Day 53
Steve
and Tim stopped by to hang the sheetrock.
While I did not quiz them about how much tougher it may have been to
hang sheetrock on top of properly installed insulation, gauging by the lack of “air
nails” anywhere, they did not appear to have any unusual problems.
A
good job in woodworking can be gauged by how small the scrap pile is. The
opposite is true in sheetrock hanging, as the goal is to tape & mud as few
joints as possible. In other words, it
is better to hang one big piece rather than a bunch of small ones.
Over
in
Bathroom
vanities are seldom one long base cabinet anymore. Rather, they are comprised of a whole bunch
of small cabinets screwed together to look like one long one:
The
new hallway in part of the old master bedroom ended up leaving an existing air
conditioner vent in a visually unappealing location in the doorway. In the picture below, Daniel calculates the
new airflow characteristics resulting from moving the vent from his immediate
right to its new location four feet away:
While
under the house, I stumbled across the section of main sewer line cut out to
allow hookup of Big Tub’s plumbing. For
a cast iron pipe, it was amazing clear of buildup. I’m thinking about sending the picture below
to Photography Today magazine’s “hints
& tips” section for photographing children.
What do you think?
Construction is going on daily at Project Big Tub. Not all of it, such as carpenter bumblebees
drilling holes in my “Do Not Park Here” sign is necessarily welcome:
Meanwhile Jared demonstrates his supervisory skills
in getting the pile of sheetrock moved out of the back yard:
Saturday
night dinners are planned around Wheel of
Fortune coming on at six. This
particular evening, The Boyz wanted to eat outside. While the television is not normally on a
mealtime, the rules are usually twisted on the weekends.
The sheetrock will be taped, mudded, and sanded next
week. Time to rig for heavy dust!