Between church and the Mission’s Banquet tonight, there wasn’t a whole lot of time for work today, but I managed to get a little more done. After church, I stopped by Home Depot to pick up some paint stirrers (forgotten yesterday) and a larger pry bar to help me pull the more stubborn nails from the floor.
When we got home I resumed pulling up tack strips and prying up nails. Gabe thought this was pretty cool, mostly due to the fact that I gave him safety glasses to where while I pulled stuff up. He ended up wearing them for the rest of the afternoon.
I just managed to get that done before Gabe’s nap time. As he was being put down for that, I also pried off the base boards, which I need removed so I can put down flooring later. The base boards are in bad shape anyway, so replacing them is probably a good idea.
Next, I headed off to Sears to get a replacement filter for the shop vac. Then, I headed off to Water’s True Value to look at some leveling cement, a trowel, and a wire brush to help me fill in the divots pulling up the tack strips left behind.
I took a short nap this afternoon after that and Terri did some clean up throwing away the larger bits of tack strip I’d pulled up and moving the trim out. After the Mission’s Banquet, I used the vacuum to pick up the rest of the debris created by pulling up tack strips. I then moved out the carpet remnant we pulled out and washed down the walls so they’ll be ready to paint.
Looking Ahead
Tomorrow, the plan is to begin the first round of painting. Since I don’t have the new walls in yet and still have a light switch to move, we won’t be able to get all the painting done in one attempt, but we can take care of the majority of it. Other things I have to look forward to are filling in the divots in the floor and figuring out how to mount the white board I have planned.
The biggest issue that is occupying my mind right now, though, is how to stabilize the top of the short wall we’re putting in. It won’t have the hinge of the door exerting pressure on it, but it still needs to be stable. The problem is that the wall it will be extending is in between two floor joists. I also want to avoid tearing up the ceiling very much while we’re at it, since the wallpaper treatment that’s up there is not going to be easy to fix if I mess it up too badly.
Ah, well. There’s a solution, I just need to think of it.
Cheers.
