question: what is the definition of time wasting? answer: no-more-gapping
Hey all....sorry for big delays between blogs....my brother et al is visiting from OS.
Now, the update is that the framing is nearly done downstairs. The roof trusses (over the garage and also the new deck upstairs) should be delivered this week. The structural timber delivery has been delayed by a week so no builders have been on site for the last few days.
As for me, I've been 'dipping' doors aka getting the paint stripped ready for me to re-putty, sand back and stain/paint once more. I think nearly all of them are dipped now.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to stain the doors or repaint them. I do, however, know that the walls will be a warm shade of white (crisp white....not hospital-grade or beige) and my gorgeous floors will be sanded back and stained (this reno, I'm not doing this myself.....it's a job for professionals).
I've basically purchased all doors and windows for the house, bar one. It's hard to fit as it's going into a space that previously had french doors so is tall but relatively narrow. I'm going to have to get a few quotes as it will have to be made up from scratch. I bought the best pair of casement windows in really good nick from 2nd hand building 'recycler' company.....cost $50 a pair which is great....new you're looking at around $300 a pair. I'm getting 'security' leadlighting done on these.....basically means it's lead over both sides of a pane of glass.....looks good but is much safer than the real leadlighting....I will however, do the upstairs leadlighting in the traditional way.
Since I last blogged, I've been doing some distracting socialising (i.e., mum's 70th birthday, my brother et al visiting and a friend's 40th). This fun has time up some of my weekend renovation time. I've decided I need to buy one of those halogen work lights so I can do some night work.
I've spent 2 days cleaning the dining room walls and ceiling.....scrubbing mould off with bleach/sugar soap then with fresh water...........needless to say..........my hands are being wrecked and I'm starting to miss my acrylic nails :o)
Now, a big job I'm doing is the no-more-gapping. I still haven't finished one full room after 4 days. Good thing is....no blisters (yet)! At this rate, I'll probably finish the no-more-gapping sometime in 2010. It really is a bugger of a job to do, particularly on my own.
Actually, the reno isn't as fun on my own as it was when I renovated with someone else (a previous partner)......I think it's just nicer to share the monotony with someone and then it doesn't feel so bad.......you do some work, have a break together and support each other. trying to out-sing each other to the golden oldies on the radio wasn't half fun either :o)
Doing something sssoooo repetitive and boring as no-more-gapping lets you spend a lot of time in your head. So, I've been missing my dad a lot. He died 4 years ago in November and there's not a day goes by when I don't think about him. He was a chippy by trade, a builder as well as and an OH&S officer on commercial construction sites so would have really loved to be around for my renovation. It makes me miss him more and it's hard to do a good job no-more-gapping when you're teary and can't see what you're doing.
So, this is where things are at. Coming along but slowing. In the coming days, I'll download some pictures of the downstairs framing that I took on Saturday.......
Now, the update is that the framing is nearly done downstairs. The roof trusses (over the garage and also the new deck upstairs) should be delivered this week. The structural timber delivery has been delayed by a week so no builders have been on site for the last few days.
As for me, I've been 'dipping' doors aka getting the paint stripped ready for me to re-putty, sand back and stain/paint once more. I think nearly all of them are dipped now.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to stain the doors or repaint them. I do, however, know that the walls will be a warm shade of white (crisp white....not hospital-grade or beige) and my gorgeous floors will be sanded back and stained (this reno, I'm not doing this myself.....it's a job for professionals).
I've basically purchased all doors and windows for the house, bar one. It's hard to fit as it's going into a space that previously had french doors so is tall but relatively narrow. I'm going to have to get a few quotes as it will have to be made up from scratch. I bought the best pair of casement windows in really good nick from 2nd hand building 'recycler' company.....cost $50 a pair which is great....new you're looking at around $300 a pair. I'm getting 'security' leadlighting done on these.....basically means it's lead over both sides of a pane of glass.....looks good but is much safer than the real leadlighting....I will however, do the upstairs leadlighting in the traditional way.
Since I last blogged, I've been doing some distracting socialising (i.e., mum's 70th birthday, my brother et al visiting and a friend's 40th). This fun has time up some of my weekend renovation time. I've decided I need to buy one of those halogen work lights so I can do some night work.
I've spent 2 days cleaning the dining room walls and ceiling.....scrubbing mould off with bleach/sugar soap then with fresh water...........needless to say..........my hands are being wrecked and I'm starting to miss my acrylic nails :o)
Now, a big job I'm doing is the no-more-gapping. I still haven't finished one full room after 4 days. Good thing is....no blisters (yet)! At this rate, I'll probably finish the no-more-gapping sometime in 2010. It really is a bugger of a job to do, particularly on my own.
Actually, the reno isn't as fun on my own as it was when I renovated with someone else (a previous partner)......I think it's just nicer to share the monotony with someone and then it doesn't feel so bad.......you do some work, have a break together and support each other. trying to out-sing each other to the golden oldies on the radio wasn't half fun either :o)
Doing something sssoooo repetitive and boring as no-more-gapping lets you spend a lot of time in your head. So, I've been missing my dad a lot. He died 4 years ago in November and there's not a day goes by when I don't think about him. He was a chippy by trade, a builder as well as and an OH&S officer on commercial construction sites so would have really loved to be around for my renovation. It makes me miss him more and it's hard to do a good job no-more-gapping when you're teary and can't see what you're doing.
So, this is where things are at. Coming along but slowing. In the coming days, I'll download some pictures of the downstairs framing that I took on Saturday.......
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