Joint compound at the joints & in holes
Texture
Another exterior wall painted
Blinds hung in guest room
Blinds hung in my room and bed moved in
Exterior around new door primed
Around garage painted
Showing posts with label master bedroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label master bedroom. Show all posts
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Holiday Weekend or More Work?
More work!
Saturday morning, we were all doing a variety of activities. I was touch up painting in the bedrooms over the spots that got damaged from carpet installation. Dad stuccoed around the patio door. Mom sealed cracks in the stucco with elastomeric caulk so, hopefully, they won't continue after I paint.
After lunch, we took a truck full of junk to the metal recycling place. This place is great if you have old appliances - they'll just take them from you. Yay! Randomly, they paid us $14 for an old stainless steel sink. We totally weren't expecting that. Alas, even though they would take the aluminum window frames, they wouldn't take the one that still had windows. We still had to figure out what to do with them.
On the way home, we decided to stop at a specialty paint store to get some questions answered. The guy was very knowledgeable and we got information. Also, he noticed our old windows in the back of the truck. He commented that he was building a greenhouse. We said he could have them if he wanted. Score for both of us! We thought we were going to have to take them to the dump. This was so much better.
That evening, we installed the baseboards around the floor of the bedrooms. The uneven gaps are now hidden.
Sunday, the work continued. Dad put the top coat of stucco on the door. As I watered it Saturday night (something you do with stucco to, hopefully, prevent cracks while drying), I realized I need a light over it. Just created another task.
Mom and I filled more cracks with caulk. After lunch, we bought electrical supplies and exterior paint. We're moving right along with this house! The day ended with Mom and I filling even more cracks. Dad painted primer (actually, cheap 'Oops' paint) over the new stucco on windows that had already been sealed by Mom and I.
Monday dawned and Mom and I continued our battle against the cracks. We discovered the sun definitely has an impact on their creation. Less sun = fewer cracks. Dad spent a bit of time moving things out from the enclosed patio room. It's been a major work and storage area, but the walls there need to be painted as well.
When it got too hot for Mom and I to work our front on cracks, the three of us came inside and installed the ceiling trim in the guest room. Now, the only place left needing trim is the living room, since we're still working on closing up the wall from installing the door.
After lunch, we spent some time moving furniture from the garage into the house. Many things had been there while rooms were under construction. Now that all the bedrooms are available, I can get more moved in. Yay!
Dad spent the evening priming more new stucco areas. Mom kept working on cracks. I worked on the wiring for the new light over the patio door. This involved installing a switch and running some new wire to connect the light to the switch and the switch to the circuit. I ran out of time for the light itself to be installed, so that will be a project for another day.
More things will be happening this week, as Mom and Dad decided to work here the rest of the week, while I go off to my paid job. =)
Saturday morning, we were all doing a variety of activities. I was touch up painting in the bedrooms over the spots that got damaged from carpet installation. Dad stuccoed around the patio door. Mom sealed cracks in the stucco with elastomeric caulk so, hopefully, they won't continue after I paint.
After lunch, we took a truck full of junk to the metal recycling place. This place is great if you have old appliances - they'll just take them from you. Yay! Randomly, they paid us $14 for an old stainless steel sink. We totally weren't expecting that. Alas, even though they would take the aluminum window frames, they wouldn't take the one that still had windows. We still had to figure out what to do with them.
On the way home, we decided to stop at a specialty paint store to get some questions answered. The guy was very knowledgeable and we got information. Also, he noticed our old windows in the back of the truck. He commented that he was building a greenhouse. We said he could have them if he wanted. Score for both of us! We thought we were going to have to take them to the dump. This was so much better.
That evening, we installed the baseboards around the floor of the bedrooms. The uneven gaps are now hidden.
Sunday, the work continued. Dad put the top coat of stucco on the door. As I watered it Saturday night (something you do with stucco to, hopefully, prevent cracks while drying), I realized I need a light over it. Just created another task.
Mom and I filled more cracks with caulk. After lunch, we bought electrical supplies and exterior paint. We're moving right along with this house! The day ended with Mom and I filling even more cracks. Dad painted primer (actually, cheap 'Oops' paint) over the new stucco on windows that had already been sealed by Mom and I.
Monday dawned and Mom and I continued our battle against the cracks. We discovered the sun definitely has an impact on their creation. Less sun = fewer cracks. Dad spent a bit of time moving things out from the enclosed patio room. It's been a major work and storage area, but the walls there need to be painted as well.
When it got too hot for Mom and I to work our front on cracks, the three of us came inside and installed the ceiling trim in the guest room. Now, the only place left needing trim is the living room, since we're still working on closing up the wall from installing the door.
After lunch, we spent some time moving furniture from the garage into the house. Many things had been there while rooms were under construction. Now that all the bedrooms are available, I can get more moved in. Yay!
Dad spent the evening priming more new stucco areas. Mom kept working on cracks. I worked on the wiring for the new light over the patio door. This involved installing a switch and running some new wire to connect the light to the switch and the switch to the circuit. I ran out of time for the light itself to be installed, so that will be a project for another day.
More things will be happening this week, as Mom and Dad decided to work here the rest of the week, while I go off to my paid job. =)
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Carpet!
Floorman's minions arrived this morning to install the carpet. I'm very happy with the results. Here's the study, guest room, and master.
It's hard to tell in the pictures, but some of the wall doesn't come down far enough to the carpet and you can see a gap. I was hoping I wouldn't need baseboards, but I do. That's the next step now.
While they were doing that, Dad and I put up the top coat of stucco on the living and dining room windows. First, bonding agent is painted on. Then the stucco is applied and smoothed out. After that, with a sponge, it gets feathered to help blend with the existing. Finally, a broom is swept across it to give it a texture that should match the original.
Mom filled some exterior wall crack with elastomaric caulk. That should expand and contract with the weather and hide the crack, keeping it sealed. Dad put the wire around the door so that it can be stuccoed this weekend. I measured the perimeter of the three rooms needing baseboard so that could be purchased. All in all, a good day.
It's hard to tell in the pictures, but some of the wall doesn't come down far enough to the carpet and you can see a gap. I was hoping I wouldn't need baseboards, but I do. That's the next step now.
While they were doing that, Dad and I put up the top coat of stucco on the living and dining room windows. First, bonding agent is painted on. Then the stucco is applied and smoothed out. After that, with a sponge, it gets feathered to help blend with the existing. Finally, a broom is swept across it to give it a texture that should match the original.
Mom filled some exterior wall crack with elastomaric caulk. That should expand and contract with the weather and hide the crack, keeping it sealed. Dad put the wire around the door so that it can be stuccoed this weekend. I measured the perimeter of the three rooms needing baseboard so that could be purchased. All in all, a good day.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Only Two Days of Work This Weekend
We worked only Friday & Saturday this weekend. Sunday we celebrated Father's Day early as Mom and Dad will be out of town next weekend.
Floorman came out Friday morning and measured the three rooms for carpet. It should be getting installed about the 24th - it's got to be made then shipped.
Friday, the living room window was replaced. Saturday, Mom flashed it. Dad put chicken wire around both the front windows so he can stucco them later. That took up just about most of the day. Cutting and stuffing it around the window is a slow, slow process. Window sills around both windows have been installed and need to be joint compounded and painted.
I got some weeding in the front done. Also, some trim and cabinet door painted. Mom added some sheetrock to the short parts of the bedrooms. In some places, the sheetrock doesn't come down all the way and would leave a gap between the wall and carpet. Since I'm not planning on putting baseboard in them, I definitely want that gap gone. I taped and Mom compounded the additions.
We're getting there.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Rain Slowing Us Down
Friday morning we switched out my dining room window. It didn't take long to pull out the old one. Putting the new one in was pretty quick as well since we could use the frame that was already there. After lunch, rain was threatening, so we didn't do the living room one since it's exposed. The dining room window is under an overhang, so it's protected. Instead of getting that one in a precarious, leaky situation, I put the flashing around the window. Stucco will come at some point in the future. Mom and Dad worked on repairing some door moulding.
Saturday morning we went to a carpet store to see if they had something I liked at a reasonable price. They did! Floorman is coming out on Friday to measure. That afternoon Mom and I worked on putting some insulation in the dining room wall. When the window was out, Dad could see that there was none there. Mom cut an opening just under the window wide enough for me to wiggle the insulation through.
Dad worked on door moulding and transition strips between the hall and bedrooms.
Sunday, Dad finished installing door moulding and put up the floor moulding in the hall. That had been on hold until the door moulding was done. I got the ceiling trim for the master bedroom denailed, cleaned up, and painted. Mom patched up the hole from Saturday under the window.
We're getting there on the house. There should be an open house sometime this summer. Here's the still to do list (created Sunday afternoon):
Saturday morning we went to a carpet store to see if they had something I liked at a reasonable price. They did! Floorman is coming out on Friday to measure. That afternoon Mom and I worked on putting some insulation in the dining room wall. When the window was out, Dad could see that there was none there. Mom cut an opening just under the window wide enough for me to wiggle the insulation through.
Dad worked on door moulding and transition strips between the hall and bedrooms.
Sunday, Dad finished installing door moulding and put up the floor moulding in the hall. That had been on hold until the door moulding was done. I got the ceiling trim for the master bedroom denailed, cleaned up, and painted. Mom patched up the hole from Saturday under the window.
We're getting there on the house. There should be an open house sometime this summer. Here's the still to do list (created Sunday afternoon):
- Ceiling trim: master, guest, & bedroom
- finish painting hallway doors (including linen closet)
- apply socket & switch plates
- kitchen tile
- living room window
- patio door
- texture & paint wall around dining room & patio door
- kitchen trim
- exterior paint
- roof
- blinds
- door knobs
- shower
- door jambs
- electric panel
- closet doors
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
My Parents Continue to Be Amazing
I went camping for the long Memorial Day weekend.
Mom and Dad decided to keep working on my house. They textured, primed, and painted the back two bedrooms.
Master bedroom
Guest bedroom
Bedroom closet
As if that what isn't enough to get done, they also installed the blinds in the study that had arrived during the week.
In case I haven't mentioned it, my parents totally rock!
Mom and Dad decided to keep working on my house. They textured, primed, and painted the back two bedrooms.
As if that what isn't enough to get done, they also installed the blinds in the study that had arrived during the week.
In case I haven't mentioned it, my parents totally rock!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Getting There
Only 2 days of work this weekend to report about. Things that got accomplished:
Dad installed attic vents in the front and back of the house:
(back vent photo coming in the future - I forgot to take one in time for this post.)
The vents will allow me to run my whole house fan. It's much more powerful than it needs to be, but was the smallest one we could easily find. It empties 3200 cubic feet in a minute. My house is 7200. It'll be cooled down in a jiffy!
We all worked at various times at getting the lamps installed in the two bedrooms. Mom cleaned them, I covered chipped spots, Dad installed them, Mom attached fan blades, I attached sconces.
Master bedroom
Guest bedroom
Mom also spent quite a bit of time with joint compound, getting everything all smoothed out in the guest room. We'll be able to start texturing it next time.
I worked on painting interior doors. I got 4 out of 5 mostly done. They each need one side painted still (logistically, you can only paint one side at a time). I ran out of time to do the fifth one, so, next time.
Dad installed attic vents in the front and back of the house:
(back vent photo coming in the future - I forgot to take one in time for this post.)
The vents will allow me to run my whole house fan. It's much more powerful than it needs to be, but was the smallest one we could easily find. It empties 3200 cubic feet in a minute. My house is 7200. It'll be cooled down in a jiffy!
We all worked at various times at getting the lamps installed in the two bedrooms. Mom cleaned them, I covered chipped spots, Dad installed them, Mom attached fan blades, I attached sconces.
Mom also spent quite a bit of time with joint compound, getting everything all smoothed out in the guest room. We'll be able to start texturing it next time.
I worked on painting interior doors. I got 4 out of 5 mostly done. They each need one side painted still (logistically, you can only paint one side at a time). I ran out of time to do the fifth one, so, next time.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
While I Was Playing a Soccer Tournament...
My amazingly awesome parents were doing more work on the house. The master and guest rooms now have electricity running to the ceiling, waiting to be connected to the lights currently in boxes in the shed. They even got the holes in the walls patched up. So thankful for all their help and knowledge. =)
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Finished!
Oh, no, not the house. Did you think I meant the house? Good heavens, no. Still a while yet before we get there. No. Mom finished cleaning the ceiling! Yay!
Dad finished the stucco around three of the windows. I put installed wallboard around the two window sills in the guest room and did some joint compounding in the master. Slowly, we're getting there.
Dad finished the stucco around three of the windows. I put installed wallboard around the two window sills in the guest room and did some joint compounding in the master. Slowly, we're getting there.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Mother's Day Weekend
We worked only Friday and Saturday, as Sunday was Mother's Day.
Dad spent the weekend stuccoing around the newly installed windows. First he had to lay wire. Then mix and apply stucco.
Laying the wire around the windows took considerably longer than he thought it would. In the two days, he got the first layer done on all four windows. They have X's in them to help them bond to the top coat when it gets applied.
Mom spent a good part of Friday putting up double closet in the master bedroom. She planned on finishing it quickly, but it had other plans. She got it finished, eventually, but then didn't have as much time to clean ceiling as she thought. The guest bedroom (by far the cleanest of the house) still has a bit to go, but then she'll be done with that task forever!
I did a variety of things over the two days. I applied quite a bit of joint compound, trying to smooth out walls and joints before we texture. I also put spray foam around the guest room windows and filled in some ceiling cracks from outside the house (if you look at the roof-line in the first picture, you can just make out some yellow foam). I also marked where the light/fans are going to be installed in the two bedrooms and drilled the holes for them. I then went a hunt to find wire to connect them to circuits. I found one piece right away, but another longer enough wasn't appearing so it was beginning to look like I would have to buy some. Then, I looked around the shed some more and saw a nice long piece that was still connecting two outlets even though the shed no longer has electricity. Disconnecting it from the two outlets took quite a while (and some wrenching of my already hurt and braced wrist).
Sunday, we hiked to waterfalls in honor of Mother's Day. I love you, Mom!
Dad spent the weekend stuccoing around the newly installed windows. First he had to lay wire. Then mix and apply stucco.
Laying the wire around the windows took considerably longer than he thought it would. In the two days, he got the first layer done on all four windows. They have X's in them to help them bond to the top coat when it gets applied.
Mom spent a good part of Friday putting up double closet in the master bedroom. She planned on finishing it quickly, but it had other plans. She got it finished, eventually, but then didn't have as much time to clean ceiling as she thought. The guest bedroom (by far the cleanest of the house) still has a bit to go, but then she'll be done with that task forever!
I did a variety of things over the two days. I applied quite a bit of joint compound, trying to smooth out walls and joints before we texture. I also put spray foam around the guest room windows and filled in some ceiling cracks from outside the house (if you look at the roof-line in the first picture, you can just make out some yellow foam). I also marked where the light/fans are going to be installed in the two bedrooms and drilled the holes for them. I then went a hunt to find wire to connect them to circuits. I found one piece right away, but another longer enough wasn't appearing so it was beginning to look like I would have to buy some. Then, I looked around the shed some more and saw a nice long piece that was still connecting two outlets even though the shed no longer has electricity. Disconnecting it from the two outlets took quite a while (and some wrenching of my already hurt and braced wrist).
Sunday, we hiked to waterfalls in honor of Mother's Day. I love you, Mom!
Monday, May 2, 2011
End of the Weekend
Not much picture worthy on Sunday. I oiled the countertops and did some joint compounding on the walls of the guest room. Mom finished cleaning the ceiling of the master bedroom. Dad put up some wire around a window to do stucco - but ran out and will have to finish the job next weekend. He also cut and installed moulding around the inside of the bathroom door. It definitely needs to be painted - it's all old and beat up looking. Will be great when it's got some paint on it though.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Wallboard
Dad was gone for the day for a show for his ceramics class.
Mom and I picked up where we left off on Friday. We got the rest of the wall board up in the guest room. We then got the joints taped and applied compound.
In the afternoon, Mom fixed a hole in the wall. When she did, she could look under my bathtub.
It seems kind of funny that there isn't wall board on the bathroom side of the wall at tub level.
I put corner tape on the window sills of the master bedroom windows. The 'tape' is paper with sheet metal strips in the center. You cut it to length and then fold the angle.
Then you put up a thin layer of joint compound on the sides getting the tape. You put it in place ad scrape away the extra compound.
After it dries, you put a second layer of compound over the top (that will be for Sunday). They make really nice clean, straight corners.
Mom and I picked up where we left off on Friday. We got the rest of the wall board up in the guest room. We then got the joints taped and applied compound.
In the afternoon, Mom fixed a hole in the wall. When she did, she could look under my bathtub.
It seems kind of funny that there isn't wall board on the bathroom side of the wall at tub level.
I put corner tape on the window sills of the master bedroom windows. The 'tape' is paper with sheet metal strips in the center. You cut it to length and then fold the angle.
Then you put up a thin layer of joint compound on the sides getting the tape. You put it in place ad scrape away the extra compound.
After it dries, you put a second layer of compound over the top (that will be for Sunday). They make really nice clean, straight corners.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
More of the Same
We started Friday morning by doing some clean up work from last weekend. We had to vacuum up all the sheetrock mess so that it wouldn't be in the way when we put up the plywood and new sheetrock. This wall, like the other back bedroom wall, had it's diagonal bracing cut, so we had to install plywood to increase its shear strength. After cleaning up, Mom and I put the insulation back in the wall. Then, Dad and I got to work measuring, cutting, and installing the plywood.
I wasn't terribly helpful with the installation aspect as my wrist still seems to be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. I could, however, cut and measure.
During this time, Mom got started back on her favorite task - washing ceiling! This time in the master bedroom. She was quite excited.
After Dad and I got the plywood up, we started on the dry wall. We got most of that up and I was able to be more helpful with it as we attached it with a combination of nails (Dad) and screws (me).
I wasn't terribly helpful with the installation aspect as my wrist still seems to be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. I could, however, cut and measure.
During this time, Mom got started back on her favorite task - washing ceiling! This time in the master bedroom. She was quite excited.
After Dad and I got the plywood up, we started on the dry wall. We got most of that up and I was able to be more helpful with it as we attached it with a combination of nails (Dad) and screws (me).
Friday, April 22, 2011
Magically Accomplished
So, here's what I came home to each night this week:
Monday:
Windows had been foam sealed. The rest of the OSB had been put up, along with the drywall.
Tuesday:
The joints go compound to smooth them out. The windows got sills.
Wednesday:
A bathroom door!
My parents are amazing.
Monday:
Windows had been foam sealed. The rest of the OSB had been put up, along with the drywall.
Tuesday:
The joints go compound to smooth them out. The windows got sills.
Wednesday:
A bathroom door!
My parents are amazing.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Three Days, Three Windows
Friday morning. While Mom got dinner started in the crockpot, Dad and I installed the replacement window in the study. It was generally an easy process. First was to remove the window, but not the frame, of the one that was there already. The slider came out easily. Getting the fixed one out proved more troublesome, but we eventually prevailed.
The replacement window sits right on the frame of the original. We just put it in and screwed it into the sides. Pretty easy.
We then made a list of jobs still needing completion. After lunch, we hung the last remaining kitchen cabinet. I hadn't originally gotten one for the space, but it looked incomplete. Better now. (Sorry, no pic.)
Saturday we started working on the master bedroom. First up, taking off the drywall from the back wall. The end goal was to replace the window there, but, when we first did some research on the window, we discovered that it wasn't original and that the idiots who did it cut studs and diagonal bracing without transferring the load anywhere. We need to rectify that.
At this point, I did some work outside (planting tomatoes and cutting up branches) while Dad built a new frame for the new window. Here's Mom and Dad installing it.
Shortly after this, we had dinner and I left for my evening plans. Mom and Dad, being the awesome people they are, stayed and finished installing the window. This is what I discovered when I got home.
You can see that the new window is a different size than the old one. Once we've got the windows in the whole house installed, we'll restucco around them and make it look nice and neat.
It was off to soccer for me Sunday morning. When I arrived home, Mom and Dad had already taken out the other window in the master bedroom. After lunch, Mom and I started putting up OSB (plywood) on the wall from Saturday. That's how we're overcoming the cut cross-bracing. It will add a lot of shear strength to the wall. Dad created the new frame during that time. Once the frame was installed, Mom (our flashing expert) put the window flashing around the hole.
I cut up more branches during this time. Also, Dad and I hung more OSB.
Once Mom; finished flashing, Dad and I installed the window. I made sure it was level on the inside. Dad nailed it from the outside.
We accomplished a lot this weekend. And.....it's going to keep happening. Mom and Dad are spending their spring break working on my house! I so wish I didn't have to go to work - I'd so prefer working on the house - but I've got to earn an income. My parents are amazing!
The replacement window sits right on the frame of the original. We just put it in and screwed it into the sides. Pretty easy.
We then made a list of jobs still needing completion. After lunch, we hung the last remaining kitchen cabinet. I hadn't originally gotten one for the space, but it looked incomplete. Better now. (Sorry, no pic.)
Saturday we started working on the master bedroom. First up, taking off the drywall from the back wall. The end goal was to replace the window there, but, when we first did some research on the window, we discovered that it wasn't original and that the idiots who did it cut studs and diagonal bracing without transferring the load anywhere. We need to rectify that.
At this point, I did some work outside (planting tomatoes and cutting up branches) while Dad built a new frame for the new window. Here's Mom and Dad installing it.
Shortly after this, we had dinner and I left for my evening plans. Mom and Dad, being the awesome people they are, stayed and finished installing the window. This is what I discovered when I got home.
You can see that the new window is a different size than the old one. Once we've got the windows in the whole house installed, we'll restucco around them and make it look nice and neat.
It was off to soccer for me Sunday morning. When I arrived home, Mom and Dad had already taken out the other window in the master bedroom. After lunch, Mom and I started putting up OSB (plywood) on the wall from Saturday. That's how we're overcoming the cut cross-bracing. It will add a lot of shear strength to the wall. Dad created the new frame during that time. Once the frame was installed, Mom (our flashing expert) put the window flashing around the hole.
I cut up more branches during this time. Also, Dad and I hung more OSB.
Once Mom; finished flashing, Dad and I installed the window. I made sure it was level on the inside. Dad nailed it from the outside.
We accomplished a lot this weekend. And.....it's going to keep happening. Mom and Dad are spending their spring break working on my house! I so wish I didn't have to go to work - I'd so prefer working on the house - but I've got to earn an income. My parents are amazing!
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