I hadn’t done flooring in a while. In fact, not since I did the tile in my own house, and that was mostly up-and-down, with very little strenuous activity, since most of the tiling went in without needing trimmed. Even the laminated wood flooring that went into our master bedroom and MEG’s room went pretty quick.

Engineered wood – now, there’s a different story. I’ve laid floors on wood sub-floors, and that was a case of nailing the slabs down. This was the first time I helped do a floating floor with 5/8″ engineered wood, and I gotta tell you that this morning my legs and my abs are screaming in agony. Up, down, then push the pieces into alignment so you can temporarily tape them until the glue dries… up, down, then push the pieces into alignment… you get the picture. At one point, there were three “crews” filling in the middle while one guy started the rows (using cut pieces to stagger the joints) and I finished off each row (cutting pieces to fit). We covered almost 1800 square feet of flooring in about six hours of hard labor yesterday:

Today, we will be tackling the stage area. This should be challenging, as the edges will need a lot of custom cut pieces. I’ll have to discuss the feasibility of trying to make sure the floor planks and the stage planks align with one another – because chances are, they won’t – but I have a trick or two up my sleeve.

Oh, before I forget – a shot of the light fixtures:

Now, I need to dismount my table saw from the rolling base and load it onto the trailer so I have an edge on getting the pieces cut correctly for the stage.

Chat ya later…

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For being without a for-real, honest-to-goodness job, I sure seem to be busy.

Friday and Saturday I drove cab (two twenty-four hour shifts), Sunday morning was church, and I caught a three-hour nap on Sunday afternoon. That pretty much wiped out the weekend. This morning, I have a chiropractor appointment (Hi, Dr. Powell!) and then it’s back over to the church – time for the flooring in the new “gameroom.” I know, I promised pictures of the light fixtures (I only helped hang two of the five; two Fridays ago a crew hung the rest and this last Friday some more volunteers hung the blinds and started the flooring), but I’ve been a bit busy. At any rate, I will get pictures up soon covering the latest developments in the “gameroom.”

Gotta get going now – MEG needs to get up and get dressed (she woke up earlier, but wasn’t ready to get up, if you know what I mean) and then we will be running for the day.

Chat ya later…

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I did remember to actually use the camera I take along with me to jobs; this time I even took photos in process. The first project of the day was to build up a section of floor to be used as a dais, or stage, in the new gameroom:

With 2×6 joists on edge, on 16″ centers, and 3/4″ (OK, it’s actually 23/32″) plywood, it was pretty fast going and the stage was built within an hour:

When the flooring is installed, the stage will be finished.

The next project was the ceiling line – you know, where the wall meets the ceiling. It was pretty plain:

Corner blocks in all four corners:

Starting in one corner and working all the way around the 2000 square foot room, the crown moulding went up quick and easy, with the help of one of the guys from church:

And the finished product:

Today, once the Pastor finishes some personal chores, we will be installing the rest of the light fixtures. Again, pictures to follow.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

I had a good shift on Friday, no problems and kept busy most of the time so I was rather profitable. Not every day is that profitable, which means that I likely won’t be driving cab forever, but for now it is filling the gap.

Today, since the new building has a green tag, we start working on the finishing touches of the new “gameroom” at the church. I’ll take pictures and show you what I’m up to this week.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

Just wear red and show your patriotism, okay? Don’t make me come over there and add black and blue to your palette today!

OK, so I’m not as stiff and sore as I was yesterday, but this metal splinter in the tip of my right middle finger sure makes typing harder than it was. If only I had a super-powerful magnet that would just pull the splinter out, instead of having to dig around in there trying to get it…

As promised, some “before” and “after” shots for you:

East Wall

West Wall

Also showing are a couple of the young men from church helping out with the cleanup.

Since it is Good Friday, TMBWitW is off work and we are going to spend the day together – as soon as she wakes up. MEG has been up and down a few times, and my sleep schedule is so whacked it’s not even funny. Tonight I’ll be driving a twelve hour shift – if anything amusing comes up, I will let you know.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

1381 and a wake-up!