projects on the go
This is the second suite at the property.
I cleaned up a bit at 520. I organized the remaining GPS insulation panels, wooden siding, old lath boards in an old wash tub, etc. There are two frozen rain barrels there, one on its side. It’s impossible to lift it up. If things get warmer, it’ll drain.
New windows arrived again today! This time, for the rear of 520. Four triple-pane Jeld-Win windows.
Unfortunately, it’s also the first day of real snow. Installation will have to wait.
So the only thing I did today at 520 is realign the gate. Yay.
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Oh, and I got a load of siding and dropped it off. Now that was a lot of work. They’re heavy! Just ask the Chrysler.
And expensive.
So here’s what the 3rd (east) wall looks like so far.
So we bought all that cement board siding (Hardie Board) for the exterior of 520 rear. But, after adding continuous (no furrow strips) soundproofing and insulation, the width of the wall is now extended 2-7/8″ past the sheathing, or 3-1/4″ past the studs, which are only 2×4. What kind of hardware is needed to hang cement board siding that far out from the studs? Once the calculations are done, the cement board siding comes in at 93 lbs. per 4×8′ area.
The doorbell quit! But I know why. It was a clearance item at Rona. When I installed it, I knew the button was sticky. So when someone pushed it, it activated the doorbell and ran forever until the thing died. Was it the transformer or the chime? Hard to say. But I replaced it all anyway.
In retrospect, sale items are not always a good purchase.
Once enough practise was put in on the main house, the rear deadbolt is next.
Finally, the new laundry machine (stacked washer dryer combo) has been installed. It only took Visions a month to deliver it.
The project at the rear of 520 is now complete. The renter moved in today. Actually, she has been moving stuff in for the past two weeks.
Some last minute tweaks and fixes:
This shower door from Maax has to have some of the poorest instructions I’ve ever seen. Not the poorest, but close. It doesn’t tell you which way various objects go (pointing inside or outside of the shower). The diagrams are all fairly simple but nondescript in terms of orientation. We ended up losing five toggle bolts inside the wall because we had to take a bracket off and put it on facing the other direction. If I had this to do all over again, I would know what to do. But how many shower doors does a person install during their lifetime?
I’ll show you when it’s all done.
Whooda thunkit? Now we have eco paint trays.
$9.49 plus tax. Not bad. The flimsy plastic trays were $4.
