it’s amazing how much more you can get done with 2 extra people!
on sunday morning najia couldn’t wait to get started on the entry floor. linoleum tiles were stuck down with adhesive; peeling them up with a scraper was tedious, but the heat gun sped up the process.
justin cut and installed drywall upstairs where the refrigerator will go, and put up insulation and moisture-barrier paper in the bathroom.
mathew put up blocking (horizontal wood pieces between studs) for the shower doors to attach to and made some cool sparks grinding off nails. after lunch justin, najia and i moved cement board (HEAVY) up 2 flights of stairs from the garage.
(left) tired work monkeys. (right) a (tiny) toy truck found during the remodel. it’s helping to move some cellulose insulation…
we’re so grateful to justin and najia for sacrificing their weekend to help us work on the house. with them we made lots of progress and had fun talking and catching-up during meals. thank you so much to both of you! come again, any time…
before and after dinner, mathew and i installed cement board on the bathroom walls. it is mold resistant and goes up before the tile. it is cut by scoring with a special carbide tip knife then snapped over a piece of wood.
the cement board is heavy. it’s hard to cut and hard to drill. two screwdriver bits were destroyed in the process. (it’s dust is also carcinogenic so masks were worn during the installation, although, for some reason… not in these photos.)
hope everyone has a good week!
