Scott's Blog of Stuff

Everyone says “Kids… oh my god, they grow so fast!” It wasn’t until around Christmas that I realized how much of an understatement that is...

New floor Originally uploaded by Twister65 This isn't a particularly interesting Project 52 photo unless you are me. But it m...

I think all of the painting, minus the baseboards and trim, is now down. Thank God. Today we tackled the entrance and the kitchen. It alwa...

Stuff I learned today during our ongoing reno: They actually sell the under-the-sink pipe elbow fittings all together for one price. Sa...

We grouted the entrance and bathroom on Thursday night and Sandra applied a few coats of grout sealer on Friday. As well on Friday, we ins...

The tiling is DONE. Sorta. All that’s left to do is the grouting and sealing. It was so awkward trying to fit my fat ass into such a small r...

Yeh, bad attempted at pipe pun. Sue me. I took Friday off work again, this time to tackle the bathroom part of the reno. All we had done u...

We lucked out and the forecasted rain did not become a reality! The entire day was spent cutting tile to fit near the walls… or around wal...

The whole day was spent mixing mortar and laying tile. We started off laying the tile without mortar to get a good idea of how they should...

We got to Home Depot at around 7:15am or so. We wanted to get there early so we had a chance to rent their $20 van to deliver our own plywoo...

When I got home from work, I decided to make sure I could shut off the water to our house. I didn’t want any surprises tomorrow when we gutt...

I don’t consider myself to be a contender for Canada’s Worst Handyman , but I am also far from being a home renovation expert. I always ge...