Comments on: This is progress? http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/ Michael Alderete’s Weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alderete http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/#comment-459 Alderete Wed, 04 May 2005 16:19:51 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/462#comment-459 The issue was most important during the demolition, when Basta especially would come back with a thin layer of plaster dust, that I couldn't imagine was good for her to be cleaning off herself. So we started keeping the dining room door closed, which separates the kitchen and dining room from the rest of the house. They have a hard time getting through solid wood, thank god. But mostly the noise does it. There's a *lot* of loud, scary noises, and the cats have settled into a "comfortable" routine of hiding in their own rooms, well away from it, during actual construction. The issue was most important during the demolition, when Basta especially would come back with a thin layer of plaster dust, that I couldn’t imagine was good for her to be cleaning off herself. So we started keeping the dining room door closed, which separates the kitchen and dining room from the rest of the house. They have a hard time getting through solid wood, thank god.

But mostly the noise does it. There’s a lot of loud, scary noises, and the cats have settled into a “comfortable” routine of hiding in their own rooms, well away from it, during actual construction.

]]> By: Michael Morrissey http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/#comment-458 Michael Morrissey Wed, 04 May 2005 15:24:29 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/462#comment-458 Serious question: how do you keep the cat out when you're doing this work? I can't imagine the plastic sheeting is enough... Serious question: how do you keep the cat out when you’re doing this work? I can’t imagine the plastic sheeting is enough…

]]> By: Terri http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/#comment-440 Terri Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:33:00 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/462#comment-440 Dear God! I thought WE were still living in remodel hell. Dear God! I thought WE were still living in remodel hell.

]]> By: mom http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/#comment-439 mom Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:46:18 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/462#comment-439 Was the 'backside' still 'good'???? Was the ‘backside’ still ‘good’????

]]> By: Alderete http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/#comment-438 Alderete Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:06:25 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/462#comment-438 The original wainscot was taken off the walls to allow all the new electrical to be put in easily, and to allow us to insulate the walls from top to bottom (they were previously uninsulated). Much of it was salvaged, and is sitting in our basement, waiting to be put back on. The rest was either seriously screwed up from its installation, subsequent patchwork when the previous owner did some creative plumbing (wait 'til you see that modern art masterpiece), or from taking it off the walls. We have enough to cover the sections of the room that will show, while the parts of the room behind cabinets and fixtures will just be painted drywall. The original wainscot was taken off the walls to allow all the new electrical to be put in easily, and to allow us to insulate the walls from top to bottom (they were previously uninsulated).

Much of it was salvaged, and is sitting in our basement, waiting to be put back on. The rest was either seriously screwed up from its installation, subsequent patchwork when the previous owner did some creative plumbing (wait ‘til you see that modern art masterpiece), or from taking it off the walls.

We have enough to cover the sections of the room that will show, while the parts of the room behind cabinets and fixtures will just be painted drywall.

]]> By: Brian Mikol http://aldoblog.com/2005/04/this-is-progress/#comment-436 Brian Mikol Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:55:19 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/462#comment-436 Good freakin' lord! Wow! Wait - I thought you were keeping the original wainscoting? Good freakin’ lord! Wow!

Wait – I thought you were keeping the original wainscoting?

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