A quick sand and a second coat and the gym floor was done for the day this morning. Still a tinted coat, the third coat will be a clear coat. Once the floor was done we dove back into the electrical. Now that we had daylight it wasn’t difficult to go into the attic to …
What a LONG day – we’re just now sitting down after a 14 hour day (of course we had breaks for lunch and dinner but not long)! And the progress we made shows what a day we had. First up – the gym floor!!! Dad spent the morning sanding it down and we did a …
Monday night I could tell I was getting sick so as I usually do when that happens, I take some meds and try to squeeze in one last “chore” before I’m out for the count. Since Ryan had to work late I made myself a pizza and then did the final coat on the Gym …
Not a lot of house progress this weekend but we had lots of family time so it was a great weekend. Friday night Ryan put up the rest of the door trim, although it’s only tacked in place with the nail gun, it still needs to be secured with a few more finish nails before …
Ryan had to work late tonight so after I got home and had some dinner I decided to do some painting. First I sanded the crown molding and baseboards lightly. After cleaning that up I put the second (and final) coat on the crown molding and then the first coat on the baseboards. Once i …
This weekend we focused on the gym, Ryan only had Saturday off, having to work Sunday. Saturday we got started with the baseboards, making the main part out of the poplar we have. Then following it with a cap piece we bought at a millwork place in Brookline. While Ryan finished up the baseboard I …
A little late in the week for a weekend post however I was a little distracted this week with work and a new programming class I’m taking. So last weekend, specifically Friday night, after Ryan got home I finished sandng around the edge of the gym while he worked on starting the baseboards. He got …
Another early start today with the dreaded door hanging to do. The first step was selecting a different door (or hinges) that had the right in-swing we needed. Once we found one (that wouldn’t be needed elsewhere), I stripped down the edges of the door so it wouldn’t be a problem to hang it. I …
We made some good progress Saturday, Ryan was up very early and started working on removing the pipe for the gym radiator so he could patch the floor. So the first thing I got to do after waking up was to bag up the asbestos – fun 🙂 Once the pipe was removed he worked …
First – for future reference -be careful when buying moldings at home depot, these were marked at 53/37 angles however that’s not a standard spring angle (37) for crown molding, so we decided to actually measure the angle using some of the nifty tools Ryan got for xmas. Right on the dot it was 38 …