Mason & Painter
The mason and painter finally showed up for work today. Here’s the little bedroom wall beforehand, which needed some mortar-love: The mason at work… drinking on the job of course. […]
Tag Archives: masonry
That Living Room Side Project
Remember the masonry wall issue in the living room? The mortar patching is done and since we’re drywalling/mudding upstairs, we might as well throw a sheet of 1/2″ back up. […]
Hey, Neighbors: Homeowner Workshops
Homeowner workshops are back in our neighborhood, with a variety of new courses (including plaster repair!) for those who are interested. At this point, Rob & I could probably TEACH […]
Rath Of The Hurricane
Thanks to Hurricane Irene, we are increasing our scope of work in the little bedroom. Apparently the flashing on the window was all sorts of installed wrong, causing secret major […]
Masonry – Check!
Rob wrapped up the masonry in the living room this afternoon. Before: After: Before- hole in corner: After- all patched in with new blocking for the baseboard: To wrap it […]
Filling Holes in Walls
Back in May we were replacing baseboard and discovered a lot of scary brick dust at the exterior facade. It was like being at the dentist for a cleaning and […]
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