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Clearing the landing for takeoff
Nov. 2nd, 2017 12:54 amWe're in this order of operations/cooldown timers situation with some of the stuff that needs done.
The office and landing need flooring, but the office is filled with sawdust, tools, and lumber, so it makes sense to do the landing first and then move all the office stuff outside and floor there. Ok. But the landing subfloor has one or two large divots that maybe exceed the tolerance of what you're supposed to floor over. Probably not, but we spent $5000 and some major blood/sweat/tears on this oak and I do not want to fuck around, so, leveling compound.
Which is supposedly noxious enough that I want to do it in the morning before we all leave for the day to let it ventilate for a bit. But I had some time to get a thing done tonight, so what could I do? Well, there's also a hump that needs leveling. I learned how to do that in the last room, but it creates a lot of garbage and sawdust, so you have to sweep and vacuum too, especially since a: we're walking over this to use the bathroom in the morning, and b: I need the floor clean for the compound.
So, ok. But while I was down there, I noticed that we still had like four doorjamb posts to undercut!! And if I didn't do those now, I'd have to vacuum everything again. OKAY, SURE. And of course one of them had a finish nail in the way of the saw, so I had to chisel until I could get the vice grips in there. Also, and I know you're not going to believe this, but someone has installed that jamb on TOP of the carpet, so there was a shred of it pinched in there real tight that made the whole process a mess.
Anyway, by the time I finished vacuuming it was midnight so I had a shower beer.
The office and landing need flooring, but the office is filled with sawdust, tools, and lumber, so it makes sense to do the landing first and then move all the office stuff outside and floor there. Ok. But the landing subfloor has one or two large divots that maybe exceed the tolerance of what you're supposed to floor over. Probably not, but we spent $5000 and some major blood/sweat/tears on this oak and I do not want to fuck around, so, leveling compound.
Which is supposedly noxious enough that I want to do it in the morning before we all leave for the day to let it ventilate for a bit. But I had some time to get a thing done tonight, so what could I do? Well, there's also a hump that needs leveling. I learned how to do that in the last room, but it creates a lot of garbage and sawdust, so you have to sweep and vacuum too, especially since a: we're walking over this to use the bathroom in the morning, and b: I need the floor clean for the compound.
So, ok. But while I was down there, I noticed that we still had like four doorjamb posts to undercut!! And if I didn't do those now, I'd have to vacuum everything again. OKAY, SURE. And of course one of them had a finish nail in the way of the saw, so I had to chisel until I could get the vice grips in there. Also, and I know you're not going to believe this, but someone has installed that jamb on TOP of the carpet, so there was a shred of it pinched in there real tight that made the whole process a mess.
Anyway, by the time I finished vacuuming it was midnight so I had a shower beer.