Casa de las Ratas Week 28
up to August 10, 2002
Toto is painting the chainlink that nice dark blue.
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Extra insulation was put in many of the interior walls for sound barrier. Like if you are making a lot of personal noise in the bathroom, perhaps you don't want that amplified throughout the house... |
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This insulation prevents all those "bedroom noises" from escaping. |
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And who wants to have to listen to the washing machine make a bunch of
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All the insulation is complete and Andy the Building Inspector gave us the go ahead for the next step.
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Then the drywall was delivered!
Toto went ahead and painted the living room beams.
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We attacked the ceiling drywall with much enthusiasm.
Measure twice, cut once... yeah right. |
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New toys time!
I got this nifty magazine attachment for a screw gun. This blasts drywall screws in as fast as you can push the nose to the drywall. Killer time saver. |
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Bedroom #2 has all its ceiling drywall up. |
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The closets' ceilings are up. |
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The front room ceiling wasn't too hard to put up. |
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Here it is done. |
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The boyz did a great job.
Hey watch where you point that thing, Manny! |
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Meanwhile Paco is still dealing with the windows... |
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And removing tape... |
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And painting the window sills... |
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And we are getting the front entryway cleaned up. |
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
Week 23: Is that The Rat House or Circus Vargas? Termite Tenting! Nuke 'em all. Insulation begins.
Week 24: Itch Itch Scratch Scratch Insulation
Coming up next week at Casa de las Ratas
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!