projects on the go
Being the last day of work before the tenant shows up, it was the final push. Not everything was done.
I knew that there wouldn’t be enough trim boards, so I urethaned a bunch more. The work area:
Floyd came by as I was urethaning. (Is that a word?)
The living room trim was complete. The patch piece still needs seam seal.
Various things were done today. It is my 2nd last day before the tenant moves in.
I rehung the laundry cabinets as they were a little lopsided and put in the shelving.
Dave was by early, and we discussed how to paint the door. I began outside, but the wind carried some dust, so inside it went.
Outside work had to be done before anything inside, but we did get started.
When we got back, we began work on the list. I think there are now 40 or so items on the list to complete.
The floor levelling compound was dry, so I cut a piece of proboard to fit, mixed another batch, and filled the gaps and cracks. I’ll glue the flooring down tomorrow.
The walkway for the main suite has finally gotten its load of gravel brought in.
It took about 45 minutes to unload.
More gravel is needed at the east end of the walkway, but at least the tenants don’t have to walk in the mud while work at 1403 is being done.
Floyd came early today while I was shovelling the last of the gravel onto the trailer. In completing the main suite of 1403, the trailer had to be freed of gravel and road crush. It’s been sitting in the rear waiting to be moved and used at 520.
When we got back, we began work on the list. I think there are now 40 or so items on the list to complete.
A trip to Home Depot to buy the final door (between mudroom and kitchen):
We continued with cleanup of rooms. I removed all the lathe boards from the pantry as Dave said it would be a good tool room. None of these have been de-nailed, planed, or urethaned yet.
We continued with the bedroom 3 window, adding furring strips to bring the frame out to the right level. It still isn’t right, and Dave will likely have to mud it a lot.
In preparation of the main floor, the mudroom had to be emptied of upstairs appliances. The old range is now outside, and the new one was taken up. It was brought up the stairs end-over-end and ended up up-side-down in the bedroom.
The old refrigerator (a tiny apartment sized one) is now in the shed, but the new one is still in its box in the entrance. We don’t want to overcrowd the upstairs with stuff until more work is done.
A book shelf used for tools was brought up, but nothing else will be done until the main floor is complete.
More trim board was brought from home to be run through the planer then polyurethaned.
This time, I used the table saw to trim the edges to they aren’t so danged prickly. This is very time consuming. I hope my tenants appreciate it.
Next, the window in the back bedroom needed reinstalling.
1) It wouldn’t close at the top. The rough framing was crooked, or it became crooked when the house was levelled, so the window frame was offset by 1/4 inch.
2) Insulation was pushed into the gaps from the inside, pushing the Resisto tape flashing apart.
3) The Resisto tape flashing that was used does not stick very well. It turns out that we need to apply a primer first. Well **** that. Off it came. I bought some French manufactured tape, and it worked well. After the flashing tape (tape flashing?) was on,…
First, make a shim 0″ at one end and 1/4″ at the other (a very long wedge). Next, try the window in the hole. Then take it out again and make another shim. Then try the window again. In and out, in and out. Finally it fit. Fasten it with screws, and tape it again.
Only the inside trim needs completion.
This is what the living room floor looks like now.
The seam sealer is harder to use than what the salesperson said.
The mudroom window is now un-re-framed. Eh? It was reframed to fit the new window that I broke while trying to put it in. But it still didn’t fit as Benchmark didn’t actually cut it down to size. So, I removed the furring spacer boards to enlarge the hole and retaped all of it.
Bedroom 1 door was painted with a second coat.
As we have to clear everything out of the main floor, and as the 2nd floor isn’t huge, I moved the old range (a.k.a. stove) out and put it on Kijiji for sale. $100.
Someone online asked to see pics of the upstairs suite. It is posted for rent online at Kijiji.ca. For now, there really isn’t much to see. (Also found at properties.allansplace.ca/1403-up.)
Entrance:
file error – will show you later
Staircase:
Bedroom:
Living room:
Kitchen:
Bathroom, Laundry:
