projects on the go
The laundry shelf area framing was completed, and panelling was begun.
So this is how it will look, minus the shelving. They will be adjustable.
I drywalled the laundry / bath add-on bulkhead, and Dave taped, beaded, and mudded it.
The shelving hardware was added.
Today I see if that old living room fan works.
As it turns out, it is too noisy. I don’t want to do that to my tenants. Dave found some fans on sale at Canadian Tire. I need the one (the only one) without built-in LED lights. Why? When LEDs burn out (so to speak), they cannot be replaced. The fixture looks ridiculous with only some working and others not. When an LED light bulb burns out, it is easily replaced.
The laundry (washer) receptacle was re-installed.
The laundry area framing was continued.
Before drywall gets put up, the shower faucet needs to be reinforced. Likely nothing would ever go wrong with it, but one never knows.
The transition between above and in front of the shower needs attention. The framing in the east wall of the bathroom / living room add-on was pretty uneven. The short strip of drywall is a split the difference kind of scenario, so a wide transition mud was necessary.
Blocking was put behind the shower faucet. I had to purchase more machine screws from Canadian Tire – like I don’t have enough at home!
Dave the Drywall Magician came by and mudded the area between the shower and vanity / bath window. Between uneven framing and shower flanges, there are lots of areas that the drywall doesn’t match up perfectly. This is life.
Narrow pieces of drywall were added to all the ends of walls and such. Lots of taping and mudding here.
Next, try to sort out that plumbing wall. The goals are to a) make it useful, b) reduce the ugliness, and c) house the washer plumbing.
I’ll keep you posted.
The fence posts set in the ground had to be ground. (?) They were rusty – only surface ruse, but I don’t generally like to paint over it.
Boarding (drywalling) the long bathroom wall was an issue as much of the framing is non-standard – some 12″o.c., some 24, some 16. All original studs in the add-on are crooked by 3 inches top-to-bottom. We thought of pulling the toe-nails at the top to move them over, but the living room side of the wall is already boarded which means all the drywall screws will be screwed up.
As well, because of the “compromise” when levelling the house (we stopped raising the 2nd floor joists 1/2″ away from absolute level for fear of tearing the house apart), I found that half inch along the new section of bathroom wall when boarding. The drywall sheet was levelled to the ceiling, but we found a 1/4″ gap from top-to-bottom along the side of the sheet. As a 4×8 sheet is twice as long as it is wide, a quarter-inch gap along the side equals a half-inch discrepancy along the top.
Backing was added to the 8-foot mark, and the bathroom switch wiring was moved.
The day started at 7:30 with a trip to Home Depot to get some screws for the ceiling fans. Costco is close by. Their parking lot has tall grass shrubs. This is what I would like for the boulevard to dress up the front of the house.
So yesterday I went to Rona to pick up some mould resistant drywall (blue). I got nine sheets, drove to the job site, and began to unload it … except that I didn’t. They loaded the wrong drywall. Dave was very curious as to why I would purchase more regular drywall. My invoice said I bought mould resistant. Rather than make two more trips (there and back), we just carried on with other stuff. The bathroom will wait. That evening, the manager of Rona gave me $45 off my purchase. We unloaded it all and reloaded the correct sheets.
This morning, it still sits on the trailer; no one has walked off with it.
I wondered why I never notice that what we loaded up yesterday morning wasn’t blue. It is apparently not hard to miss.
It’s started. The three new fence posts are cemented in. They need to be brushed with a wire wheel and painted in black Tremclad paint.
This new plan will allow the rear tenant to use the entire concrete area where the gazebo previously sat plus another bit of dirt area to plan flowers, grass, or whatever they want.