Tuesday Becky and the boys were here and noticed a gap between the baseboard along the west living room wall and the floor. The floor had settled. Well, Grandma found this to be a problem. So we peeled back the carpet and looked at it. Yep, it had settled. Wednesday morning we cut a hole in the floor to look at the floor joists. It appears the wall between the porch and the house leaks a little water when it rains in on the porch and the ends of 9 beams had rotted. So we cut a bigger hole and started repairs. We had to put a cross brace in, jack the joists up, put permanent jacks under it, then cut almost 3 ft long pieces of treated 2 X 6's and bolted to the end of the joists to set on the concrete plate along the wall. Then we had to replace the flooring. Shot one full day. Future project plans will include what to do about the porch. I fear construction is not yet finished.
Thursday we tore off the west side of the roof of Aman and Becky's house because it had suffered wind damage and was leaking. With Robert Ledermann's help we got the old roof off and tar paper on. Finished up just at dark. Friday Aman and I started laying shingles. Jim Turner came to help, which was good because shortly after he got there I had to meet with an equipment salesman to finalize some paperwork. Then I had another meeting to attend. And while I was in the meeting the carpet layers came to restretch and install the carpet.
I finally got back to the roof to find Robert had returned. We finished up about 4:00
BIG thanks to Robert and Jim for their help. But the old guy was ready for his recliner Friday evening.
And so far today I have installed a replacement medicine cabinet door, put together an RTA wall cabinet and installed it, and tried installing some child locks on the kitchen cabinets. Tried is the operative word. Couldn't get them to work with our cabinets.
How has YOUR week been?
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