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Next on my home improvement projects was taking down the old chimney that went from the basement up through the attic. It was previously used for the coal stove in the basement and for the wood burning oven in the kitchen. The previous owners had boxed it in and then capped it off in theContinue reading “Taking down the chimney”

When we first bought our home, we upgraded to a new 200 amp electrical service and rewired much of the home. With that project done, we installed a hydronic furnace  a tankless water heater hooked up to an air handler that pumps warm air to the ducts throughout the house. Unfortunately, our home had old galvanizedContinue reading “Adventures in home improvement: water repipe”