Backroom and Work
Not sure if anything will happen for the backroom to-day. Probably not, as the Neil Kelly rep. does not plan to be here until to-morrow. I may get a bill to-day by email, though, representing the extra work that was done to compensate for a change in plans caused by the unexpected loss of the foundation wall.
I have been thinking about the need for a miter saw. They start at around $130 but quickly get to around $500. I am not going to make that many cuts and all will be around 45 degrees.
Videos about cutting baseboards caution against doing exactly 45 degrees, but this is in retrofit construction. I am going to gamble that I can do 45 degree cuts and will sand my way out of issues as needed.
If I find out this is folly, I bet I would be able to rent a miter saw. If I do and it works well, I can buy one later.
The plan then is to:
* buy the 1x8's.
* find or buy a miter hand saw and miter box.
* buy sand paper as needed and get out my planer.
* fit the 1x8s.
* stain and seal them.
* nail them.
Also, I will leave 1.5 inches open at the end with end grain. This is to handle the later cap. I plan on doing the cap later.
If I can find a place inside the house to keep the 1x8s, I may buy them sooner rather than later.
Likewise the hammer tools and manual miter tools. I like to be prepared.
All our lamps are purchased...and switches and plates...and flooring. We have picked the paint colors.
This past weekend I swept the clay dust off the drive way as best I could. Also I bagged all the metal strips that was used for the concrete and also bagged the metal that tied together the rebar. Found all the useable stakes and pulled them out of the pile and threw wood scraps into the garbage bag. All of this material was removed from the flower bed and cat graveyard (I have some blackberries to remove!).
Resurrection of the lawn will require bringing in dirt and seeding. The workers pulled too much from the back yard to fill. This is fine, as I can take Byron Hill 2 and also the south side dirt. I may be able to get some compost from the Metro operations. So, a lot of wheelbarrow hauling, maybe a trip to get the compost, and purchase of grass seed and we are good.
I can do more cleanup next weekend if the interior stairs aren't built yet. For that I may need to get a hammer and a drill with various fittings so I can remove nails and screws i find in the wood. I want to stack similar dimensioned wood.
The shelves that were cut out from the cellar were pretty ragtag. One shelf was made of early plywood that easily came apart, others from floorboard maybe. I am thinking of rescuing some 2x4s to make boxes and then stack them with 2x4 legs, then fit tops for each box. I will assemble then attach to the existing shelves and cut the front legs to access the corner area.
During construction I need to hire a plumber to reorganize the plumbing for the washer drier into a port. Obviously I will not hire Mick the Plumber. There is a Rose City Plumbing that looks possible and I will take recommendations from NK.
Also hoping NK is ok with my plan to put in the treadmill before the railing is in, but after the subfloor. This would allow us to drop the thing (carefully) from the 1st floor to the basement slab. I may hire someone to help me with that instead of doing it myself. I would get the treadmill to the first floor backroom, but the hired person would get it to the basement level.
Once down there I would re-assemble and test it just to make sure we didn't put a boat anchor down there! If it is down there, it needs to be functional. Then, flooring would be installed in stages and we would just move the treadmill to the new floor and then complete flooring where it once sat.
Yesterday I completed the Capitol One paperwork using my temporary driver's licence and sent it on. If that is not good enough for C1, forget it. The C1 card will be useful only in case NK overcharges or we get more surprises in material costs (siding, lumber?).
Work to-day: finish the parser, integrate the code from the other company.
I have been thinking about the need for a miter saw. They start at around $130 but quickly get to around $500. I am not going to make that many cuts and all will be around 45 degrees.
Videos about cutting baseboards caution against doing exactly 45 degrees, but this is in retrofit construction. I am going to gamble that I can do 45 degree cuts and will sand my way out of issues as needed.
If I find out this is folly, I bet I would be able to rent a miter saw. If I do and it works well, I can buy one later.
The plan then is to:
* buy the 1x8's.
* find or buy a miter hand saw and miter box.
* buy sand paper as needed and get out my planer.
* fit the 1x8s.
* stain and seal them.
* nail them.
Also, I will leave 1.5 inches open at the end with end grain. This is to handle the later cap. I plan on doing the cap later.
If I can find a place inside the house to keep the 1x8s, I may buy them sooner rather than later.
Likewise the hammer tools and manual miter tools. I like to be prepared.
All our lamps are purchased...and switches and plates...and flooring. We have picked the paint colors.
This past weekend I swept the clay dust off the drive way as best I could. Also I bagged all the metal strips that was used for the concrete and also bagged the metal that tied together the rebar. Found all the useable stakes and pulled them out of the pile and threw wood scraps into the garbage bag. All of this material was removed from the flower bed and cat graveyard (I have some blackberries to remove!).
Resurrection of the lawn will require bringing in dirt and seeding. The workers pulled too much from the back yard to fill. This is fine, as I can take Byron Hill 2 and also the south side dirt. I may be able to get some compost from the Metro operations. So, a lot of wheelbarrow hauling, maybe a trip to get the compost, and purchase of grass seed and we are good.
I can do more cleanup next weekend if the interior stairs aren't built yet. For that I may need to get a hammer and a drill with various fittings so I can remove nails and screws i find in the wood. I want to stack similar dimensioned wood.
The shelves that were cut out from the cellar were pretty ragtag. One shelf was made of early plywood that easily came apart, others from floorboard maybe. I am thinking of rescuing some 2x4s to make boxes and then stack them with 2x4 legs, then fit tops for each box. I will assemble then attach to the existing shelves and cut the front legs to access the corner area.
During construction I need to hire a plumber to reorganize the plumbing for the washer drier into a port. Obviously I will not hire Mick the Plumber. There is a Rose City Plumbing that looks possible and I will take recommendations from NK.
Also hoping NK is ok with my plan to put in the treadmill before the railing is in, but after the subfloor. This would allow us to drop the thing (carefully) from the 1st floor to the basement slab. I may hire someone to help me with that instead of doing it myself. I would get the treadmill to the first floor backroom, but the hired person would get it to the basement level.
Once down there I would re-assemble and test it just to make sure we didn't put a boat anchor down there! If it is down there, it needs to be functional. Then, flooring would be installed in stages and we would just move the treadmill to the new floor and then complete flooring where it once sat.
Yesterday I completed the Capitol One paperwork using my temporary driver's licence and sent it on. If that is not good enough for C1, forget it. The C1 card will be useful only in case NK overcharges or we get more surprises in material costs (siding, lumber?).
Work to-day: finish the parser, integrate the code from the other company.