Here in Brooklyn, as the Farmer's Almanac predicted, we have had a particularly cold and snowy winter, especially compared to the last few snow-free ones. More Posted by Karen Shen | Categories: New York City - 2008-2009 | | Comments (15)
Of course, there are no complaints as the house will be the whole family's gift in a few weeks.įor Valentine's Day this year, however, Kevin is giving me a spectacular present… Kevin and I haven't had the extra time, energy or resources to devote to major gift-giving for ourselves these past 10 months. We feel very fortunate that within the walls/floors of our house are perfectly installed state-of-the art systems that will be smoothly humming along for many years to come.įrom shortly after demolition was complete, PJ and Anthony were constant fixtures at the house. To Aladdin Plumbing's Randy and Eric Gitli and their tirelessĬrew, including Munchin and Manny (see upcoming post) for making our old house brand-new. It was truly awesome (and terrifying) to see our house opened up and exposed, and then to watch the process as Mike Streaman and his subs rebuilt her into a better, stronger, juiced-up building.Īs nervous, first-time landlords, we are hugely thankful to Super-Charged Electric's Vincent Verderosa and his dedicated crew, brothers PJ and Anthony, and Since we began blogging when we were already over two months into our renovation, we are sorry we neglected to mention some of the key infrastructural overhauls that the house had began to undergo prior to December―completely new and upgraded plumbing, heating and electrical systems. More Posted by Karen Shen | Categories: New York City - 2008-2009 | | Comments (17)įebruREWIND: Supreme Super-Charged Electric!
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Once we began working with TOH, we also decided to upgrade our heating system from steam to hydronic with radiant in selected areas.Īladdin was the ideal company to handle this huge job as they specialize in high-efficiency heating systems and the Gitli brothers are 2nd generation plumbers. We ripped out all of the old pipes during demolition and started from scratch―put in all new Charlotte cast iron and copper pipes. The plumbing and heating rough-in work at our house looked similar to the illustrations in Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day―one of our kids' favorites―except that ours was done to perfection by Aladdin Plumbing. More Posted by Karen Shen | Categories: New York City - 2008-2009 | | Comments (4) Kevin and I have been focused on the hard work of unpacking, organizing our lives over three floors and finishing up various things in the house (installing door/cabinet locks, retouching paint after the big wrap party bash, staining windows/doors). The kids are having a blast-they adore the yard, their spacious room and the spiral staircase! They miss both whole crews-MRS and TOH-and love to pretend they are Michael Streaman with their toy tools and have memorized all of the dialogue in many of the episodes, including the ads! It's really funny because the parts of the house that were featured on the show seem larger than life to them. Now that the adrenaline rush has mostly dissipated, we are slowly reclaiming our house into our family's home. As you can imagine, the last two months were insanely hectic as everyone involved in our renovation worked to finish the house for the final filming, the wrap party episode. Here we are six months after the first sledgehammer hit and also our first time being filmed as a family for a national television show. ApOur Old House by everyone's hero, Michael Streaman
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