Day Six: Two steps forward, three steps back
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- Brian’s Sweat Equity
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- Brand new dual flush toilet!
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- Backsplash demoed
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- Slowly working at cleaning up these appliances!
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- Shop vac is ready to use once we get all those staples up!
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- Kitchen floor gone!
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- Hall closet had the least demo
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- This is a money making adjustment. Turned a storage room into a small office by wiring a plug!
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- Doors galore ready to be prepped for painting
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- Shower head installed. Taps working! Spigot giving us problems!
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- Hopefully this will be a thing of beauty by tomorrow!
When I look at today’s progress, we aren’t much further ahead on the project than yesterday. But when I see that we have only owned the property for 6 days, we are doing well.
Like the saying goes Two steps forward, three steps back!
The steps forward:
1. The waste bin was taken away today! That means we almost filled a bin with demolition materials! That is PROGRESS!
2. All the electrical is done. See photo for my idea for more money!!!
The three steps back:
1. So the set back today was trying to resolve the leaky taps in the bath tub. Old pluming, new parts and parts not working. We are half way there. The good news is all the old shut off valves have been replaced and the new ones installed so we can do any plumbing required!
2. We are still in the demo mode and today finished the last of the flooring. We still have, what seems like a million staples to pull from the carpet underlay, but that likely won’t hold up the painters.
3. We have learned of a structural issue with the joists in the ceiling of the kitchen/dining room and living room. The condo association has to resolve it. I am waiting for a call from a structural engineer who is to come and assess the problem and design a solution. I’m trusting it will be done as quickly as possible.
The pictures aren’t noticeably different today, but check them out anyway!
More sweat equity put in by my husband Brian.
