cleanup, rafters

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This window was from the main floor living room.  Not sure what to do with it, but it can’t stay in front of the house. 

I cut the rear entrance add-on rafters to the same length.  I used a chalk line to mark them and a reciprocator to cut them.  I’ll add a fascia board, paint everything, and replace the gutters next time I’m there. 

The leaves are cleaned up and grass cut with the leaf blower and lawn mower. 

These stones came mostly from the basement area while excavating.  They sat on the sidewalk for the longest time.  However, it is called a sidewalk, not a sideclimb, so they were moved. 

roof repair

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Since the house was raised more than four inches (20cm), and the lean-to (rear entrance add-on) was rebuilt and raised at a different time, the roof line where it was sealed to the house was compromised.  The shingles buckled, and leaks occurred in heavy rains.  I cut the shingles to the correct shape and sealed it with roofing tar.  Ugly but sufficient. 

Health issues and wind prevented me from doing more this day. 

garbage, garage, cleanup

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All the equipment, supplies, tools, etc. that I could cram into the van were brought from the property yesterday.  I’ll unload it all into the garage at home. 

Another dump run. 

I cleaned up as much as I could in the east side yard. 

The junk trailer has a new home now that its regular parking spot belongs to the upper tenants. 

I’m sure the pile will get bigger as cleanup continues. 

More was crammed into the van near the end of the work day. 

mounting, buying, plumbing, cleaning, leaving

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The Canadian Tire P-trap doesn’t fit.  The pipes are 1-1/2″, and this P-trap is 2″.  Nonetheless, I found the right one.  Where?  In the plumbing box.  <sigh> 

The tenants need a shower, but the shower door still needs to be resized.  In the mean time, a simple shower curtain will suffice. 

Along with a shower curtain, screws to hold the window cranks on. 

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begin finishing touches, begin move-in

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The tenants will be here at 10:00am to begin moving in.  Still lots to do. 

7:45am – With the painting done in the kitchen and living room, the living room lights were mounted. 

9:09am – The bathroom was primed yesterday and painted this morning.  The walls need some drywall mud and paint touch-ups but are adequately done.  Even though there is no 240VAC dryer, the outlet was mounted. 

 

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more cabinets, range, paint, bathroom sand and prime

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This morning, Erin at Home Depot set me up with new cabinet legs and the little screws needed to hold the soft-close mechanisms in place.  Perhaps I can still find the others, but, in the mean time, I need these to move forward.  The 36″ corner cabinets have 8 legs. 

Levelling these is pretty easy.  You just twist the legs in or out. 

The 30″ cabinet drawers next to the fridge were installed, as were the 36″ next to the sink. 

Little rubber bumpers were added. 

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kitchen primer, cabs; bath skim coat

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I wish we had a few more days of preparation.  The place will not be ready in time.  I’ll have to negotiation a deal with them. 

I started the kitchen.  I removed all the stored boxes and began priming.  As it turns out, Dave was not done mudding some of the ceiling.  I saw one piece of green tape but didn’t know how far it went out. 

Next, priming the living room.  Primer complete, this is how things stood. 

Next, the range outlet wires were mangled and had to be trimmed as the outlet had been put on and taken off so many times. 

Next, the cabinets.  The floor was cleared of paper and cardboard, and building began.  The first upper cabinet is up on the north wall. 

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more drywalling and taping

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As the title says, more drywalling was done today.  The bathroom must be finished soon so that Dave can come in and tape.  However, more fiasco happened as well. 

I found, in trying to put up this sheet on the top half of the east wall, that there was no backing at the top.  I added some angled pieces and Tuck taped the cut vapour barrier. 

I say fiasco because it was a miserable failure, bulging, breaking, sticking, being the right size but not shape, etc.  I ended up ripping it from the wall in many pieces and tossing it outside. 

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CO, WC drywall

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More drywall from HD. 

Along with the drywall, I got a regular 3″ ABS elbow and finished off the vent stack. 

After adding vapour barrier to the WC ceiling, I made sure the framing / backing was in for drywall and found that the corner above the shower wasn’t framed as such.  I used 2x2s.  I dropped one of them down the wall and had to cut another.  Oops. 

Electrical Code says that a CO smoke detector must be installed in the common area.  Why a CO detector is installed up high, I’ll never know.  (Carbon monoxide is heavier that air and drops.) 

A length of bath ceiling light wiring was switched out to allow for more room between the fixtures. 

The ceiling is ready for drywall. 

It is now complete. 

Next, the walls.  I had to score the back of this piece along a stud line to fold the sheet.  I tried for over an hour to make it fit without folding it without success.  In the process, I damaged the left edge and the window area. 

Frustrated, I went for a drive and saw this. 

I felt somewhat renewed and drove back to do more work.