I live in Utah. Our official slogan is “the greatest snow on earth.” We hosted the winter Olympics (quite successfully, thanks to Mitt Romney) in 2002. Our governor just announced this week that he’s assembled an exploratory committee to review the idea of competing for the Olympics again. In other words, we do snow very [...]
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When we planned the Mormon wedding for our daughter, we selected an indoor venue with access to a garden area. Given the volatility of April weather — especially in this odd weather cycle — it was a good idea. We had gorgeous, slightly cool weather on her wedding day, but one day earlier, it snowed! [...]
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After trying most flooring surfaces known to man, including carpet, laminate, ceramic tile, natural stone tile, and hardwood, we decided our new custom home would have polished concrete on the main floor and stained concrete in the basement. After extensive discussion and comparing, we chose Stewart Specialty Services to lay and polish the main floor [...]
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When we finally closed the construction loan last November, I was sure we had missed the good-weather window and would be sitting around in our rental house watching the snow fall for a number of months. To my surprise, even the famous Utah snow doesn’t completely stop the building process. In fact, to this point [...]
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Finally we have something to see. A hint of the house to be. After the first construction delay followed by another construction delay followed by another lost week of aggravation we finally see action. I could be worse. It could be raining. Oh, wait. It is.
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It’s likely that we’ve had more snow this past December than any other in my lifetime. I attribute this to two things: The construction gods are trying to sabotage our building efforts Global warming Whichever is responsible, it’s keeping progress to a crawl. Once the snow abates, we pour the slab!
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In spite of the weather — we had a high of 14° degrees today — the great crew was out working. They reformed and poured the remaining garage footings, this time at the correct height. When we got there, they were covering the cement with vast expanses of plastic and setting up heaters in the [...]
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