Walls, floors, fans...what a weekend
I woke up this morning....(sounds like a Blues song, doesn't it?)....and everything ACHED!
Lots of things going on this weekend.
A and his dad bravely cut through the outside of the stucco exterior to install the nifty, quiet bathroom fan for the first floor. Whoo hoo! I'll let him explain the details later.
Coco wishes she had opposable thumbs so she could help. And then get a treat for helping. Actually, it's all about the treat.
I spent the weekend wrestling with our severely injured vacuum cleaner (we suspect a wayward nail that we didn't see ahead of time sliced the hose) as well as the hallway floor which was COVERED with dry, flaking black mastic tile adhesive.
The tile had already been pulled up in the kitchen and hallway by the PO, but the thick GLUE was still in the hallway (and traces of it were still in the kitchen). It was sending black gritty dust everywhere. So, using a blunt scraper to avoid gouging the wooden floor, I scraped up old mastic and lots of lacquer. This will make sanding the floor easier later on and will help me to keep the bottom floor cleanER for now. Though, "clean" is a relative term to me these days.
And, just an aside. If you are going to muddle your house in esthetically displeasing ways, please. Please. Don't use a combination of SUPER LONG nails, Liquid Nails, tar, thick/awful glue and so forth so the new owners have a heck of a time restoring everything.
Making something permanent is GREAT if it's STRAIGHT. And if it uses real wood and not particle board or plastic. Otherwise, at least leave out the Liquid Nails!
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