Posts by Phil Atkinson

I half expected them to build the entire thing in a single day. A three-man Amish crew arrived just after 8 a.m. and worked straight through until about 5. Hard-working…

For several days now, the smoke alarm on the second floor has taken it upon itself to wake us in the dead of night. It goes something like this: an…

Slow, but some progress in the last couple of weeks. Both porches were inspected and poured, and the structural plans have been delivered. We met with the builder this week,…

As we wait on the structural plans, we've made some progress. Our plumber has finished up the water and gas lines to the building, leaving us with just the sewer…

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been at a complete loss for words trying to explain the insanity of building what should be a simple garage. A couple…

We finally did it! Late last week, we poured the main garage slab, amidst the rain, power outages, and everything else. I’m hopeful this will be the toughest part of…

Sometimes words just can’t capture the rollercoaster of building something new. Just a couple of weeks ago, it finally felt like we were gaining traction on the garage project: foundation…

Progress at last... It's been a long road, but progress with the garage/shop is finally picking up steam. Just this week several things have been accomplished: Foundation was dug, inspected,…