After a rough night, the lab test results finally came in. WHAT? IS IT NEGATIVE ?? My god, I’m doing it !!!! We therefore find in our ceilings: 90% cement with angular particles 8% vegetable fibers Less than 2% hairs Hairs? Who would have believed it? My first instinct was to think of dung that […]
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A look back at a Merry Christmas
When we bought the house, we saw that it was heartbreaking for the former owner. So, I wouldn’t dare say that the house has previously lacked love, it is not. Let’s just say that there are many ways to show love to a house. Sometimes it is in appearance only and other times in what […]
How could he live like this?
When you move into a new home, there are always surprises. It is obligatory. Here, we discovered things that, forgive me the expression, we literally found absurd. Things that even made us wonder: “… Did the former owner really live here?” “. Of course, there are many small flaws that we no longer see over […]
How to dispose of a large pile of wood gracefully
… Or the day our paths crossed Robert’s. Following demolitions , it’s been 2 weeks now that we have been living with a BIG pile (of wood) that we want to get rid of. Our first idea: the Ecocentre of course. Which involves borrowing a trailer , to make a few trips in the woods […]
What we found in the false ceiling of the 1st.
In demolishing false ceilings and by removing the wooden slats from the ceiling of the ground floor, we discovered things … Terrible! We even wonder if it is possible … Here is my top: A pack of 1939 Turret cigarettes (beautiful calendar on the back) A paper from the Bank of Montreal Honeysuckles (cigarettes?) A […]