Thursday, January 25, 2007
Dont always follow manufacturer's instructions...
The manufacturer's instructions on this PermaBase cement backer board says you can score and snap, yeah right, if you have a few extra sharp blades for your utility knife and dont mind going over your scoring cut 100 times. Much easier to get the circular saw and zip it right off. Slow progress, another piece of backer board goes down in the upstairs bath inbetween wrestling matches with Ev.
Emmett the Beach
I was kinda thinking that Em might have a little more McLane in him than Ev did. Got this photo from Dan, and it made me realize, no, he's all Beach. Sorry, Mama :-)
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
A picture for Gg...
Check this out GeeGee I was rewarded for some of my work on the house tonite! After being in the crawlspace under the new bath in the freezing cold, I had this waiting when I came in. Steak, potatoes, I ate like a king.
And as everyone knows everything tastes better on a paper plate, especially the plate itself.
And as everyone knows everything tastes better on a paper plate, especially the plate itself.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Snow, snow, snow...
Ev had been praying for snow for awhile and this weekend his prayers were heard...
What's this dishes being done in an actual sink?! This must be a picture from someone else's house.
What's this dishes being done in an actual sink?! This must be a picture from someone else's house.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Another action packed weekend...
What a fun weekend Everette had with Grammy, Papa visiting. A day at the Science Center was way cool. Especially static electricity...
Ev also never turns down a chance to be center stage (just like Dada, ha ha)...
After work Dada met them at the iMax theater, the plan had been to see Polar Express but our schedule made it Happy Feet instead, but we all loved it just the same. Dada thought it was one of the better movies he'd seen all year and highly recommends it to everyone.
On Saturday morning Ev and Papa worked on a snowman but like Frosty the sun went right to his head. Looks like he's on his way to the snowman hospital, but alas Mama would not let it enter the house (on its way to the freezer) so the snowman is a mere nothing now.
Emmett in his Christmas present from Auntie Jodi after a bath.
Ev also never turns down a chance to be center stage (just like Dada, ha ha)...
After work Dada met them at the iMax theater, the plan had been to see Polar Express but our schedule made it Happy Feet instead, but we all loved it just the same. Dada thought it was one of the better movies he'd seen all year and highly recommends it to everyone.
On Saturday morning Ev and Papa worked on a snowman but like Frosty the sun went right to his head. Looks like he's on his way to the snowman hospital, but alas Mama would not let it enter the house (on its way to the freezer) so the snowman is a mere nothing now.
Emmett in his Christmas present from Auntie Jodi after a bath.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Tangled mess
Alot of the last couple of evenings have been comprised of untangling a mess of cables and pipes.
When we first moved in things were looking like this...
It has slowing been improving. There are some cold air returns that are setup like this, a piece of sheet metal nailed (with lots and lots of nails) along the floor joists...
And of course, alot of the really old wiring disappears inside of these and then reappears somewhere near the old fuse box...
Nothing to do but to open them up and trace them out so that we can get that old stuff out of there, when doing things bit by bit and still needing the juice to flow.
The old well pump is now off the wall, perhaps it will show up on ebay soon.
When we first moved in things were looking like this...
It has slowing been improving. There are some cold air returns that are setup like this, a piece of sheet metal nailed (with lots and lots of nails) along the floor joists...
And of course, alot of the really old wiring disappears inside of these and then reappears somewhere near the old fuse box...
Nothing to do but to open them up and trace them out so that we can get that old stuff out of there, when doing things bit by bit and still needing the juice to flow.
The old well pump is now off the wall, perhaps it will show up on ebay soon.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Some more work done...
Alot of work got done this Holiday week, thanks to alot of help from Papa McLane and Uncle Roger. Here's some before and after pictures...
Monday, December 25, 2006
Uncle Jeff vs. the kids
Glad somebody besides Uncle Wooly can take the brunt of the punishment this year...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Linoleum is down....
Its a late night but the linoleum is in, just in time for the arrival of our Christmas guests. They'll probably walk into the house tomorrow night (technically tonite, I guess) and be hit with the wonderful Christmas aroma of..... vinyl sheeting glue.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Still working on the house...
unfortunately upon arriving home from Hawaii, the house hadnt magically fixed itself so this weekend I was back at it full swing.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Finally another post...
Good to be back home again. Hawaii is a great place to visit. Hopefully over the next couple of days I'll get some more photo sets online. Here are some pictures from the trail on Kauai that we hiked...
Monday, December 04, 2006
Second try...
I made a couple attempts last night to post but didnt have much success for whatever reason. Looks like its going to work tonite.
This is the beach area right in front of the hotel....
One of the many big strange tropical trees...
This is the beach area right in front of the hotel....
One of the many big strange tropical trees...
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Aloha!
After a 24 hour day, we are here, at the top of Honolulu the top floor of the Sheraton Waikiki, no. 31, city side view. As you can see my hand is not to steady tonite....
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
The Kitchen Floor
One drawback of the house upon moving in was the poor layout of the kitchen, virtually no wall space with SIX doorways entering it. So with the help of Charlie and Papa McLane we decided to take out the wall below and merge the pantry and bathroom into the kitchen space.
Some demolition took place...
We ended up with this after the walls, were gone. Notice the wiring now dangling...
Which leads to the project of late, restringing wires, which leaves a floor full of holes....
The old wood floors of the kitchen are well beyond salvaging, so the plan has been to cover it with luann and lay linoleum. I had to cut out around a few holes...
being careful not to cut thru the subflooring below the original tongue and groove boards...
and finally filling in with plywood subflooring and using the good ol' liquid nails to hold it in place.
Some demolition took place...
We ended up with this after the walls, were gone. Notice the wiring now dangling...
Which leads to the project of late, restringing wires, which leaves a floor full of holes....
The old wood floors of the kitchen are well beyond salvaging, so the plan has been to cover it with luann and lay linoleum. I had to cut out around a few holes...
being careful not to cut thru the subflooring below the original tongue and groove boards...
and finally filling in with plywood subflooring and using the good ol' liquid nails to hold it in place.
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