Saturday, December 23, 2006
The Dump
Nothing like spending some of your Christmas holidays taking out the trash.
Alex had demolitioned a good portion of his basement in preparation of installing his new bathroom, so we went to the garbage dump to get rid of all the drywall, framing and other old material he had taken out. I had this thought that we would have been greeted by a horrid stench, surrounded by seagulls and what would seem like endless garabage as far as the eye could see.
And you know what? For a dump, it was actually pretty clean!
They have a car-scale that weighs you when you enter and when you leave, then they charge you an appropriate amount based on the weight difference. You drive to what seems like a small parking lot, then you simply take the garbage out of your vehicle and dump it over the concrete railings on the side. Simple! There was no foul odour or anything. It could be due to the fact that it's just two days removed from Christmas and many people have that dump trip put on hold until later, but hey, we'll take it.
So props to the city for the well kept and efficiently run "dump"!
Alex had demolitioned a good portion of his basement in preparation of installing his new bathroom, so we went to the garbage dump to get rid of all the drywall, framing and other old material he had taken out. I had this thought that we would have been greeted by a horrid stench, surrounded by seagulls and what would seem like endless garabage as far as the eye could see.
And you know what? For a dump, it was actually pretty clean!
They have a car-scale that weighs you when you enter and when you leave, then they charge you an appropriate amount based on the weight difference. You drive to what seems like a small parking lot, then you simply take the garbage out of your vehicle and dump it over the concrete railings on the side. Simple! There was no foul odour or anything. It could be due to the fact that it's just two days removed from Christmas and many people have that dump trip put on hold until later, but hey, we'll take it.
So props to the city for the well kept and efficiently run "dump"!
# posted by SBP : 11:42 PM
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You know what's the best part of the whole experience? The fact that you were expecting a stench, seagulls, and whatever else... yet, you still didn't hesitate to drive out to there with us.
Thanks again, SBP, you did a great job helping us out with this, and the whole Stanford family considers it one of our many Christmas miracles this year! :)
Let's start a poll: What's the first thing that I should help SBP with in renovating his place? It can be as easy as new paint colours, removing the mirror wall, hardwood versus laminate versus carpet for the main living room, or maybe the appeal of a nice 50" Plasma HDTV...
My vote is ceramic tile in the kitchen and bathroom. Your results may vary. Let us know what we should get started on first!
Thanks again, SBP, you did a great job helping us out with this, and the whole Stanford family considers it one of our many Christmas miracles this year! :)
Let's start a poll: What's the first thing that I should help SBP with in renovating his place? It can be as easy as new paint colours, removing the mirror wall, hardwood versus laminate versus carpet for the main living room, or maybe the appeal of a nice 50" Plasma HDTV...
My vote is ceramic tile in the kitchen and bathroom. Your results may vary. Let us know what we should get started on first!
# posted by 
: 12:46 AM, December 24, 2006
: 12:46 AM, December 24, 2006
I initially picked laminate flooring because of the cheap cost. However, what is in real need of replacement IMO is my cupboards. I shudder to think how much it will cost, but, needs to be done.
The thing about cabinets is that unless there're major problems with the boxes themselves, you can replace the doors and give it a whole new, updated look.
And, unless we buy a router table and panel kit, you'll have to buy the doors prefab and it'll be a quick and easy job.
And, unless we buy a router table and panel kit, you'll have to buy the doors prefab and it'll be a quick and easy job.
# posted by : 12:15 PM, December 24, 2006
: 12:15 PM, December 24, 2006
The thing about cabinets is that unless there're major problems with the boxes themselves, you can replace the doors and give it a whole new, updated look.
And, unless we buy a router table and panel kit, you'll have to buy the doors prefab and it'll be a quick and easy job.
And, unless we buy a router table and panel kit, you'll have to buy the doors prefab and it'll be a quick and easy job.
# posted by : 12:15 PM, December 24, 2006
: 12:15 PM, December 24, 2006
Hmmm, not sure why that posted twice...
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!
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