House update: Tuesday
I actually got this before I left work yesterday but I was feeling dispirited (still am, a bit, although that could be hangover), so did not post.
Today for lunch we had penne with sausage in a rose sauce with vodka, and cucumber salad.
Stuart and Gill brought Michelle M-D'A to see the house. She said it is a wonderful house and she had been through similar renovation experiences in Chamonix and Fontainebleau. (Somehow, that doesn't sound quite like the same, especially for someone who owns an apartment in the 16th.*)
Stuart has finished the third floor floor and it no longer squeaks and looks good.
Dan worked on vapour barrier and came for lunch looking, as he said, like the creature from the black lagoon.
Gary the Plumber came and critiqued the plastic plumbing. The bad news is that there are a number of small faults to fix and a major fix needed in the vent on the second floor bathroom.** The good news is that John and Dan have a fiendishly clever scheme to fix it.*** I believe this will involve a box to cover the pipe as it goes across--or an angled piece of drywall--but this is not as complicated as cutting 2" wedges in rafter beams, or running something up the wall. John is making a list of plubming parts and connectors.
Your friend, Helen.
PS. Jen said: A guy named Jay, a friend of our webmaster, may give Dad call to discuss drywall finishing, perhaps sometime tomorrow.
*No kidding.
**DAMMIT! Ah well. 2 steps forward, 1 back.
***But that's good.
Jen and I are going to do our bit for the cause and put up vapour barrier this evening before Veronica Mars.
Today for lunch we had penne with sausage in a rose sauce with vodka, and cucumber salad.
Stuart and Gill brought Michelle M-D'A to see the house. She said it is a wonderful house and she had been through similar renovation experiences in Chamonix and Fontainebleau. (Somehow, that doesn't sound quite like the same, especially for someone who owns an apartment in the 16th.*)
Stuart has finished the third floor floor and it no longer squeaks and looks good.
Dan worked on vapour barrier and came for lunch looking, as he said, like the creature from the black lagoon.
Gary the Plumber came and critiqued the plastic plumbing. The bad news is that there are a number of small faults to fix and a major fix needed in the vent on the second floor bathroom.** The good news is that John and Dan have a fiendishly clever scheme to fix it.*** I believe this will involve a box to cover the pipe as it goes across--or an angled piece of drywall--but this is not as complicated as cutting 2" wedges in rafter beams, or running something up the wall. John is making a list of plubming parts and connectors.
Your friend, Helen.
PS. Jen said: A guy named Jay, a friend of our webmaster, may give Dad call to discuss drywall finishing, perhaps sometime tomorrow.
*No kidding.
**DAMMIT! Ah well. 2 steps forward, 1 back.
***But that's good.
Jen and I are going to do our bit for the cause and put up vapour barrier this evening before Veronica Mars.