Casa de las Ratas Week 19
up to June 8, 2002
Time to treat the neighborhood to the Rat House's first paint
job in probably 30 years...
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Scotty joined the rat crew to help out with the painting. Here he is making the patio look nice.
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All I could say all day was "WOW."
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Manny and Martin have been hunting down termite infestations and replacing affected wood. This section is in the second bedroom. |
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Toto and Paco are still stripping and sanding down all the windows. They are about done now and will start on stripping all the window frames and sills. |
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The only window sill that the termites had really gotten to
was in the third bedroom. Manny and I replaced this one today. It was easy
to make a new one with its angled cuts on the table saw.
Piece o' cake.
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Manny closed up that extra kitchen window. The stove will go there and I don't want a window over the stove. |
Go back to week 1 at Casa de las Ratas
Week 2: more cleanup and roof replacement.
Week 3: the big dumpster
comes and the hot mop boys will show up.
Week 4: fixing the valleys, new kitchen subfloor
Week 5: prepping the roof, framing in the kitchen, ripping out more floors...
Week 6: Replacing a ridge board, new tiles on the roof, more paint, why not?...
Week 7: Let's get the roof finished! And destroy more stuff inside!
Week 12: Kill that old rear bathroom, level the yard, cast some concrete.
Week 13: More electrical work, HVAC installation finished, get ready for drywall.
Coming up next week at Casa de las Ratas
Week 22: Big Inspection goes well, stucco scratch coats, wiring beauty shots
Week 23: Is that The Rat House or Circus Vargas? Termite Tenting! Nuke 'em all. Insulation begins.
Week 24: R-19 in all the ceilings.
Week 28: The guys will complete all the wall insulation. Drywall Begins!
Week 32: Drywall and yet more drywall.
Week 38: 8,000 drywall screws later, it's all up. Mud and tape brigade begins!
Everything up to week 52: Bath and Floor Tile installation.
Week 62: Windows Reinstalled. I hope you are not afraid of COLOR!
Week 64: Finish color washing. Install some crown moulding.
Week 66: Tons of cool details to show off. Moulding, AC Grilles, Floor Tile, Medicine cabinet...
Week 76: Copper Gutters! Too cool. Exotic lights start arriving.
3/3/2005: Outside lights and wood floors installed!
6/29/2005: Kitchen Cabinets installation!