Allan

The floor chimney hole levelling compound seems to be cured. 

In haste, I’m thinking we measured the door rough framing incorrectly, likely from the unfinished floor.  Now the door has to be altered to fit.  I cut the bottom off, saved the insert, and re-inserted it with wood glue. 

A door guy at Home Depot suggested using these door hangers, saying it was way easier to hang doors this way than the conventional way.  He was right.  However, as will be shown later, the tabs stick out too much beyond the trim boards and need to be cut with a grinder. 

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We continued with the window, door,and floor trim. 

The floor levelling compound is showing signs of drying. 

The crack mud is also drying. 

And now … the bedroom doors.  The problem is that the bedroom 1 door is too tall.  Why?  Was the framing done incorrectly?  Likely.  I’ll continue measuring tomorrow. 

There is work to be done at 520. 

I bought some plywood for flooring, but, as it turns out, this is not needed.  I will likely use it elsewhere. 

There seem to be lots of cats in the neighbourhood. 

The gaping hole under the veranda that leads to the basement needs to be plugged up.  Too many cats go in there and mark and s#^% everywhere.  Because there is a surplus of lumber, I found the right size of pieces to fill the hole. 

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The first screw-up for today was the 1x2s from Home Depot. 

They are most certainly not 1x2s.  A one-by-two, of course, is not 1″ by 2″, but 1-1/2″ x 3/4″.  However, these are not 3/4″.  They’re 5/8″.  I’ll be taking them back tomorrow morning.  More shrinkflation. 

I needed to rip 1x2s down to 3/4″ square to act as filler between the window frame and trim.  Instead, I ripped some old 1x6s down. 

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I’m using the laundry room as an admin office.  Someone is coming by to see the place.  However, the dang printer doesn’t work; too much dust is messing up the sensors, I think. 

More electrical work was done today along with putting in faceplates.  The one without is the 120VAC line-voltage thermostat for the mudroom.  It is the only baseboard heating in the suite, so I went with a simple 14-2 wire 15A 1P line. 

For some unknown reason, the front exterior lights stopped working.  As it turns out, the neutral (white) wire was not fastened properly.  But it works now. 

The buying of electrical supplies never seems to end!

Neighbour Dave suggested green would be a good colour for the front door since the house evidently was trimmed in green long ago.  I got this green from Home Depot.  I can’t wait to paint the door!  But I have to wait to paint the door as there are lots of other priorities to complete the suite.

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Well it isn’t perfect, but it will have to do.  The resin cured fairly well, and it looks okay.  There are four shelves that will look like this. 

This certainly isn’t perfect, and it cannot exist.  I suspect that the breaker did not deactivate when too much resistance melted this localized area.  There was nothing left of the old wiring to know if it was caused by a knife nick, faulty screw connection, or what-have-you.  The old Stab-lok breakers have been replaced with new ones that comply to UL standards.  I replaced an outlet scorched like this a month after the previous tenants moved in. 

More trim boards were treated with polyurethane and left to cure.  

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The bedroom 2 door got a second coat of paint, as did the bathroom. 

Dave patched up the difficult area beside the front door.  There isn’t a lot of room for corner bead. 

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One of the heat ducts became loose. 

Outlets were attached. 

Paint began on the doors. 

The door for bedroom 2 was maladjusted.  How?  It was put in before the house was straightened and levelled, so, thus, it was realigned with the world. 

The bathroom door was painted along with the bedroom 2 door. 

Window frames were also painted.