Furring strips are up on the wall and I made the important decision today to glue/screw on 2x4's around the kitchen window. For some reason the plaster was directly applied to the brick on the West wall in the kitchen, unlike the living room. Of course this never posed a problem when the 2 rooms were separated by a wall, but now it is a different story. This should turn out to be OK.
Besides the basic labor of gluing and screwing there have been some other bits to figure out with flooring and plumbing. Moving the kitchen sink to the right has become more complicated then I first thought. All of the piping needs to be moved over quite significantly which involves shutting off the building water in addition to filings with the DOB. Making a long story short, I got three estimates that ranged from $1275 - $3300!!! Guess which one I went with...yes, the cheap one. Work starts on the 16th of Dec.
The flooring quest has really just been one to find a cheaper way to do the kitchen. After debating whether or not I could install flooring I just convinced myself I would learn how to do so. That's what the Internet is for, right? I got the goods and they are sitting in a warehouse in NJ waiting for me to pick it up. The plan is to install this when Dad is here just after Christmas.
I may appear a bit behind on schedule, but I'm around every weekend through the end of the month, so I feel I'm make some more progress rapidly. I expect to start mudding the ceiling this week and I've already scheduled another drywall haul for next week. Back to the grind after entertaining my friends from the UK who decided to sleep in this crazy mess for a week. Who knew these wonderful workhorses could double as dinner tables?
In the mean time, the Christmas tree will take up a bit of space to add to the holiday construction cheer.
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Ryan! Hi! I just love your blog. I check the link every once-in-a-while to see how it's going. I can't wait to see the finished product. When is your estimated time of completion? You always write great life stories for yourself. You're so neat. Hey, check this out... I'm coming home from Iraq for two weeks (R/R) at the end of February. Will be flying to New York for about a week to visit Kate and Matt and i'm sure we'll take a couple days and head to the city. Would love to drop in and say hello, as i tend to do so randomly at times. hehehe I'll try not to make this visit so, "hey, i'm lost in downtown NYC! Can you meet me in Time Square?..." hahaha
Iraq is fine and i've made quite a little Christmas here for myself. Get back with me via my hotmail addy when you have time. - xo Kimmi
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