Yes, the steps were hollow.
Ahh, gypcrete. My neighbor/flooring installer poured some of that in some pits in my floor as a rough patching job when installing the carpet and sheet vinyl. The room that got carpet had been plywood that was stained and painted with a leaf pattern as a border. We actually liked it. But the tenants burned a hole in it somehow. Pretty deep too. So it had to get filled and we put carpet over it. That's something we regret. It's a pain to clean & doors drag on it.
The gypcrete in the laundry room that filled holes from water damage did not last. As soon as the machines were moved the gypcrete shattered and the sheet vinyl tore.
Got most of the PEX run under the house yesterday. Turned off power to the AC so the zappy 220v line didn't get anyone this time. Noticed that one of the support blocks for under the house dropped through the ground-- mini sinkhole. Another one looks like it is going to sink. No sure how to address it, but it dropped more than a foot. Ugh.
Mom got this little handheld mini chainsaw you can operate with one hand. I kept getting caught up on those f***ing blackberry thorns so I put on some gardening gloves to grab them and cut them to shreds. Sadly, gloves didn't stop all of the thorns so my hands got a bit torn up. But I also took out some pine saplings growing too close to the house and some sassafrass trees growing UNDER the house and poking out. Still have more to cut but the thing ran out of battery & I went back under to mess with plumbing-- but it was easier to get back out without all those damn vines & thorns.
My friend's hands/arms gave out on him before he could get one last run of PEX run so for now it is capped. It's the cold water to the sink & outside faucet. He couldn't quite get over to it with all the blackberry vines and other stuff. So, I'm going to charge the battery on my little cutter, get some better gardening gloves, and get medieval on those vines.
My mom said the water in the bathroom on the hot side didn't heat up so I'm going to have to figure out why (might just have too much cold in the line right now). I also need to get insulation on the new pex.
Today I had to take my friend to the store super early to try to get a tv that was supposed to be in stock but apparently employees bought them out while the store was closed. That was disappointing. But we found another even better tv at bestbuy. Ordered it and it was ready for pickup in a couple hours so we grabbed it. I helped him mount it and then went home.
Got e-mail that mom's laptop is in production. Need to find her a good case-- and convince her to ditch her old cooling fan that is literally larger than the laptop. It's 15.75"x12.5"x2.5" while the laptop is 15.5"x10"x7/8".
Also took mom to get her bloodwork done and grabbed mail.
My desk extender arrived so I put it together and put it on the back of my desk so my subwoofer won't fall off. My cats are enjoying the box it came in. I had to use wd40 on one of the bolts to get it to move though. It's a type that clips on.
My whole body hurts. Hands are all sore and I need to get some sleep so I can take mom to her doctor appointment tomorrow.
Ahh, gypcrete. My neighbor/flooring installer poured some of that in some pits in my floor as a rough patching job when installing the carpet and sheet vinyl. The room that got carpet had been plywood that was stained and painted with a leaf pattern as a border. We actually liked it. But the tenants burned a hole in it somehow. Pretty deep too. So it had to get filled and we put carpet over it. That's something we regret. It's a pain to clean & doors drag on it.
The gypcrete in the laundry room that filled holes from water damage did not last. As soon as the machines were moved the gypcrete shattered and the sheet vinyl tore.
Got most of the PEX run under the house yesterday. Turned off power to the AC so the zappy 220v line didn't get anyone this time. Noticed that one of the support blocks for under the house dropped through the ground-- mini sinkhole. Another one looks like it is going to sink. No sure how to address it, but it dropped more than a foot. Ugh.
Mom got this little handheld mini chainsaw you can operate with one hand. I kept getting caught up on those f***ing blackberry thorns so I put on some gardening gloves to grab them and cut them to shreds. Sadly, gloves didn't stop all of the thorns so my hands got a bit torn up. But I also took out some pine saplings growing too close to the house and some sassafrass trees growing UNDER the house and poking out. Still have more to cut but the thing ran out of battery & I went back under to mess with plumbing-- but it was easier to get back out without all those damn vines & thorns.
My friend's hands/arms gave out on him before he could get one last run of PEX run so for now it is capped. It's the cold water to the sink & outside faucet. He couldn't quite get over to it with all the blackberry vines and other stuff. So, I'm going to charge the battery on my little cutter, get some better gardening gloves, and get medieval on those vines.
My mom said the water in the bathroom on the hot side didn't heat up so I'm going to have to figure out why (might just have too much cold in the line right now). I also need to get insulation on the new pex.
Today I had to take my friend to the store super early to try to get a tv that was supposed to be in stock but apparently employees bought them out while the store was closed. That was disappointing. But we found another even better tv at bestbuy. Ordered it and it was ready for pickup in a couple hours so we grabbed it. I helped him mount it and then went home.
Got e-mail that mom's laptop is in production. Need to find her a good case-- and convince her to ditch her old cooling fan that is literally larger than the laptop. It's 15.75"x12.5"x2.5" while the laptop is 15.5"x10"x7/8".
Also took mom to get her bloodwork done and grabbed mail.
My desk extender arrived so I put it together and put it on the back of my desk so my subwoofer won't fall off. My cats are enjoying the box it came in. I had to use wd40 on one of the bolts to get it to move though. It's a type that clips on.
My whole body hurts. Hands are all sore and I need to get some sleep so I can take mom to her doctor appointment tomorrow.
