Our new heat pump arrived. It’s a Senville 48,000 BTU central heat pump, bought with a $440 discount from Amazon.ca. It is to replace the 30+-year-old natural gas furnace.
It will have to sit and wait for a time when we can install it.
Allan
vanity plumbing done, hot water warning
Finally getting the necessary bits and pieces together, the vanity (commonly called the bathroom sink) plumbing is finally done, as is the shower plumbing.
I’ll leave water in the P-trap to see if my plumbing skills hold water.
wiring, wiring, and more wiring
I finally got some more 14-3 wire for the smoke detectors. The last of three is in the entrance, on the first floor. Why there? ‘Cause it’s a separate floor.
The new breaker panel is now wired through the old via the back. I had to get some new cable connectors to fit.
moving bathroom window, caulking, flashing
I made a mistake in … I was going to say in my drafting, but the mistake was from lack of drafting. The window opening was 1-1/2″ too low. This, after flashing it all in Blueskin butyl flashing tape – expensive stuff to waste! HFT and I talked about whether to fix it or just live with it. I, in my stubbornness, decided to fix it. Because of the framing style, it wasn’t too difficult to fix. New window opening:
After moving & reinstalling:
insulation, Stucco, flooring, vapour barrier
Installation of the insulation. Say that five times. Anyway, no one likes a cold shower. This Rockwool insulation is so easy to work with. It cuts like a loaf of bread. It is fire retardant and soundproofs really well. Plus, it doesn’t make the installer itchy like that fibreglass stuff does.
2x4s, shower base, flooring
One doesn’t usually get too excited about 2x4s, but these are actually 2 by 4, or close to it. Plus, they’re fir, not just SPF. What do I need these heavy monstrosities for? I need to replace four tie beams (bottom chords) tying my rafters together. Some crackpot notched one badly, two more are split and compromised, and one more has been drilled through it so many times that there’s no way it is actually holding structurally anymore.
Thank you, Windsor Plywood, or bringing these in!
shower drain
YouTube is not always my go-to as there are so many opinions, regions with different building code, lines of products, regional variations within products, etc. But this was helpful.
flooring underway
The flooring is finally underway. The last little bit of sub-floor to complete (the landing) …
… is now complete.
what a pane
I finally got a piece of glass for the front porch of the house. The roofing company accidentally broke the window as they were throwing down refuse from the old roof. The same guy who came to tell me, on a different day, that he put his foot through the ceiling of the porch also told me about the broken glass.
I told them not to worry about it as I had another pane in the basement, but it turns out someone else broke that one. $25 later, it is now replaced. Needs putty though.
roof bits poking up
My neighbour pointed this out to me. He thought maybe I poked the roof up from down below in the ceiling. Nope, not me. What’s happening here? Why is this poking up from the roof?
Update: It turns out the last guy there told his boss that the roofing project had been finished. It wasn’t. There wasn’t even a cap on the peak!