Tuesday - September 14, 2010

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

Project Update




So I’m doing the touch ups on the last of the tile grout, and things look pretty decent. Ok, not perfect, but good enough that I can live with it for awhile. I’ve got a whole extra box of tile, so if the 3 or 4 tiles that aren’t quite level get on my nerves I can chisel them out and replace them. I’ve got loads of extra grout and thin set.

The wife comes into the room with a screwdriver and starts unscrewing the switch plate.

“Honey, what are you doing?”

“Taking off this switch plate.”

“Yes, I can see that. How come?”

“Because we’re going to paint the room. And maybe tile up over the tub surround. I can’t stand this wallpaper anymore.”

And with that, one project smoothly flows into another. Not that I can blame her. The wallpaper is original issue, or close to it. We’ve been here 12 years, the landlord lived there 5, and the wallpaper was there when they moved in. So it’s pretty much done. And 70’s ugly too: a pink toned beige with itty bitty light blue squares on it as the pattern. And it was really starting to peel anyway. So we spent an hour and tore almost all of it off. A few spots will need some steam, or hot water and vinegar, but a fresh coat of paint will make things look so much better. Several mollys turned up in the walls, looks like there was a pedestal sink and a wall shelf in here at some point.

I found a little mold in a few places. I don’t think the builders used green board on these walls. Plain old 3/8” shitrock builderboard.

“Maybe we should replace a couple of these walls.”

“NO. NO. No, I am not doing drywall, thank you very much.”

Guess I’d better start checking sheetrock prices.

Maybe she’ll do it all while I’m out on a window job for the next 2-3 days. That would be cool.

Posted by Drew458     on 09/14/2010 at 07:58 PM   
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