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It took me 4 or 5 months to completely re-wire my entire house.

I lived there the whole time. Eventually I had only one working electrical outlet in the whole place. I ran orange heavy-duty extension cords wherever I had to have power. I had a battery-powered light in the bathroom.

Good thing I'm single.

It really helps to have a licensed electrician to help plan the job and do the final hook up (I did all of the cutting of holes and wire-pulling). The city inspectors will go a lot easier on you if they know you have an electrician participating in the project. You might want him to get the permits for you.

Both photos AND video of a wedding? Hell, even after the wiring job, he's STILL gonna owe you!

Nothing is worse than a kitchen remodel, IMHO.  Having been through 2, I can safely say, I'm done.

I can definitely feel your pain though.  They had to come back at one point and tear up the marble floor.  Dust went EVERYWHERE.  Took weeks to get it all cleaned up (and we even had a hired person at the time).

Are you kidding?

A house is NEVER freaking done!

Well , today I get to clean up my home office.

:: girds loins ::

Oatmeal: is the job completeed, or do they still have to put things back together? If it's done, how do you like it?

justine wrote:

Oatmeal: is the job completeed, or do they still have to put things back together? If it's done, how do you like it?

They got a lot done on Monday, but Tuesday was July 4, so they didn't work.  They're finishing up today.

Well, they finished up at around 3.  I've been doing quite a bit of follow-up work since then.  I've sheetrocked and plastered four former vents, I've cut out large chunks of sheetrock around a further two.  Those two we'll decide what to do with soon: sheetrock & plaster, or take down the rest of the wall.

I've removed about six to eight feet of old ductwork from the attic, plastered over quite a few holes left behind by the workers and some that I had around here before ( ), and in the process of doing all this I had the pleasure to completely and totally surprise my wife: she had no idea that I knew how to do any of this. 

Hi again.  They're gone, but we're still working on the house. 

The kitchen is now orange, the walls and ceilings around the rest of the house are soon to be painted, and I'm really getting tired of doing all this work here.  I'd like to sit down and watch a movie, play a video game, SOMETHING... but everything is overturned and away from the walls.

Ah, well. It's good to know that I can do it. 

They would have to be really good, competent friends.

I know people that I really like that I wouldn't let near my walls with a paint brush.