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Tag Archives: reconstruction

Furr Out!

November 1, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The wall furring strips are 90% up. They allow us to level out the existing walls… The strips behind the future tile wainscot are a bit thicker than the furring […]

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Electric- Check!!

October 25, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We also busted out the electrical work today too… Plumbers, electricians, carpenters… From the top, it’s thermostat, intercom, switches: And done:

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Warm, Cozy & Acoustically Isolated

October 25, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

All the walls are now insulated except the exterior wall… But even it’s all prepped for spray foam tomorrow: You can relate start to see the niches here. Notice we […]

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Plumbing Is Becoming To Our Bath

October 25, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

And useful, eventually. Center of pic is tub filler, to the L & R partially up the wall you’ll notice two sets of rough-ins, one for each shower head control: […]

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Bathroom Gets Slightly Warmer/ Quieter

October 23, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Despite the pleasant temps today, I’m all about insulating the bathroom. We’re using generously gifted R11 unfaced fiberglass batt w/o formaldehyde. Yes, we are accepting building materials as gifts these […]

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Blue Lines

October 4, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Now that the blocking is done, there’s just one more wall in the bathroom to build… Of course it isn’t a full height wall, it’s the tub wall, and here’s […]

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