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!
broken porch ceiling somewhat fixed
As the roofers were completing their project – the last roof surface was the front porch – one of them fell partially through the roof and ceiling below due to rotten boards. Three rows of ceiling tongue-and-groove boards were broken or detached from the roof rafters. Along with the boards came chunks of planks that used to be the roof sheathing, 120 years of dust, new roofing material, and plant debris. Yes, plants were growing in their at one point.
I reattached the boards today with wood screws. It ain’t pretty, but it will suffice for now.
Next: the broken window. I’m still waiting to hear back from the window shop.
more plumbing and waterlines
The vanity & shower plumbing is in. The shower will be vented (not wet-vented as previously planned) the same place as the vanity. The shower now drains through 1-1/2″ pipe (shower drain assembly reduced from 2″ to 1-1/2″ with a collar), toward the vanity, and on to the 2″ drain that runs from the kitchen sink. Slope: 1/4″ per foot, as per normal except for after the first elbows and before the wye-joint, which has a slightly higher slope (3/8″ per foot).
Or did you already see this picture? Maybe you did. Segway to the toilet plumbing. That’s all installed. See the laundry waterlines?
plumbing begins today
Plumbing begins today. This is the part of the project we’ve been working toward for the past few weeks – or more. It’s the age-old issue – before plumbing, this has to be done. Before this, that must be done. Before that, … etc. Well, now the plumbing can begin.
Toilet plumbing:
Lining everything up wasn’t the issue. Gluing everything in place was because of how rigid 3-inch pipe is and because it is such a short run to the drain / vent stack.
Vanity, shower plumbing:
Note on floor structure:
Drilling through the double floor joists wasn’t an issue as these blocks were added, keeping the compression on the top, tension on the bottom scenario to a minimum; that is to say that adding 50% more material over 18 inches or so helps to spread the tension / compression around. Plus, it also improves rigidity to the double joist system, almost eliminating movement. There are no herringbone struts to stabilize the joists because they are only 7-1/2″ deep (very little room to add stuff). Plus, the house never had it before, and ‘officially’ changing the structure is not what I had in mind – only replacing s*** that others had done to this poor, old house.
sleeve removal
This is a repost from someone else.
Yes, this just happened to me – not at the toilet but, rather, at the laundry inlet of the drain stack. (See my comments.)
shower arrived
Yay! The shower arrived! It was supposed to be sometime next week, but it arrived today.
HFT and I opened it up outside and took each part up separately. We put the drain on the shower pan to see the final elevation of the drain.
supplies for blocking, drain & vent stack, flooring, etc.
We got a load of 3/4″ plywood for the floor, pipes to divert the drain / vent stack, and more soundproofing panels for inside the floor. Now that the joists are set in place, we can get blocking done (got some joist hangers from Rona) and get ready for the next few steps. Slow going!
final (?) joist almost done
We were diverted by ceiling work in the 1st floor, but now we’re back!
The final joist is almost in place. Still missing one 8′-length of 2×10 to tie it all together.
Wow, the number of spliced, pieced-together pieces of s*** – we’re talking 2x4s nailed to 2x6s and everything else – is just incredible. Who would build in such a way!? So we’re almost done this task.
Next:
- 3/4″ ply to replace the floor boards
- vapour barrier for main floor bath ceiling
- 1/4″ or 3/8″ ply for main floor bath ceiling
- pipes to divert & rebuild the vent / drain stack
- soundproofing panels for floor
- …and many, many more