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15 Cpl William Dickerson Pl
Troy, NY 12180
(518)271-3802
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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2007 Archived Commentary
2006 Archived Commentary
2005 Archived Commentary
2004 Archived Commentary
2003 Archived Commentary
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