Project Management

The Frustration of Project Delays

Will — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:38:11 -0700

My wife and I are refreshing the powder room (half bath) on the main floor to make it more our style. She has picked out the paint, fixtures (sink & toilet), tile, and hardware. The good news is that most of the materials are now at our house--well sort of good news in that we have boxes piled up in our family and living rooms. The bad news is that the tile shipment keeps getting dela read more »

Garage construction complete

bradyd — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:00:39 -0700

Break out the 5W-30! read more »

Electrical work preparation.

bradyd — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:19:58 -0700

The decision to move overhead wiring to the side of the new garage, required digging a 55' long, 2' deep trench from the current power connection pole to the garage. With the very generous help of a neighbor and his tractor, the job was completed in about four hours. Very rocky & packed clay soil made it extremely challenging job. read more »

Electrical work

bradyd — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:07:35 -0700

The original estimate for the electrical work on our garage was less than half of what it's actually going to cost. read more »

Juggling All the Balls

Will — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:41:45 -0700

One of the recurring themes of remodeling that I'm dealing with is managing all the activities required to remodel a part of your home. This is more complicated for me in that I just fixed up my first house to be put on the market and I'm now redoing the master bathroom in the new house before my wife and I move in. Oh and I'm trying to launch a company too! read more »

Permit Approval

bradyd — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:28:09 -0800

Permit forms for new construction of a detached garage were submitted in early January. Final approval was received on Feb. 14. Approximately a 5-week process, which was somewhere in the middle of our expectations. read more »

Overview of the Permit Process in Seattle

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:08:13 -0700

Here is a good overview of the permit process for Seattle. read more »

Kitchen Planning Guide - the old fashioned way

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:36:49 -0700

If you want to create a pencil and graph paper sketch – maybe to take to a Kitchen and Bath Designer to get an accurate estimate - then here is a pretty thorough 4 step process you could follow (your designer will love it!): read more »

3d Bathroom Visualization tool

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:18:43 -0700

http://servicemagic.view22.com/view22/web/new_user_bathroom.jsp

interior and exterior paint supply calculator

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:14:24 -0700

http://www.glidden.com/products/InteriorCalculator.jsp

Appliane Maintenance Checklist

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:24:16 -0700

http://www.servicemagic.com/article.show.Checklist-Caring-for-Your-Appliances.10482.html

Appliane Information

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:21:27 -0700

http://www.servicemagic.com/article.center.Appliances.1.html