What home improvement work did you do today?

I don’t know man... that carpet was pretty sweet.

 

Lol you know 16 years ago it seemed like a good idea.

It was bad at least not shag though

 

Siding guys showed up on Monday. Goodbye 50yo Masonite.


Found some mouse damage on the back wall of the garage. Pulled new wires, fixed insulation and added outlets for the smoker.


Finished the front on Friday. Hopefully finished next week.

 

That’s brutal work to be doing this time of year in West Glacier!

 

I was really hesitant on them doing it this time of year. They wont work in 20° or less and they were here everyday last week. These guys are animals...

 

Just wait to paint until, I don’t know, August?

 

Hahaha yep. 30y paint warranty...i dont plan to ever paint this place.

 

It poured here in SoCal. Added more erosion control until we can get landscaping.

 

Added another 32 sq ft (another 8X4 sheet) of attic flooring for more storage up there..
Already had most of it done over the garage.
Got my TOYOTA bin and stock front struts and rear shocks off the rafters...
That's a gas line in the middle...





Also added a WIFI booster to the garage.
My steaming Sirius/XM kept cutting out this week and this fixed it.
I get 50 Mbps in the house (what I pay for) but it was dipping down under 4 Mbps in the garage..
A little concerned about the other plug ins at the outlet, but it is better now.
Got it up to 14 mbps, good enough to stream music on the PC and video on the TV...........



In memory of the Father-in-law that passed last year...

 

Made a mantle for the office

 

Dang, everyone's working on fireplaces these days. Me too. Haha. Just a couple days away from taking photos though.

 

Did you make sure to unbox and let the planks sit out before installing? Cali bamboo is great, only issues I have heard/seen is when people do not let the planks acclimate as required.

Flooring Acclimation | Hardwood, Vinyl, & More | CALI (calibamboo.com)

 

We used the Cali Vinyl Pro that doesn't need any acclimation. They still sat overnight before installation though.

 

Finished my toolchest socket organizers. Hex/torx and impacts included!

 

That is SO much cleaner than the crap I've got. Man I need to organize my shit.

 

MDF, dowels, some wood glue, and way too much time in the garage my friend. Easy to make just tedious.

 

Nice! Should have read closer to the vinyl part of your post. Looks awesome!

 

love it. Just feel my time is worth more and it's cheaper to me to buy the plastic racks instead

 

Had the plastic ones before. They're decent but I had a few posts break and fitment issues. Spent a few hours for the past couple days to make them. I enjoy making stuff from scratch so it's "therapeutic." Gives me some calm from the day job.

 

I get it. My wife and 2 kids would disagree but I understand that solo therapeutic tasks that rejuvenate me and no, not that task like some of you weirdos are thinking haha

 

I got all the old decking removed and replaced on this third story deck over looking the lake. Getting the materials up all the stairs was a royal pain! Just glad it’s all done and ready to dry out to prep for the paint next.

 

That railing is really nice

 

Fireplace is coming along.... still so much to do. Wainscoting through the rest and lots of paint.

 

Looked at all the ‘space’ I have to work in in the crawl space under part of my master bedroom. The walls aren’t insulated so that’s the next task. Weird to anyone else that the walls are sloped? Just found it odd. Here’s to hoping there are no nasty spiders or nails sticking up under the vapor barrier to end my life.

 

The house walls aren’t insulated, or the foundation walls aren’t? I’m not coming up with many logical reasons that you’d have tapered foundation walls unless they aren’t very deep and they were looking to incorporate footing into the wall as one pour. Or they were added after the house was already standing and they did some real poor-boy forming on the inside.

 

I finally caught these two trouble makers! Fixed the hole they chewed into my attic and trapped the two of them.

 

Pet them!

 

Nope, eat them.