I finally replaced the address numbers at the rear of the property.
We’ll see if anyone steals them.
Allan
roof repair
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
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.
mounting, buying, plumbing, countering, sinking, cleaning, leaving
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.
outside work
The property needs some TLC. However, the priority is to get the suites done first. In the mean time, a little help is given to the sunflowers at the front.
begin finishing touches, begin move-in
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.
more cabinets, range, paint, bathroom sand and prime
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.
kitchen primer, cabs; bath skim coat
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.
more drywalling and taping
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.
CO, ABS, DW, WC
More DW (drywall) from HD (Home Depot).
Along with the drywall, I got a regular 3″ ABS elbow and finished off the vent stack.
