Projects – Page 2 – projects on the go

shared hot water, more finishing touches … and a microwave

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Because the entire property only has 100 Amperes (80A main floor, 50A upstairs), the upstairs suite cannot handle the on-demand water heater I had planned … yet. As well, there is no room in this small suite for a water heater of any decent size. (I have a 6-gallon, but for two people it should be minimum 15-gallon.)

So, they will share the main floor hot water tank. To do this, they need a flow monitor to measure how much hot water they use and pay the tenant downstairs.

The work begins. These valves are for the upstairs.

missing pieces

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Over time, things get swept up, boxed, misplaced, or outright lost. I have no idea where the cover for this window crank went. I’ll have to order another, after I have a Thanksgiving weekend.

The kitchen blind was finally put up. When I get the measurements, I’ll go empty out Home Depot’s stock of blinds again for the remaining windows.

yard cleanup, mudroom rafters

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This window was from the main floor living room. Not sure what to do with it, but it can’t stay in front of the house.

I cut the rear entrance add-on rafters to the same length. I used a chalk line to mark them and a reciprocator to cut them. I’ll add a fascia board, paint everything, and replace the gutters next time I’m there.

The leaves are cleaned up and grass cut with the leaf blower and lawn mower.

These stones came mostly from the basement area while excavating. They sat on the sidewalk for the longest time. However, it is called a sidewalk, not a sideclimb, so they were moved.

rear address numbers

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I finally replaced the address numbers at the rear of the property.

We’ll see if anyone steals them.

roof repair

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

2026102520260929 by Allan

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.