]

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