A-Strapping We Will Go!
Remember the earlier blog post about how long things take? Yeah. This week we had a holiday and figured we could get 3 good days in which would give us a pretty good hop on covering the walls with foam. On top of that, we were dropping the kids off with Mimi for the holiday weekend and bringing Pop back with us.
After last week's episode, Wendy didn't sound too good. I took some personal time to help with the kids on Tuesday, and Wendy got in to see our doctor on Wednesday, who prescribed her an antibiotic (a Z-pack) for her Bronchitis. By Thanksgiving she still wasn't sounding too hot and Mimi convinced her to stay there and rest while Mimi watched the kids. That left Pop and I on our own to work on the walls of the house and maybe to get up on the roof to finish the last piece of roof.
We headed back up Thanksgiving night to avoid wasting daylight on Friday. Friday we got up and took our time a little in getting out as it was bitter with a wind again. Wendy was on task, checking out the Black Friday sales ads for Home Depot and Lowes and alerted us to a Ryobi 18V cordless set (Drill, circular saw, flashlight and radio) on special and so we stopped and picked it up on our way. We got there and started with Typar along the 'front' basement half wall. The ground level stuff went nicely, and we got a good start on it Friday, though not as much as hoped. We also stopped at the store in town, which also serves hot food, to get some lunch. We ran into some local color there, giving my father some insight into the local folks. It was a cold windy day, and we wasted no time packing it in as the sun headed out, and heading home.
Saturday we took our sweet time starting again, as it was still a cold day. We started out by finishing up some foam and hanging the next piece of Typar up. In the process, I managed to drop the digital camera in my pocket out the second story window onto frozen ground. It didn't spring open, but it also didn't work any more. Bummed out at my own stupidity, we continued putting up foam and strapping, and getting the hang of how this stuff goes up. It seemed to be getting easier. Saturday night I went and bought a new digital camera, so I can continue to put photos up here and so I can appease my photo-thirsty coworkers, who are always looking for the new picture on Monday morning.
Sunday came and Pop was only working a half day - Mimi was bringing Wendy and the kids back and picking up Pop. By Sunday, the weather had changed, giving us a warm enough day that the ground thawed a bit as well (that doesn't equal all that warm by the by). We got as much foam and strapping up as we could without a bigger ladder (which we will need to finish this side). Once we get a taller ladder and get the last layer started, we might be able to finish the roof out as well.
Next weekend, assuming everything is OK and we have someone to watch the kids (What with Grandma Lana being out of town), we will start in on the back of the house to get it sealed up, and then worry about the sides afterwards since they are shorter and easier to handle.
Stay healthy!
After last week's episode, Wendy didn't sound too good. I took some personal time to help with the kids on Tuesday, and Wendy got in to see our doctor on Wednesday, who prescribed her an antibiotic (a Z-pack) for her Bronchitis. By Thanksgiving she still wasn't sounding too hot and Mimi convinced her to stay there and rest while Mimi watched the kids. That left Pop and I on our own to work on the walls of the house and maybe to get up on the roof to finish the last piece of roof.
We headed back up Thanksgiving night to avoid wasting daylight on Friday. Friday we got up and took our time a little in getting out as it was bitter with a wind again. Wendy was on task, checking out the Black Friday sales ads for Home Depot and Lowes and alerted us to a Ryobi 18V cordless set (Drill, circular saw, flashlight and radio) on special and so we stopped and picked it up on our way. We got there and started with Typar along the 'front' basement half wall. The ground level stuff went nicely, and we got a good start on it Friday, though not as much as hoped. We also stopped at the store in town, which also serves hot food, to get some lunch. We ran into some local color there, giving my father some insight into the local folks. It was a cold windy day, and we wasted no time packing it in as the sun headed out, and heading home.
Saturday we took our sweet time starting again, as it was still a cold day. We started out by finishing up some foam and hanging the next piece of Typar up. In the process, I managed to drop the digital camera in my pocket out the second story window onto frozen ground. It didn't spring open, but it also didn't work any more. Bummed out at my own stupidity, we continued putting up foam and strapping, and getting the hang of how this stuff goes up. It seemed to be getting easier. Saturday night I went and bought a new digital camera, so I can continue to put photos up here and so I can appease my photo-thirsty coworkers, who are always looking for the new picture on Monday morning.
Sunday came and Pop was only working a half day - Mimi was bringing Wendy and the kids back and picking up Pop. By Sunday, the weather had changed, giving us a warm enough day that the ground thawed a bit as well (that doesn't equal all that warm by the by). We got as much foam and strapping up as we could without a bigger ladder (which we will need to finish this side). Once we get a taller ladder and get the last layer started, we might be able to finish the roof out as well.
Next weekend, assuming everything is OK and we have someone to watch the kids (What with Grandma Lana being out of town), we will start in on the back of the house to get it sealed up, and then worry about the sides afterwards since they are shorter and easier to handle.
Stay healthy!
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