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So... What are YOU doing? - Part 6
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Listening to music and playing a new computer game I got.
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I think the one who says "Baaaaaaa humbug" is more likely to be the little lamb
We'll see if Christmas comes this year to CH LOL
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I had my scope (as part of my regular follow ups) today. Everything looks good. The nurse laughed because whenever they ask how I'm doing I tell them I'm fine and doing great. She said they could cut off my head and I'd still be doing fine and great. She meant that in a good way
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I had my scope (as part of my regular follow ups) today. Everything looks good. The nurse laughed because whenever they ask how I'm doing I tell them I'm fine and doing great. She said they could cut off my head and I'd still be doing fine and great. She meant that in a good way
Life's too short to lose your head over anything....
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Fun in the sun. Well, not much of it actually in the sun but suffering the sun's effects, which felt brutal today.
First of all, clearing stuff out of Room A to make space. Then running the shop vac to clear the crud up off the floor. Once that was done I had a space to bring three cast iron radiators, weighing a total of probably 7-800lbs, from the adjacent room (room B) so they were out of the way. Then I set up a stand with some wooden offcuts, and moved a pile of insulation panels out of B and into A. That meant I could pull down the rest of the ceiling tiles in B and stack them out of the way, and also pull down the last few wooden slats across the ceiling that the tiles were attached to. They were right by an exterior door so I took them straight out onto the porch. These are lengths of 3/4" cedar 12' long so it's worth keeping them. I'm not sure why whoever installed it used cedar, but I'll reuse it for something, even if only for picture frames. My 36" wrecking bar was hugely useful here because it meant I could just stand on the floor and pry things off the ceiling, rather than having to constantly move back and forth on the ladder.
Once all the strips of cedar were out on the porch I set about pulling the staples out and then had the interesting task of getting them through the house and into the basement. That was an interesting process, trying to figure out the best route so that they would actually fit. I had hoped to lie them down in one of the rooms in the basement but they were too long.
Next up I need to put a dust sheet across the doorway between rooms A and B so I can pull down the rest of the ceiling. The next stage is a lattice of 2x4s that I have no idea why anyone would have put there. All it does is set the ceiling about 6" lower than the original ceiling, and of course it stops me from getting at anything above it. I'm not sure how best to get it down because of how it's nailed in place. Once that is down I get to pull down another lath-and-plaster ceiling. It's a lot of fun working in this heat with a respirator on, but probably more fun than it is to breathe that much plaster dust. At least with this room there's an external door so I can come and go through that door rather than tramping everything through the house.
And then, once all that is done, I can finish fixing up the wall, fit the rest of my insulation panels to the whole area, and put up some drywall. With any luck I'll have the radiators back on before it gets cold. I'm sure it will be a lot of fun trying to position a lump of cast iron that weighs in the region of 200lb with enough precision to connect it to the existing pipework.
I would really like to get the cast iron pipework in the basement replaced with PEX before I refill that heating loop, simply because it means I can do everything in one hit rather than having to drain the whole thing again, but at the moment I'm expecting to probably have to revisit that next summer. I'll talk to my heating man when he comes to service the furnace and help me disconnect another couple of radiators that I need gone.
Tonight's task is less sweaty. I get to sit at my desk and write some code on the computer. That will be a welcome change.
First of all, clearing stuff out of Room A to make space. Then running the shop vac to clear the crud up off the floor. Once that was done I had a space to bring three cast iron radiators, weighing a total of probably 7-800lbs, from the adjacent room (room B) so they were out of the way. Then I set up a stand with some wooden offcuts, and moved a pile of insulation panels out of B and into A. That meant I could pull down the rest of the ceiling tiles in B and stack them out of the way, and also pull down the last few wooden slats across the ceiling that the tiles were attached to. They were right by an exterior door so I took them straight out onto the porch. These are lengths of 3/4" cedar 12' long so it's worth keeping them. I'm not sure why whoever installed it used cedar, but I'll reuse it for something, even if only for picture frames. My 36" wrecking bar was hugely useful here because it meant I could just stand on the floor and pry things off the ceiling, rather than having to constantly move back and forth on the ladder.
Once all the strips of cedar were out on the porch I set about pulling the staples out and then had the interesting task of getting them through the house and into the basement. That was an interesting process, trying to figure out the best route so that they would actually fit. I had hoped to lie them down in one of the rooms in the basement but they were too long.
Next up I need to put a dust sheet across the doorway between rooms A and B so I can pull down the rest of the ceiling. The next stage is a lattice of 2x4s that I have no idea why anyone would have put there. All it does is set the ceiling about 6" lower than the original ceiling, and of course it stops me from getting at anything above it. I'm not sure how best to get it down because of how it's nailed in place. Once that is down I get to pull down another lath-and-plaster ceiling. It's a lot of fun working in this heat with a respirator on, but probably more fun than it is to breathe that much plaster dust. At least with this room there's an external door so I can come and go through that door rather than tramping everything through the house.
And then, once all that is done, I can finish fixing up the wall, fit the rest of my insulation panels to the whole area, and put up some drywall. With any luck I'll have the radiators back on before it gets cold. I'm sure it will be a lot of fun trying to position a lump of cast iron that weighs in the region of 200lb with enough precision to connect it to the existing pipework.
I would really like to get the cast iron pipework in the basement replaced with PEX before I refill that heating loop, simply because it means I can do everything in one hit rather than having to drain the whole thing again, but at the moment I'm expecting to probably have to revisit that next summer. I'll talk to my heating man when he comes to service the furnace and help me disconnect another couple of radiators that I need gone.
Tonight's task is less sweaty. I get to sit at my desk and write some code on the computer. That will be a welcome change.
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Just got back from hanging out with a friend.
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Going to see a waterfall once the fog lifts.
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It was a really pretty waterfall. We went to a nature center after and then came home because it got really hot outside.
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Going to eat some breakfast
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Just got back home. My wife's car is starting to act up a bit and we've been thinking it's time to retire it. So we looked at a couple of possibilities. One was nice but has a slightly higher mileage on it than I'm entirely comfortable with and the other was priced a bit over the odds. It's from a main dealer so I expect to pay a little over the odds but not quite so much over. I got some bits and pieces for the house - I'm going to end up with a load of storm doors all keyed the same so I don't have to play "guess which key goes with which door". Most of the time I don't need to go in and out through most of the doors, but with the work I'm doing it's nice to be able to go in rather than having to go in one door, through parts of the house to open another door, just so I can move around in the area I want to be. It's really tedious when I'm taking stuff out back to burn it because I want to keep doors I can't see secured, but the door I use doesn't lock from the outside. Now it will
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Just got back home. My wife's car is starting to act up a bit and we've been thinking it's time to retire it. So we looked at a couple of possibilities. One was nice but has a slightly higher mileage on it than I'm entirely comfortable with and the other was priced a bit over the odds. It's from a main dealer so I expect to pay a little over the odds but not quite so much over. I got some bits and pieces for the house - I'm going to end up with a load of storm doors all keyed the same so I don't have to play "guess which key goes with which door". Most of the time I don't need to go in and out through most of the doors, but with the work I'm doing it's nice to be able to go in rather than having to go in one door, through parts of the house to open another door, just so I can move around in the area I want to be. It's really tedious when I'm taking stuff out back to burn it because I want to keep doors I can't see secured, but the door I use doesn't lock from the outside. Now it will
How many storm doors do you have? We don't have any at this house which is unusual.
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Tried to go running outside. It was so hot and muggy I walked most of the time. I have heard it is going to be cooler this weekend which will be nice
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Unless I missed some, six in total. Doors, doors everywhere. When I've been working in several areas it takes a while to make sure I locked them all.
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You have a huge house to need that many storm doors! Wow!!
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It will be easier to run once it cools down this weekend.
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It's pretty big. It really doesn't need so many exterior doors.
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This week has been crazy busy at work and next week looks to be just as busy, plus a possible hurricane towards the end of next week.
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