Day 1 - Begin Bunkroom
Bunk room ceiling at the end of July 2.
Day 2 - Finish Bunkroom
Bunkroom ceiling finished at the end of July 3
Day 3 - Almost Finish Master Bedroom
All but the last row finished in the master bedroom by early evening July 4.
Day 4 - Finish Stairwell/Hallway and Master Bedroom
Work slowed down on July 6 to carefully setup and move the work platform
over the staircase. (23 ft from the top of the ceiling to the landing on the floor below.)
over the staircase. (23 ft from the top of the ceiling to the landing on the floor below.)
The platform is shakey at that height. And it's psychologically worse when it spans over an additional 10 foot drop. Nope, I don't like it.
Katie putting in the last panel in the upstairs hallway.
Selfie with the stairwell ceiling finished on July 6.
Day 5 - Finish Master Bathroom
At the beginning of the day, I ran to Home Depot and bought a few more 4x8 sheets of birch plywood and had them cut them there. (I wish I'd been able to do that for all the sheets -- their saw is crisp and accurate.) Katie sealed those panels at the end of the day.
On July 7 we finished the last row in the master bedroom
and completed the master bathroom ceiling.
and completed the master bathroom ceiling.
We also started installing the door hardware.
We wanted to start on the ceiling in the bunk bathroom in the hallway, but we ran out of black tape (which was thankfully waiting for us on the doorstep when we returned home in the evening.)
Day 6 - Finish Hall Bathroom & Prep Pine for Basement
Selfie with the hall bath ceiling in the background.
At the outset of the ceiling project, I ordered a 5 lb. box of screws. We were one screw short. Katie and I foraged and found a solitary screw hiding at the bottom of the tool bucket for the win!
The fireplace repair folks were also up in the morning to inspect the Winter's damage and make plans for a permanent fix that will include a custom built snow hood/shed. They took measurements and will return in a few weeks to install the new snow hood/shed.
After we finished the hall bathroom, we moved all the tools downtairs and I went to the basement to begin working on preparing the remaining beetle-stained pine. (This is the same pine that I've used on all the walls with windows.) I sorted through the entire pile of remaining pine (that has been sitting in the house for 4 years!) to clear out the bent/warped, heavily knotted, and heavily sappy pieces -- about 20% waste! (I won't use that supplier again.) I cut the waste into 16" lengths to be used as firewood.
The chop saw worked hard today.
The beetle stained pine waiting to be sealed BEFORE installing it.
(We forgot we'd run out of sealer the day before when sealing the plywood panels.)
(We forgot we'd run out of sealer the day before when sealing the plywood panels.)
The basement is now finally clear of the stacks of 14 foot pine boards.
The various hand tools we used to install the ceiling panels, all resting peacefully.
A "59er Diner" lunch with the extended 'crew'.
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