From Here to There

Random Ramblings from the Garrity Family

Author: Mike Garrity

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Painting and Plumbing

There’s been a whole lot of action on our renovation since my last post. We’re working over at the house most days instead of messing around on a computer, so the blog hasn’t been...

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Formlabs Tour

Breaking Taps just posted this great Youtube video of a tour of some of the Formlabs engineering departments. I was lucky enough to work at a number of great companies before I retired, but...

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Heat

The HVAC system is complete and running. This is what the outside units under the deck look like: It was something like 10° F this morning. But inside the house was toasty warm, and...

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HVAC

We stopped by the house this morning for a couple of meetings. A lot has happened since last time we were there. The deck is close to done. I’m very happy with the way...

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More Milton

I’m back in Florida two months or so after my last trip during hurricane Milton. Things are a lot tidier than they were. At least they are inland. Yesterday we went over to the...

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Plumbing

We stopped by the house yesterday. The builders have almost finished the rough plumbing, and it all looks pretty good. The framing is mostly complete, including the deck. Still a little bit remaining in...

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Construction Update

I stopped by the house this morning to see how the work was going. I haven’t been by in a while because of hurricanes and things. They’ve made a lot of progress. The footings...

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Milton

As I said at the end of my last post, I’ve headed down to Florida to see my folks. Hurricane Helene had just gone through. They were fine because their house is relatively high....

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Demo

The builders have been pretty busy this week. Our kitchen now looks like this: But the really exciting part is this: That’s where the furnace used to be. It’s nice to see that gone....

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It’s Started!

We’re having a bunch of work done on our house. The biggest piece is replacing this beast: That’s a 40 year old Weil-McLain oil furnace. It has definitely been showing its age lately, and...