Wait, I’m supposed to be doing my home improvements?
Wait, I’m supposed to be doing my home improvements?
Oh boy, do I feel that one.
Finished insulating my copper radiator pipes. I think it’s worth it as our rooms seem to be getting a lot hotter.
I’m in the midst of planning out some built-ins. When looking for inspiration, it is so annoying how many videos/blog posts, etc, on creating built-ins start with “buy IKEA cabinetry”.
If you are buying cabinets, you aren’t building cabinets. Yeah, there’s assembly involved, but watching someone buy a cabinet, and then just paint it and put different hardware on it doesn’t help me at all.
For example, I’m trying to figure out the right way to have the cabinet doors interface with adjacent window trim. I.e, do I cut the trim to fit the cabinet doors, or do I alter the cabinet doors to fit the windows trim.
The “ikea cabinet” people can’t have these choices cause it’s not possible to alter them since they are built of chipboard.
Very slowly. I am in the middle of mudding a small office I’m adding to my basement. Between kids and other events, I seem to be getting one layer on per week.
This week’s project is improving the heat transfer from our massive double sided fireplace. It has a steel firebox with a very basic heat exchanger. Airflow through the heat exchanger is poor. I’m adding a blower in the basement to draw air from a nearby register and force it up over the firebox, out the vents on top.
Basically trying to squeeze every single bit of efficiency possible out of a very inefficient heat source since I don’t currently have the time or money to install an insert.
