Sunday Bark
I did nothing on Saturday, so today:
[x] drive to Vancouver to get medium chunks of bar.
[x] breakfast and Lincoln, KS house "In with the Old."
[x] add weather stripping to door.
[x] put stairs stuff away.
[x] swiff basement.
[x] put everything away for inspection.
[x] lunch/CBS Sunday Morning
[x] put truck tarp in truck.
[x] tarp remaining areas (clear plastic).
[x] move clay to north.
[x] add bark.
Tuesday-Thursday:
[ ] apply paper on floor around door.
[ ] fill diagonal for door.
[ ] sand with 40 grit.
[ ] apply primer.
[ ] paint with final color.
[ ] clean door handle
[ ] take picture.
The drive to Lowes in Vancouver was very easy: up to Marine Drive, onto I-5, take 500 exit and stay on it until it becomes 503, then short of 76th turn left at the light to Lowes. I parked right near the entrance, went in with my cart, found the 160 bags of bark, pulled off 3 bags off the top (which was reach) into the cart then used the self-checkout with a scanning gun. $13 including Washington State Sales Tax. Exited, my truck was right there! Loaded and reverse course.
Sunday 7:30-8 a.m. very little traffic!
Breakfast: we are out of milk so used the few drips of milk left and then cream. Next time I have to do this I should dilute it with water...too sweet and thick!
Watched on Max (formerly HBO) "In with the Old" about a couple who moved a house from Lincoln Kansas about 3 miles to a farmstead on the outskirts of town. Already had the foundation prepared, so dropped it and went to work. They didn't show how they did the "connection" and utilities, just focused on this fireplace mantle which they went on and on about. The woman was very involved in demolition when they brought everything to the studs. Easy to do this when you don't live there! They were putting in drywall before siding as they had house wrap and a roof.
By the way, Lincoln is one road tier (10 miles) North from I-70 on state highway 14, about an hour's drive from Hays, between Russell and Salina...so just a bit outside of where I used to go when I lived in Kansas.
On This Old House yesterday saw a guy restoring bricks. Seems a two step process to remove mortar.
1. Hammer and cold chisel along the face of the brick (not chisel down to the face).
2. Angle grinder(?) with wire brush attachment to clean up the rest.
Part 2 on his explanation was missing, but he had the tool and there was a long shot of him doing that.
I could find no one else who does this. One guy takes a wide chisel to knock off the mortar, and then scrape away.
I am always looking for a safe way to remove mortar without breaking the brick.
The cellar door is finished! I put back in the weather stripping with the spline roller. Makes a nice tight fit between the door and the frame. I am not sure why they removed the weather stripping or didn't put it back, but now it is in, the door knob and lock work and everything is right with the world!
Assembling the swiffer was easy. No instructions were provided for how to attach the pad onto the tool, but figured it out. The pad is definitely the best route to cleaning: it doesn't break down and it attracts the particles. I tried four sections of paper towels folded in half. That fits. By itself doesn't pick up anything. With water it picks up where the water is. I tried a vinegar water mixture sprayed on. Works better than water but the paper falls apart. In the end I swiffed with the water-vinegar paper towel, then puled that off and used it to hand remove some residue at the base of the basement stairs and on the threshold between the platform and the cellar.
I did a mock up of what a volute and balisters will look like and I am pleased. Once we get the over easing piece we can complete the stairs.
The idea of a baluster rail to tighten up the pathway to the basement won't work: there is no wall opposite the platform top, so nothing for the rail to plug into. It goes right to the door.
Today we received our new copper dryer and bathroom vents to replace the stupid plastic ones. I will put those in probably in February (or at least the dryer vent). They have a vinyl covering but not sure how to get it off!
I have decided to delay the current door preparation if not eliminate it. If I do it, it is just an exercise with the hope of getting a good picture of it right before it goes away and is replaced by a pocket door.
After I finished the outside work, Marisa told me the bathtub stopper mechanism finally stopped working. Our mechanism is unlike anything anyone else seems to have. I re-linked the bottom part, but find the top part and the bottom part do not engage anymore. I pulled out both but don't see how they work together. I will just pull out both parts for now and if someone wants to take a bath they can use a rubber stopper.
[x] drive to Vancouver to get medium chunks of bar.
[x] breakfast and Lincoln, KS house "In with the Old."
[x] add weather stripping to door.
[x] put stairs stuff away.
[x] swiff basement.
[x] put everything away for inspection.
[x] lunch/CBS Sunday Morning
[x] put truck tarp in truck.
[x] tarp remaining areas (clear plastic).
[x] move clay to north.
[x] add bark.
Tuesday-Thursday:
[ ] apply paper on floor around door.
[ ] fill diagonal for door.
[ ] sand with 40 grit.
[ ] apply primer.
[ ] paint with final color.
[ ] clean door handle
[ ] take picture.
The drive to Lowes in Vancouver was very easy: up to Marine Drive, onto I-5, take 500 exit and stay on it until it becomes 503, then short of 76th turn left at the light to Lowes. I parked right near the entrance, went in with my cart, found the 160 bags of bark, pulled off 3 bags off the top (which was reach) into the cart then used the self-checkout with a scanning gun. $13 including Washington State Sales Tax. Exited, my truck was right there! Loaded and reverse course.
Sunday 7:30-8 a.m. very little traffic!
Breakfast: we are out of milk so used the few drips of milk left and then cream. Next time I have to do this I should dilute it with water...too sweet and thick!
Watched on Max (formerly HBO) "In with the Old" about a couple who moved a house from Lincoln Kansas about 3 miles to a farmstead on the outskirts of town. Already had the foundation prepared, so dropped it and went to work. They didn't show how they did the "connection" and utilities, just focused on this fireplace mantle which they went on and on about. The woman was very involved in demolition when they brought everything to the studs. Easy to do this when you don't live there! They were putting in drywall before siding as they had house wrap and a roof.
By the way, Lincoln is one road tier (10 miles) North from I-70 on state highway 14, about an hour's drive from Hays, between Russell and Salina...so just a bit outside of where I used to go when I lived in Kansas.
On This Old House yesterday saw a guy restoring bricks. Seems a two step process to remove mortar.
1. Hammer and cold chisel along the face of the brick (not chisel down to the face).
2. Angle grinder(?) with wire brush attachment to clean up the rest.
Part 2 on his explanation was missing, but he had the tool and there was a long shot of him doing that.
I could find no one else who does this. One guy takes a wide chisel to knock off the mortar, and then scrape away.
I am always looking for a safe way to remove mortar without breaking the brick.
The cellar door is finished! I put back in the weather stripping with the spline roller. Makes a nice tight fit between the door and the frame. I am not sure why they removed the weather stripping or didn't put it back, but now it is in, the door knob and lock work and everything is right with the world!
Assembling the swiffer was easy. No instructions were provided for how to attach the pad onto the tool, but figured it out. The pad is definitely the best route to cleaning: it doesn't break down and it attracts the particles. I tried four sections of paper towels folded in half. That fits. By itself doesn't pick up anything. With water it picks up where the water is. I tried a vinegar water mixture sprayed on. Works better than water but the paper falls apart. In the end I swiffed with the water-vinegar paper towel, then puled that off and used it to hand remove some residue at the base of the basement stairs and on the threshold between the platform and the cellar.
I did a mock up of what a volute and balisters will look like and I am pleased. Once we get the over easing piece we can complete the stairs.
The idea of a baluster rail to tighten up the pathway to the basement won't work: there is no wall opposite the platform top, so nothing for the rail to plug into. It goes right to the door.
Today we received our new copper dryer and bathroom vents to replace the stupid plastic ones. I will put those in probably in February (or at least the dryer vent). They have a vinyl covering but not sure how to get it off!
I have decided to delay the current door preparation if not eliminate it. If I do it, it is just an exercise with the hope of getting a good picture of it right before it goes away and is replaced by a pocket door.
After I finished the outside work, Marisa told me the bathtub stopper mechanism finally stopped working. Our mechanism is unlike anything anyone else seems to have. I re-linked the bottom part, but find the top part and the bottom part do not engage anymore. I pulled out both but don't see how they work together. I will just pull out both parts for now and if someone wants to take a bath they can use a rubber stopper.