My First Interior Door – May/June 2026.
In this post I describe the activities that took my unfinished dry fitted door to one that is hung in place.
In this post I describe the activities that took my unfinished dry fitted door to one that is hung in place.
After considerable time off for the holidays and beyond, I slowly got back to work starting in February. It's funny the role momentum plays. Having…
Continue reading → Interior Doors – February through May 2026
Following the installation of the stainless steel backsplash in the kitchen, the house was in a state where I could move in. Obviously there was…
The last post finished with me having just finished taping the drywall in the guest bathroom. So we start this post with the various coatings…
In my last post about the master bathroom, I had picked up the baseboards and glued together the two pieces that would form the whole.…
While waiting for the shower wall tiles and extra floor tiles to arrive, I decided it was a good time to hook up the hot…
Continue reading → Hot Water Tank Installation and Major Painting – June/July 2024
Returning my attention to the master bathroom, the objective was to make it a functioning bathroom. This did not mean it would be fully finished;…
Having completed the long process of preparing the drywall in the kitchen, great room, and adjoining areas for priming, I was ready to put up…
Continue reading → Kitchen and Great Room Prepping and Priming – November/December 2023
With the drywall hung (by the chimney with care) in the kitchen, great room, and adjoining areas, it was time to get busy finishing it.…
Continue reading → Kitchen and Great Room Drywall Finishing – October/November 2023
Before any shower walls go up, there is some preparatory work required. I added a nailer to the left side of the wall and, of…