We lost electrical service to our house for 98 hours. That’s just over four days. And during these four days I discovered something odd. I…
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We lost electrical service to our house for 98 hours. That’s just over four days. And during these four days I discovered something odd. I…
The 19th story about our renovation appeared in today’s paper.
What with all the foofaraw trying to get back on the internet and dealing with spambots and the parental visitation and bloody murder and the…
The electricians got started on our house yesterday. We didn’t even know they’d been there until we realized we had no juice in our bedroom.…
I bought a bunch of these from Classic Accents. They’re old-style push-button switches, which our house has still has in a few places. We’re expecting…
Take a nighttime drive down Bienville, from Galvez to Jefferson Davis. It’s dark. There’s a house with some lights near Tonti, another near Gayoso. Generators,…
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We’ve been getting up before dawn since Xy started back to school. Without electricity,…
Yesterday, after a wait of two weeks, our electrical work passed the city inspection. It’s up to code, and we’re ready to take power. (Even…
Our electrician came by tonight (with a crew of old friends from Brooklyn) and hooked our generator up to our electrical panel. Now we can…
The electricians started work on our house today. Also, the plumber got the city inspector to come by and certify us for getting our gas…
As I’ve done more demolition on the lower floor of our home, I’ve discovered the termite damage is a bit more extensive than I’d thought.…
My dear friend Mike Kaplan came by our house this afternoon to assess the electrical situation. You see, Mike is a licensed electrician, and right…
Our day here at the University started with a blackout, which lasted about two hours. I took pictures.
I had some electrical work done on our house today. I hired a friend, Mike Kaplan, to do the work. He in turn employs two…
A few weeks ago our electrician friend, Mike Kaplan, spent an evening examining some of the fucked-up old wiring in our house. He’s going to…