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The House Remodel
Renovating a 1956 Salt Lake City home from the ground up.
Entries
- 67 Days InDemo 98%, electrical 40%, first fire, brick wall lesson
- 57 Days InSoffit done, 95% demo, Einstein breakthrough
- 56 Days InDumpster six, clearing wood pile, backer board nightmare
- 55 Days InSoffit demo, tile out, dad on electrical, visitors
- 54 Days InKitchen demo, bathroom wired, first sponsorship
- 53 Days InKitchen demo, electrical with Steve, IKEA planning
- 52 Days InFull project overview, timeline, gameplan
Progress
Skills Developed
Demolition
Wall Floating
Window Sill Repair
Electrical
Plumbing
Framing, electrical, plumbing awareness. Drywall types, plaster layers, baseboards. Tools: Big Bad Bar, pry bars, hammers, sawzall, oscillating tool, impact hammer with tile remover blade, Hercules surface prep tool.
Joint compound application, floating tools, putty knives, mud container, Level Five 2ft floater for finish work.
Mortar application, cement primer, coating walls, patching earthquake cracks with mesh.
Running wire, installing cans, outlets, GFCIs, switches. In progress with Steve.
Removed all galvanized waterlines, replaced with PEX piping for hot and cold water.
The Team
Emit Meyer
Mechanical*****
Electrical*****
Plumbing*****
Framing*****
Steve Earl
Electrical*****
Demolition*****
Hayden Earl
Demolition*****
Electrical*****
Tree Removal*****
Emma Bell
Organization*****
Foreman*****
Mason Earl
Demolition*****
Electrical*****
Plumbing*****
Framing*****
Spencer Ford
Realtor*****
Home Remodel*****
The Story
Closed on November 12, 2025. Keys in hand on the 13th. Work started the 14th with a sewer line replacement using a borrowed backhoe.
The house had galvanized plumbing, cracked brick walls from earthquakes, decades of questionable renovations, and a backyard that was basically a jungle. We're doing most of the work ourselves.
Target move-in: March 8, 2026.