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Yeah, I need to write again. I've just had other things on my mind.
For instance, I'm still puzzling on getting heat and air to the attic. There's a vent that goes up there from the main unit, but it blows no air. Well, I figured I've been here ten years and never had the ducts cleaned, so I've got some guys coming to do that on Friday. They can do that one too. I'm hoping we discover a blockage and that they'll accidentally-on-purpose clear it and I'll suddenly have heat and air to that damn attic. Then I can start getting it fixed up.
Since I have to wait till Friday, I've been feeling frustrated with lack of progress and decided today to do something about that. So, off to Lowes I went and I looked a bit at kitchen countertops. I spoke with one of the reps who gave me some nice advice. She also told me that if I bring in a sketch with measurements, however poor they might be, that she can enter it into the computer and it'll give an estimate on how much it'd be to get the countertops replaced. If I do it during the promotion, I get a sink with it free. This seems a pretty darned good deal to me. I also grabbed a circular saw, which I probably could have used last year when rebuilding the deck, some more insulation and two plywood wall boards. I will be fixing the exterior wall of the bonus room with these items, first re-installing insulation and then putting up the wall board to make a more finished look as well as provide something on which to set some lumber scraps to use as a base for organizing some of my tools better. Then I'll only have a hole in the wall and the floor on that room to fix.
I still need to get an estimate on the roof. That will be my last action I think. Get the rest of the place nibbled down to size, then do the last big thing.
So, tomorrow's project is to install the exterior wall down there. Maybe I'll make another trip to the store after and see about the materials to repair that hole. I'd just feel better knowing I've done something productive.
For instance, I'm still puzzling on getting heat and air to the attic. There's a vent that goes up there from the main unit, but it blows no air. Well, I figured I've been here ten years and never had the ducts cleaned, so I've got some guys coming to do that on Friday. They can do that one too. I'm hoping we discover a blockage and that they'll accidentally-on-purpose clear it and I'll suddenly have heat and air to that damn attic. Then I can start getting it fixed up.
Since I have to wait till Friday, I've been feeling frustrated with lack of progress and decided today to do something about that. So, off to Lowes I went and I looked a bit at kitchen countertops. I spoke with one of the reps who gave me some nice advice. She also told me that if I bring in a sketch with measurements, however poor they might be, that she can enter it into the computer and it'll give an estimate on how much it'd be to get the countertops replaced. If I do it during the promotion, I get a sink with it free. This seems a pretty darned good deal to me. I also grabbed a circular saw, which I probably could have used last year when rebuilding the deck, some more insulation and two plywood wall boards. I will be fixing the exterior wall of the bonus room with these items, first re-installing insulation and then putting up the wall board to make a more finished look as well as provide something on which to set some lumber scraps to use as a base for organizing some of my tools better. Then I'll only have a hole in the wall and the floor on that room to fix.
I still need to get an estimate on the roof. That will be my last action I think. Get the rest of the place nibbled down to size, then do the last big thing.
So, tomorrow's project is to install the exterior wall down there. Maybe I'll make another trip to the store after and see about the materials to repair that hole. I'd just feel better knowing I've done something productive.