House Stuff

Where is it?

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15 Cpl William Dickerson Pl
Troy, NY 12180
(518)271-3802

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Links to all the pictures

Links to all the various blueprints


Running Commentary

(I refuse to call this a blog, as that sounds like something you call Roto-Rooter for)

February 28, 2010

Picked up the mixing valve Friday, spent some time staring at how it all goes together. This thing is a major win over what was in there, as it is nearly 100% servicable from the inside the shower without doing any damage to the tile. The old one involved ripping huge holes in the wall to replace even the gasket. This is why the downstairs shower drips, and has been dripping since before I bought the house.

Got the rest of the rock up in the shower, once I knew how things would go together. Starting to look at plumbing the shower in so I can put the back on that wall, finish mudding the room, and get ready to tile.

February 16, 2010

ARGH. So the shower stall is framed. Next step is to rough in the plumbing, so I can rock the stall, mud _that_, and move forward from there. Problem is, I pulled out the shower kit (shower head, handles, etc.) to discover an extraneous 'T' on the part number... meaning trim only. No mixing valve. Just ordered the valve, 2-3 weeks for delivery. I can get bits done, but I'm very quickly going to be completely stuck waiting on this.

February 15, 2010

The past several days have been "mud", "more mud", "a bit more mud"... ugh.

Today, however, has real news. John did the cleanup on the mud in the corner where the shower is going, specifically so it would be largely done in that corner. So today I framed the shower stall.

February 11, 2010

First pass of the mud is done, second pass of the places that really need a lot is done.

February 10, 2010

I haven't said this in a while... I @#$%ing HATE sheetrock.

On that note, I got the first pass of joint compound ("mud") about 90% done before my fingers plead for mercy. I'm using the self-adhesive fiberglass mesh joint tape, and it is brutal. But the first pass will be done tomorrow, and the second pass will begin. My goal is to never sand, just doing the job with care and very wide knives.

February 9, 2010

The bathroom is sheetrocked. Tomorrow, we mud.

January 11, 2010

Motivation has been lacking, but I've started moving again after the holidays. The door is rehung, which has caused me to now understand why the old jamb seemed to have been cut by someone with a serious list to one side... the door is seriously warped. Hinge side corners and the bottom of the latch side define a useful plane. The latch side top corner is 3/4" out of the plane, toward the jamb. I'm going to use shower steam to straighten it out... every time we shower with the door latched shut.
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