Ever head of a Cottonwood Root Viper?? They are one scary beast!  Known to grow up to fifteen feet long and three to four inches in diameter! Remember this photo of the tree roots that had grown into the toilet drain plumbing?? Ya – yucky! I decided to get to work on that drain plumbing… [Read More]

I have given the master bathroom a fair bit of attention lately. Deconstruction attention… The fiberglass shower/tub fixture was cut into manageable chunks and hauled out. Yes… more wide angle photos – please forgive the fish-eye shots. Yeah… I know… Nice gaping hole under the tub/shower. That was already there – not something I made…. [Read More]

Last weekend, I rented a jack hammer for some real fun. I had a couple different projects for it but the largest was the removal of the pad that the wood burning stove sat on. I had previously taken a couple whacks at this thing with a sledge hammer and it was not moving. It… [Read More]

I just had to share some recent house remodel photos as there seems to be some real deconstruction progress!! The wide open space is beginning to show. I had a roll off container delivered late last week. This meant that all the debris that has been accumulating could be moved out of the house. YAY!… [Read More]

The deconstruction continues (first post)… If you look closely you can see the tile floor in the kitchen (and mud room) has been removed, one wall is entirely gone, and the other is changing. The concrete slab floor is terribly “unlevel” – it has many high and low spots. That would never work with new… [Read More]

The bachelor pad needs a new septic system. I previously mentioned this because it was the thing that caused the purchase to be so complicated. There are several problems with it but one is the fact that two cottonwood trees have been allowed to grow right in the middle of the evaporation field. Cottonwood Trees… [Read More]