House Remodeling
We have now owned our new house for 3 weeks. After only 3 days of owning it, we decided to start making a mess. We tore out some green carpet that was probably from the 60′s to expose the oak hardwood that was underneath. We will be staining them dark like walnut, and sealing them up with a waterbased top coat. In a In fact, I have a guy grinding the floors today in order to start that process. It’s one of the only things I am hiring out since I don’t have any of the proper tools, or experience with that kind of work. We removed everything from the kitchen, and took a wall out in between the kitchen and the dining room. The plaster walls really are not friendly on sawzall blades…or grinding wheels, or any other tool I have tried to use to cut them. We also took everything but the tub out of the main floor bathroom. This proved to be the most difficult job as there were plastic tiles that were glued on with some sort of construction adhesive. I’ve reinforced the subfloor in the kitchen and bathroom with plywood, and have my tile backer board installed, so both of those floors are ready for me to tile. I need to get the bathroom walls prepped to tile, as well as move the shower head up at least 16 inches…probably 2 feet. As of right now it hits me in the middle of my chest. We also scraped the “popcorn” texture off the ceilings in the dining room and kitchen. WE scraped, sanded, skime coated, sanded, skim coated, and sanded again… I am SLOW with that kind of work, but I am pretty happy wih the results. We did lots of other patching of the walls in order to get them ready to paint. So, once the floors are done, We can get back in there and resume our work… Paint…Bathroom floor and wall tile…sink and toilet instalation…complete kitchen remodel…lighting…still LOTS to do, but it’s fun for the most part. Hopefully we can move in someday.
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