tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post626568156364046449..comments2024-01-23T13:10:25.332-05:00Comments on Nails and Sawdust: Honest, I was just going to clean the showerMike Silviushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-74963018039146281082014-08-19T20:06:13.945-04:002014-08-19T20:06:13.945-04:00Hi John, yes I do this sort of thing for a living ...Hi John, yes I do this sort of thing for a living so I basically know what to expect, so it does not faze me at all. It is just a bit inconvenient doing it while you are living in the house. I am fortunate in that I have a very tolerant wife and by now she is used to coming home to find the place torn to bits. She is even happy to help with clean up or run to the basement to flip a breaker off and save the damage to my knees.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-75306797122747652272014-08-19T20:01:20.831-04:002014-08-19T20:01:20.831-04:00Oh I'll get it done all right, its just a mate...Oh I'll get it done all right, its just a mater of when. I have been fighting with the wiring or what passed of it for the last six days. I think I finally got to the bottom of it. It is frightening what the walls hide after 70 years of hacks messing with it. I will do a post on it soon, but tonight I am too beat to bother. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-32718364887895156632014-08-19T09:32:49.537-04:002014-08-19T09:32:49.537-04:00I call this the 'butterfly effect', loved ...I call this the 'butterfly effect', loved this post probably because its so familiar :)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-71757754359004564452014-08-19T09:26:32.520-04:002014-08-19T09:26:32.520-04:00Oh how I sympathise. You start with a tiny, 10 min...Oh how I sympathise. You start with a tiny, 10 minute, job, and you end-up spending the rest of your life putting it all back together; and even then you need to get someone in to finish it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-3796452397538439942014-08-17T08:48:02.651-04:002014-08-17T08:48:02.651-04:00Hi Mark: Yes, I keep jumping on to the next thing,...Hi Mark: Yes, I keep jumping on to the next thing, or is it previous? that needs to be done before I can move forward. I have been at the wiring for 3 days trying to sort that nightmare out. And just the reason I never originally cut out the drywall for the sky light when I installed it 5 years ago. I have a new panel with 25 or so breakers but just one 15 amp was feeding 3/4 of the house.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-16274121267925967552014-08-17T02:10:04.254-04:002014-08-17T02:10:04.254-04:00Your attention span matches mine. And that's ...Your attention span matches mine. And that's why we may complete a job, but we are never finished.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385537666647201589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-30856648953310500792014-08-15T19:28:07.327-04:002014-08-15T19:28:07.327-04:00Yes that's about right Harry. I'm in to th...Yes that's about right Harry. I'm in to the wiring now, and its all got me scratching my head. Seventy years of monkey rigged wires. Its a mess.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-90718867743631981072014-08-15T16:54:09.604-04:002014-08-15T16:54:09.604-04:00That's the way things work up here on the moun...That's the way things work up here on the mountain, as well. There's no such thing as "quick and easy."Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-15623638918220630362014-08-14T17:29:11.886-04:002014-08-14T17:29:11.886-04:00Shagalicious! Love it!Shagalicious! Love it!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-59493314538657094992014-08-13T19:17:14.107-04:002014-08-13T19:17:14.107-04:00Yes Gorges you can say that again. And the cobbler...Yes Gorges you can say that again. And the cobbler's kids have no shoes. It sort of goes with the territory. I know one thing for sure. I am never buying an old house again. Next one I am building myself. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-18312441237964899272014-08-13T19:14:05.649-04:002014-08-13T19:14:05.649-04:00Ha! Kev, that reminds me I also need to yank that ...Ha! Kev, that reminds me I also need to yank that carpet in the stair well. With all the light in there now you can really see how grungy it is. What are the chances the treads are all junk so I'll need to replace them and it will turn in to a stair job? And then there is the shagalicious circa 1972 orange swirl deep pile carpet in my computer room upstairs. As far as interrupted projects I think I have you beat. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-13165040148239255822014-08-13T17:35:32.402-04:002014-08-13T17:35:32.402-04:00Some jobs never end! lolSome jobs never end! lolGorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-77962600237831894552014-08-13T16:30:02.841-04:002014-08-13T16:30:02.841-04:00I love this post! This is just what I'm like -...I love this post! This is just what I'm like - one thing leads to another. I remember going to rip up the old carpet in our last house while my wife was at work. She came back and I'd ripped up all the floor boards as there was woodworm! Good job and the stairs look so much better for the extra light. A day well spent I'd say (now just make sure you finish it all if your anything like me!)Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-38757165661416196072014-08-13T16:29:45.914-04:002014-08-13T16:29:45.914-04:00I shall look . It is interesting for me to see ho...I shall look . It is interesting for me to see how other people are geting over the not so perfect house, like mine.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-12714947924873829982014-08-13T15:58:25.422-04:002014-08-13T15:58:25.422-04:00No its quite OK Yael, I understood what you meant....No its quite OK Yael, I understood what you meant. This was a poor mans house in 1937 when it was built. And a succession of poor folks have lived in it ever since, all of them contributing to the calamity of half done cheap work, cutting corners every possible way. I don't think anyone ever has done as much to it as I have..<br />This is what the outside looks like now.<br />http://isserfiq.blogspot.com/2014/07/hosewashing.html<br />and at the bottom of this post is a photo of what it looked like before I rebuilt it.<br />http://isserfiq.blogspot.com/2012/09/replacing-old-fence.htmlMike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-82682609506309752502014-08-13T15:47:10.839-04:002014-08-13T15:47:10.839-04:00I was thinking may be I should delete that commen...I was thinking may be I should delete that comment. it does not look good. i know. The thing is that i have a terrible sense of humor:) My house is also 50 years old and there are so many things to do. never ending story i know.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-8386912901243130862014-08-13T15:35:08.777-04:002014-08-13T15:35:08.777-04:00Yes I know what you mean Yael, but it was about ti...Yes I know what you mean Yael, but it was about time I finished the project I started 5 years ago. Yes we have been living without trim on the windows that long, skilfully hidden by curtains of course. I mean if I suddenly kick the bucket Annie would be stuck with an unfinished house. And it was one of those domino sort of situations. Before I can finish the window trim I needed to repair the drywall, and plaster the joints, and before that I have to remove the old wall paper. And it all happened because the cat bright a mouse from the basement 5 years ago.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-54141154692889530022014-08-13T13:57:41.057-04:002014-08-13T13:57:41.057-04:00Thank god I don't have a husband to clean my b...Thank god I don't have a husband to clean my bathroom and i am doing it alone:)Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-42280700148840158632014-08-13T13:19:39.409-04:002014-08-13T13:19:39.409-04:00Well Jaz, you what they say about the cobblers kid...Well Jaz, you what they say about the cobblers kids. I started rebuilding the house 5 years ago when the cat brought a mouse up from the basement and while searching where it might have come in we found a rotted corner. I just kept going around the house. I replaced sheathing, insulation, windows, roof, siding and trim. The outside has been done for a few year now but for the sake of my sanity and marital harmony I left the inside as was. The wall paper everywhere had me stumped. Just too big a job to remove. But I think I found a method that will work so I don't have to drywall the whole place again.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-11909114939318505782014-08-13T13:11:57.711-04:002014-08-13T13:11:57.711-04:00Ha Ha, That's mi friend Doug in Argentina. He ...Ha Ha, That's mi friend Doug in Argentina. He said I must be happy with what I have done<br />Translated from Spanish my response reads: The adventure continues today. I finished taking down the little bit of ceiling over the front door so the sloped ceiling in the stairwell meets the door. Now I have to do more electrical work as we have a wire running across it. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-87331978373349295722014-08-13T12:13:02.810-04:002014-08-13T12:13:02.810-04:00I was convinced I EFTA comment in englishI was convinced I EFTA comment in englishJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-38699363806466019622014-08-13T12:11:39.358-04:002014-08-13T12:11:39.358-04:00thank god my husband never cleans our bathroom! h...thank god my husband never cleans our bathroom! he did decide to paint the front steps about 3 weeks ago and the entire porch has been torn apart for all this time.jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-75341233484221336752014-08-13T12:07:32.125-04:002014-08-13T12:07:32.125-04:00Si, hoy seguimos con la aventura. He terminado de ...Si, hoy seguimos con la aventura. He terminado de quitar el cuadrito del cielo raso de la cocina sobre la entrada para que el cielo raso de las escaleras llegue hasta la puerta. Ahora a hacer las de electricista porque tengo dos cables que atraviesan.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-28331794250376685562014-08-13T11:59:50.833-04:002014-08-13T11:59:50.833-04:00¡! Seguro puedes estar muy contento con lo que has...¡! Seguro puedes estar muy contento con lo que has hecho.<br />D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com