by Karen | attic, drywall, electrical, speaker
Mike has been wanting to install ceiling speakers in our living room for a very long time. Finally, we got around to doing it. We purchased In-Ceiling Yamaha Speakers. Step 1: Mike used a stud finder to locate the beams, designating their location with blue tape. Step...
by Karen | door, drywall, electrical, master bathroom, moulding
When we bought our house, the master bathroom had a bifold door. That was one of the first things we ripped out. I’d rather have no door than a bifold one – we don’t live in an RV: We initially installed a normal door that swung out instead of in...
by Karen | electrical, master bathroom, moulding, plumbing, toilet, vanity
After we finished the bathroom floor tile, we hired a plumber to update our vanity plumbing. We especially needed to get rid of the weird vertical pipe so that the plumbing would fit inside our new vanity: The plumber said the vertical pipe wasn’t needed so it...
by Karen | attic, duct, electrical, exhaust fan, master bathroom, navi, roof, second bathroom
When we bought our house, both our bathrooms didn’t have exhaust fans. They both did have windows but we wanted a fan too. We had an electrician install fans in both bathrooms. They both passed inspection at the time. When we started our master bathroom remodel,...
by Karen | electrical, fireplace, gas, navi
Our fireplace was wood burning so we never used it since we don’t like the mess it makes. We also have regulations in our area that ban wood burning on certain days – usually the coldest ones. We don’t want to contribute to air pollution if we can...
