by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 25, 2003
Well vs Rainwater Over the course of the past few years I have gone back and forth as to what role the cistern and the well will play. When the well was originally drilled, the well was shocked (chlorine treatment) and tested. The results were quite good with...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 13, 2003
Building a Vanity I had planned on driving up on Monday, but was delayed due to a late-season snow that plagued both the La Crosse and Chicago areas. It was a quite a wet snow and travel conditions were marginal at best, so I stayed home and shoveled. (This seemed to...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 30, 2003
Pain in the Ash Ever had one of those trees that you want to cut down, but don’t know how to safely go about it? This tree had me stumped. It was originally damaged back in the days that I was tent camping in the pole shed. I was trying to get some sleep when at...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 18, 2003
There’s A Bathroom on the Right It’s hard to believe sometimes how rapidly weather can change. I arrived on March 8th with temperatures struggling to get into the teens (F) and exactly one week later, temperatures nearly reached 70°(F). Although there was...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 9, 2003
Cost of Commuting Yes, I am still alive. It’s been a couple of weeks since since I have been up at the house. As a matter of fact, I just arrived this afternoon. Between bad travel weather, family commitments and rising gas prices, I’ve had to reschedule...
by Alan Stankevitz | Feb 23, 2003
Bathroom Taking Shape We seem to go from one weather extreme to another around here. The bitter cold that had been entrenched in the upper Midwest for the last month broke this past week with temperatures reaching 54°F on Thursday. Although the warm weather only...
