The blind for bedroom 3 finally fits.
rooms complete (except kitchen)
The main floor suite (P1a) is nearly complete. All rooms have been (mostly) done except the kitchen. It is still a disaster. Here is what must be done today:
- put up BR1 ceiling boards
- remove nails from BR2 ceiling
- cut blind, hang in BR3
- spot clean bathroom floor
- buy laundry shelf hangers, add remaining shelves
- install electrical panel covers
- clean shower
- add stick to bathroom window
The tenant asked about curtains. I told them there are blackout blinds in the bedrooms and daylight blinds in the rest. The bathroom window has privacy film.
mostly cleaning
Mostly cleaning today – scrubbing the floor of paint, drywall, glues, spray foam insulation, epoxy, etc.
I put up the first blind, in bedroom 1…
…and cleaned the paint off the large living room window.
I’m still using flat surfaces as storage facilities.
The kitchen window was framed in with painted 1x4s.
Lots to do. More later.
last day of work, cleanup
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.
2nd last day of work
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.
flooring, door trim, laundry cabs
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.
road crush, gravel in walkway
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.
gravel on trailer
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.
cleanup, trim, bath door, little things
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.
stuff comes out, stuff goes in
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.
