This is the story of how I built my house. The show also includes current home repair and renovaton projects. Teresa Ives http://www.ThisGirlsHouse.com/ Tues, 27 Feb 2007 12:04:00 PST en-us Copyright 2007 Teresa Ives This is a podcast about how to build and maintain a home. I also discuss current home repair projects. Teresa Ives This show is about how I built my home. Each week I'll discuss some aspect of home building from a home owner's perspective. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Music Store Teresa Ives teresa@thisgirlshouse.com In this episode, I'm going to talk about the work we've begun on building the garage, building the footings and stem walls, making a lumber purchase, the economics of renovation, and finishing the bathroom. Teresa Ives Tue, 08 Jul 2008, 05:04:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #014, Building The Garage, A Materials List, Economical Shopping, Foundation Work, Finishing The Bathroom In this episode, I'm going to talk about the work we've begun on building the garage, building the footings and stem walls, making a lumber purchase, the economics of renovation, and finishing the bathroom. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode014.mp3 44:21 build a garage, design, Pierce County, permits, building, renovation, footings, concrete, stem walls, foundation, lumber package, painting the bathroom In this episode, I talk about the status of garage permit, painting the bathroom, the T3000 Offloader, bringing in more power, my compost pile, and Stevie's excavator. Teresa Ives Sun, 31 May 2008, 12:00:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #013, The Garage Permit, Painting the Bathroom, The Off-Loader and Miscellaneous In this episode, I talk about the status of garage permit, painting the bathroom, the T3000 Offloader, bringing in more power, my compost pile, and Stevie's excavator. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode013.mp3 37:31 repairing a house, design, Pierce County, permits, building, renovation, the off-loader, painting the bathroom In this episode, I talk about how to obtain a permit to build or renovate. Teresa Ives Mon, 19 May 2008, 12:00:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #012, Permits, Permits, Permits In this episode, I talk about how to obtain a permit to build or renovate. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode012.mp3 27:40 repairing a house, design, Pierce County, permits, building, renovation In this episode, I talk about starting the permitting process for the garage, the crazy weather, getting your septic inspected and pumped, more painting experiences, and how to attend an auction. Teresa Ives Tue, 29 Apr 2008, 12:00:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #011, Permits, Crazy Weather, Septic Pumps, Painting, and an Auction In this episode, I talk about starting the permitting process for the garage, the crazy weather, getting your septic inspected and pumped, more painting experiences, and how to attend an auction. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode011.mp3 42:36 repairing a house, design, landscaping, auction, permits, building, septics, renovation In this episode, I talk about the purchase and placement of a flatscreen television, replacing a refrigerator, the challenges of renovation and some podcasts that I've recently listened to. Teresa Ives Mon, 17 Mar 2008, 12:00:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #010, Flatscreen Televisions, New Refrigerators and the Challenges of Renovation In this episode, I talk about the purchase and placement of a flatscreen television, replacing a refrigerator, the challenges of renovation and some podcasts that I've recently listened to. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode010.mp3 43:38 repairing a house, design, vacation ideas, flat screen television, refrigerator, renovation Today I'm going to talk about our plan to purchase a large screen tv, about a review of the cleaning product I purchased, how to replace a shower head, the results from grout haze product I used, give you a little bio of me and Stevie, tell you what you can get from a vacation. Teresa Ives Mon, 25 Feb 2008, 12:00:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #009, Selecting a Flatscreen, Design Ideas, Changing a Showerhead, Grout Haze Remover Today I'm going to talk about our plan to purchase a large screen tv, about a review of the cleaning product I purchased, how to replace a shower head, the results from grout haze product I used, give you a little bio of me and Stevie, tell you what you can get from a vacation. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode009.mp3 55:17 repairing a house, design, vacation ideas, flat screen television, grout haze, cleaning products, showerhead In this episode, I'll cover the Tacoma Home Show; the deal of the month; design choices and regrets; painting tips, techniques and news; and fluorescent lighting. Teresa Ives Sun, 17 Feb 2008, 12:00:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #008, Tacoma Home Show, Painting and Lighting Issues In this episode, I'll cover the Tacoma Home Show; the deal of the month; design choices and regrets; painting tips, techniques and news; and fluorescent lighting. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode008final.mp3 55:43 home building, building a house, repairing a house, maintaining a house, home plan, builder, pacific northwest, construction site organization, file organization, work, personal safety, temporary living situation, Tacoma Home show, design, painting, lighting, portable generator In this episode, I'll cover how I learn to caulk my bathtub. You'll hear product reviews of caulk and caulking tools. I'll also give a product review of 3M safety walk tape. Teresa Ives Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:13:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #007, Caulking a Bathtub In this episode, I'll cover how I learn to caulk my bathtub. You'll hear product reviews of caulk and caulking tools. I'll also give a product review of 3M safety walk tape. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode007.mp3 36:10 home building, building a house, repairing a house, maintaining a house, home plan, builder, pacific northwest, construction site organization, file organization, work, personal safety, temporary living situation, caulk, caulk gun, ryobi, 3M safety walk tape In this episode, I'll cover current events: cutting down a tree, the effects of weather on the property, the wetlands survey, Stevie's renovation project, and the heating bill. You'll also hear some product reviews and I'll post some current events in the Puget Sound area. Teresa Ives Sun, 08 Jan 2008 19:13:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #006, I'm Back with a new Podcast In this episode, I'll cover current events: cutting down a tree, the effects of weather on the property, the wetlands survey, Stevie's renovation project, and the heating bill. You'll also hear some product reviews and I'll post some current events in the Puget Sound area. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode006.mp3 57:38 home building, building a house, repairing a house, maintaining a house, home plan, builder, pacific northwest, construction site organization, file organization, work, personal safety, temporary living situation, camping In this episode, you'll learn how I organized the paperwork, organized my life so I could minimize my commitments, and organized the construction site. Teresa Ives Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:29:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #005, Organizing Your Life So You Build A House In episode 5, I talk about how to organize the paperwork, provide a list of labels that I used to file paperwork, discuss how I organized my life so that I minimized my expenses and obligations, and discuss the various aspects of construction site organization. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode005.mp3 23:40 home building, building a house, home plan, builder, pacific northwest, construction site organization, file organization, work, personal safety, temporary living situation, camping In this episode, you'll learn how much things cost, how I dealt with savings, credit reports, and the construction loan. Teresa Ives Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:15:00 PST Clean This Girl's House - Episode #004, This Girl's House - Episode #004, Dealing With Finances In episode 4, I talk about how much things cost, how I went about saving money, dealing with credit, and obtaining the construction loan. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode004.mp3 25:27 home building, building a house, home plan, builder, pacific northwest, savings, how much things cost, the credit report, rebuilding your credit, credit cards, obtaining a construction loan, documentation, no doc loans In this episode, you'll learn about the house plan I selected and the company I chose to build the house.. Teresa Ives Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:15:00 PST This Girl's House - Episode #003, Selecting a Home Plan and Your Builder In episode 3, I talk about the selection of the home plan and how to find a suitable builder. Clean http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode003.mp3 18:20 home building, building a house, home plan, builder, pacific northwest In this episode, you'll learn how I found my land. I'll talk about how I searched for property, what I looked for when I found a property I liked, how I did a background check on the property, and what I went through to make the offer. Teresa Ives Tues, 27 Feb 2007 12:18:00 PST This Girl's House - Episode #002, Finding the Land Clean In episode 2, I talk about how to find land to build on, what to look for when you're out inspecting property and how to make the offer. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode002.mp3 21:15 home building, building a house, buying property, finding land, making an offer, dealing with realitors In this episode, you'll learn why I decided to build. Teresa Ives Tues, 27 Feb 2007 12:04:00 PST This Girl's House - Episode #001, The Decision To Build a Home In this episode, I talk about why I decided to build a home. http://www.thisgirlshouse.com/podcasts/episode001.mp3 14:05 Clean home building, building a house, breaking ground