Before & After: Plaster Washers Work Their Magic
Before: Big Crack in plaster 😦 After: Big Crack in Plaster -BUT- now the plaster isn’t falling away from the wood lath behind it which is why it cracked in […]
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Before & After: Kitchen Ceiling After
Rob poses with our handiwork… Newly sistered joists (new wood bolted to the old), new lintels over the door and window (the window with the plywood was hidden behind drywall […]
Beam Installation
(4 day old photo here but…) Rob installing a beam!
Bathroom: The Joy of Leveling
It took some time but we finally have marks round the room that are LEVEL! Necessary for all following steps. To prove it here’s the four corners, with lined up […]
Bathroom Progress!
A lil cut here, screw there… The door getting moved out: And by the end of the day a whole wall of framing: It’s an excessive amount of 2x6s, but […]
Bathroom Gets Slightly Warmer/Â Quieter
Despite the pleasant temps today, I’m all about insulating the bathroom. We’re using generously gifted R11 unfaced fiberglass batt w/o formaldehyde. Yes, we are accepting building materials as gifts these […]
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