Operation "Vacation": Day 3
Although we started the day off a bit slow, and took many breaks to run errands for food and tools, we actually ended up getting quite a bit accomplished, although admittidly not as much as we were hoping for. As Clint pointed out though, it was much more than we would have gotten done had we both been at work.
We often mentioned the closet and I know it seems like it should be done by now (believe me- I know) nevertheless we've had a seemingly endless to do list for that room. Having the professional acrobat/electrician gut part of the wall didn't help the list any, so that's where we started.
We cut a giant drywall patch and hammered it in creating a rainstorm of plaster. We then applied a combination of drywall tape and plaster in a way that I can only describe as haphazard and full of complete disregard for any norms of perfection. That should be dry by our child's fifth birthday (hopefully) at which point we can sand, put a final coat on, and paint.
The next step was filling in some missing boards around the furnace return pipe, and levelling out the floor with shims.
We weren't kidding around with those:
Finally we got started installing the Flor tiles. These are 17" carpet squares we're putting down for as you might recall, when the floors were refinished they couldn't put the drum sander in the closet for fear of crashing through the crawl space door. I'll admit I thought this was going to be way easier.
Put simply, it's not- in fact it's one of the more difficult things we've done so far. 3 hours later we have 6 (of 14) installed. We're quite optimistic about tomorrow though, we're hoping we now have the hang of it.
We often mentioned the closet and I know it seems like it should be done by now (believe me- I know) nevertheless we've had a seemingly endless to do list for that room. Having the professional acrobat/electrician gut part of the wall didn't help the list any, so that's where we started.
We cut a giant drywall patch and hammered it in creating a rainstorm of plaster. We then applied a combination of drywall tape and plaster in a way that I can only describe as haphazard and full of complete disregard for any norms of perfection. That should be dry by our child's fifth birthday (hopefully) at which point we can sand, put a final coat on, and paint.
The next step was filling in some missing boards around the furnace return pipe, and levelling out the floor with shims.
We weren't kidding around with those:
Finally we got started installing the Flor tiles. These are 17" carpet squares we're putting down for as you might recall, when the floors were refinished they couldn't put the drum sander in the closet for fear of crashing through the crawl space door. I'll admit I thought this was going to be way easier.
Put simply, it's not- in fact it's one of the more difficult things we've done so far. 3 hours later we have 6 (of 14) installed. We're quite optimistic about tomorrow though, we're hoping we now have the hang of it.
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