Baseboards and stuff
Today was my first full day of work on the house. Chris' parents left at 7:30am this morning. Since we were up so early we went to 9am mass, grabbed some Costco gas and hot dogs for lunch and went to work. Tasks of the day were clearing out the basement and removing baseboards.
Chris' dad finished about 2 rooms worth of electrical work last week. It was up to us to clear away some debris and make more room for work when he comes back at the end of May. With full Darth Vader dust mask protection, Chris was salvaging some of the decent looking wood and screws that the previous owner used to frame the walls in the basement. Anyone want some free plywood and wood paneling? Our basement was lined with the stuff. Now we've got this big pile of reusable wood but no need for it. We might put it on the street with a FREE sign on it. I wonder if anyone would want it.
After sweeping up some, I moved upstairs to work on the baseboards. Equipped with a crow bar and hammer, I pounded away. With no carpets or furniture or curtains to muffle the sound, I was making quite a racket. I had to borrow ear plugs from my brother. Some 3 hours later, with some help with Chris and my brother, all baseboards were detached and thrown out the window in a pile. I'm sure I'll be aching tomorrow.
The last task of the day was chopping down a tiny tree bush thing that was in the way of the garage. No axe involved, just a saw. Great job, Chris!! We were too tired to do any more. We went to Walmart to look for door knobs. Similar style but much cheaper. We can handle that.
Donations welcome at any time. *wink* =)
Chris' dad finished about 2 rooms worth of electrical work last week. It was up to us to clear away some debris and make more room for work when he comes back at the end of May. With full Darth Vader dust mask protection, Chris was salvaging some of the decent looking wood and screws that the previous owner used to frame the walls in the basement. Anyone want some free plywood and wood paneling? Our basement was lined with the stuff. Now we've got this big pile of reusable wood but no need for it. We might put it on the street with a FREE sign on it. I wonder if anyone would want it.
After sweeping up some, I moved upstairs to work on the baseboards. Equipped with a crow bar and hammer, I pounded away. With no carpets or furniture or curtains to muffle the sound, I was making quite a racket. I had to borrow ear plugs from my brother. Some 3 hours later, with some help with Chris and my brother, all baseboards were detached and thrown out the window in a pile. I'm sure I'll be aching tomorrow.
The last task of the day was chopping down a tiny tree bush thing that was in the way of the garage. No axe involved, just a saw. Great job, Chris!! We were too tired to do any more. We went to Walmart to look for door knobs. Similar style but much cheaper. We can handle that.
Donations welcome at any time. *wink* =)
posted by Melissa & Chris at 9:03 PM
1 Comments:
Keep up the good work! And keep finding those cheap doorknobs and whatever cheapstuff are out there....pave our way for us.
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