Casa de las Ratas Week 23
up to July 6, 2002
Everything is DEAD in the Rat House!
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Is it Circus Vargas or Rat House? |
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Yes Terminix came in on Monday and tented the Rat House. It was only a three day operation. Everything is now very dead inside. |
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The Terminix boys were awesome. I asked if they could be
very careful up on my new roof not to break any of the new clay tiles.
They told me they usually break a few, but no more than ten. I told them
that I would give them $50 each if they broke zero tiles.
They got their bonuses! |
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Since everything is now dead and the house is open, I bought 15 gallons of Jasco Termin-8 and sprayed that green shit all over anywhere the bugs came in last time. This copper napthenate will make the wood not taste so good to the bugs. With drywood termites, they could come back tomorrow. Tenting only kills everything that is in there that day. There is no residual effect. This Termin-8 will discourage them at least. |
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I even crawled all under the crawlspace and nuked all the beams under the house with that stuff. I was pretty grimy by the end of the day. I never ask my boys to do anything I wouldn't do myself... this was a pretty nasty job. Yukko. |
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Oh yeah i forgot to show you all my new post caps on the concrete pillars!
Manny and I cemented them in place last week. |
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Here is Toto getting all the old paint off the closet wall. There are only two small closets that got to keep their original plaster. |
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Here is Manny sealing all leaks around ducting and any wiring penetrations to the attic. |
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We started getting seriously into Title 24 territory. (That's
California's Energy Code thingy we have to comply with.)
Here is Martin beginning the insulation installation. R-19 in the 2 x 6 walls and ceiling, R-13 in the 2 x 4 walls. |
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On Sunday, Toto and I got the front room pretty well wrapped up. It was a scratchy job. Lots more to do. |
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.
Week 19: More painting to brighten up the Rat House. More window prep.
Week 22: Big Inspection goes well, stucco scratch coats, wiring beauty shots
Coming up next week at Casa de las Ratas
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!