After taking most of Dec. 26th to deconstruct the old railing, I
finally
got the halfwall framed in and some
drywall
up.
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Of course now that it's up it
really looks like a wall. The railing that was there wasn't so
wall-like. It should
look better when we get
it painted and trimmed
out.
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Jen tried removing one
of the cabinets to get better access to the floor underneath. Though
it worked for
this one cabinet, we decided
to continue cutting the floor with the rest of the cabinets in
place.
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I'm all geared up to cut the floor. You can
see the cut-off tool by my foot. It's powered by the air
compressor down in the garage. The black stripe you see along
the bottom of the cabinet is some of the
floor I've
cut. Basically the cut-off wheel burns its way through the lenolium
and wood underneath, so it
gets real
smokey.
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Once I finished the drywall on the
halfwall, Jen started filling the joints with tape and joint
compound.
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Within a week she's gone from
novice butt joints to inside corners. We're anxious to see how
it comes
out.
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What did you do the Friday night before New Years
Eve? I disassembled a dog kennel. I found a woman on
www.freecycle.org whose neighbor
recently had a stroke. Since the stroke the womans (the woman who
had the stroke, not the woman that contacted me) two dogs have
been tied to trees in her backyard.
Hopefully the kennel can bring the dogs
together and bring some comfort to all of those involved. Oh yeah,
the recently paved driveway at our house was actually paved over
the edge of the kennel. Fun! Fun!
Did I mention I'm
starting a sub-contracting service? With all the roofing, plumbing,
chimney, flooring,
windows and dumpster people I've spoken
with in the last week I can hook you up nicely with the people
you need to get your jobs done right. What a freak'n chore
it is. No wonder home improvement
projects cost so much.
The project management required to coordinate all the people for all
the jobs is
insane.
Need any sand?
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The last project for New Years
Eve was the tile in our foyer/landing. When you come in the front
door there
is a four ft. by six ft. space. The
previous owners had tiled it, but didn't get it even with
the top of the steps
going down. Regardless, it's gone now and will
match our kitchen when we get the floors installed.
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A very important tool
for home remodeling is the shop vac. It's so powerful, Jen wishes
she could use it all
the time for normal
household vacuuming.
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Another important tool
for remodeling is ear protection. The shop-vac, circular saw,
hammers/prybars are
all very deafining when
using them inside.
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