Kitchen Ceiling – October, November, 2020
Before doing the coffered ceiling, the plan was to use T&G for the kitchen ceiling. But since I worked on the coffered ceiling first, I…
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Coffered Ceiling – Crown Molding, October, 2020
The crown molding arrived at the end of September. While waiting for that I did a little electrical work and some more demolition, which you…
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Coffered Ceiling – Tongue and Groove, August – September, 2020
The next step in creating the coffered ceiling was to fill in the middle part. That will be done with pre-primed tongue and groove pine…
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Coffered Ceiling – Wrapping the frames, August, 2020
The new finger pine boards arrived, and to deal with them I needed a pretty decent sliding miter saw and stand. I also picked up…
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Coffered Ceiling – July, 2020
Now that the ceiling in the great room was down, Chris met me at the house to start work on it. It was July 7th.…
Demoing the Great Room Ceiling – June, 2020
After a two month hiatus due to Covid-19, I had Chris up to the house in the first week of June to discuss out next…
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Spray Foam Insulation – March, 2020
After a lot of thought, I decided to replace all the blown insulation above the ceiling with spray foam that would be applied directly to…
More Repair – February, 2020
The ceiling in the great room was flat and done with wall board (drywall). The drywall was attached directly to the joists, which are rarely…
Reconstruction and Repair – January, 2020
The first non-destructive thing we did was to build a header from the wall that separates the kitchen from the great room. This serves to…
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Demolition Begins – December, 2019
Before commenting on the real demolition, I should mention that I experimented with the existing cabinet doors to see if they could be rejuvenated. I…
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