And next we have flooring...
I guess we've been a little busy and haven't posted in a while. Camping was great! Seattle and Canada were wonderful. Now, back to reality.
Last week we were hacking away at the old kitchen floor again. On Wednesday we borrowed my brother's truck and got some cement backerboard to lay on the floor under the tile. We needed 14 pieces for the kitchen and hall bathroom. Some tile guy saw us looking at the stuff trying to decide which one to buy. He suggested the hardibacker stuff. And of course, they only have 8 pieces out and 4 pallets worth stacked up. Alright, time to call the Home Depot guy over. They barricaded the area and got the fork lift to bring a pallet down for us. It took a while but we finally got our backerboard loaded and unloaded. Now its sitting on the deck waiting for us to get the floor ready for it.
Thursday we finally moved the fridge and stove out of the kitchen. We took the door off between the kitchen and laundry room. It was going to be a tight squeeze for the fridge. It has wheels, but they only go forward and back, no sideways. So we positioned it to the door and it just fit....except for the handle. DOH!! We can't unscrew the handles cuz they're glued on at parts. So we pivot. And of course its not that easy. There's a bracket thing in our way. Its for if we had an ice maker, it keeps the hoses in place. Screw driver... where's a screw driver? So we take off the bracket. Another problem was the wheels. It wasn't going to go sideways through the door and over the threshold and it was a little too heavy for me to lift. So we used a piece of cardboard to slide it over the threshold and pivot it so the handles fit too.
Phew! Finally out.
It'll be fun putting it back in. Hopefully there'll be other people to help us when that time comes. The stove was much easier.
I had the day off on Friday so I spent the whole day with the paint stripper. I was able to finish the last half of the first window and 3/4 of the second window. That took 8 hours. Sheesh. I still have that 1/4 of a window and 3 more windows to finish. This will take a while. But it looks decent when I'm done. Then we need to sand, prime, and paint them. We gave up on stripping the windows from the other rooms. It takes too long.
Chris won't be back form Seattle until tomorrow night so we'll see how much I get done while he's gone.
Last week we were hacking away at the old kitchen floor again. On Wednesday we borrowed my brother's truck and got some cement backerboard to lay on the floor under the tile. We needed 14 pieces for the kitchen and hall bathroom. Some tile guy saw us looking at the stuff trying to decide which one to buy. He suggested the hardibacker stuff. And of course, they only have 8 pieces out and 4 pallets worth stacked up. Alright, time to call the Home Depot guy over. They barricaded the area and got the fork lift to bring a pallet down for us. It took a while but we finally got our backerboard loaded and unloaded. Now its sitting on the deck waiting for us to get the floor ready for it.
Thursday we finally moved the fridge and stove out of the kitchen. We took the door off between the kitchen and laundry room. It was going to be a tight squeeze for the fridge. It has wheels, but they only go forward and back, no sideways. So we positioned it to the door and it just fit....except for the handle. DOH!! We can't unscrew the handles cuz they're glued on at parts. So we pivot. And of course its not that easy. There's a bracket thing in our way. Its for if we had an ice maker, it keeps the hoses in place. Screw driver... where's a screw driver? So we take off the bracket. Another problem was the wheels. It wasn't going to go sideways through the door and over the threshold and it was a little too heavy for me to lift. So we used a piece of cardboard to slide it over the threshold and pivot it so the handles fit too.
Phew! Finally out.
It'll be fun putting it back in. Hopefully there'll be other people to help us when that time comes. The stove was much easier.
I had the day off on Friday so I spent the whole day with the paint stripper. I was able to finish the last half of the first window and 3/4 of the second window. That took 8 hours. Sheesh. I still have that 1/4 of a window and 3 more windows to finish. This will take a while. But it looks decent when I'm done. Then we need to sand, prime, and paint them. We gave up on stripping the windows from the other rooms. It takes too long.
Chris won't be back form Seattle until tomorrow night so we'll see how much I get done while he's gone.
posted by Melissa & Chris at 11:18 AM
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