Casa de las Ratas Week 67
up to May 10, 2003
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My medicine cabinet is coming along. I got all my dado cuts to fit and will do a final sanding of the parts and then glue it up. |
One of the window sills in the living room got busted off and lost when we were tearing things apart. Manny and I made a new one using the table saw. |
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Here it is primed and painted. |
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You can see we had to make all kinds of weird cuts.
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| Ricardo finished cleaning up the old hall closet. This is
the only remaining original lath and plaster in the house.
He spackled and painted the walls.
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Ricardo sanded and stained and polyeurethaned the original wood floor in
the hall closet.
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| Window painting continued...
You can also see the hole in the wall where my big medicine cabinet will go.
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Manny and Martin do a test fit for the window casing in the living room. |
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First bedroom's rough fit casing. |
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Bedroom 2's closet gets done! |
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This is the look of the finished window casing with the
angle surround mitered frame.
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Looking nice!
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Manny and I continue to fix the other closet window in bedroom #2. This
window won't have an interior sill. We had to cut off a bit of the main
sill so it would be flush with the wall. We need to add 1 x 3 to provide
for window stop around the windows so you won't be able to see daylight
through the sides...
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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
Week 32: Drywall and yet even more drywall.
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...
Coming up next week at Casa de las Ratas
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!