Message #3268

[StephenK]

Thank You Into Blue!   :^)

     This has been, and still is, quite the undertaking... but I love it in a way that very-much surprises me...
I was thinking that I was finished with anything construction related... I've been doing it for so long... but this
is the first that I've taken-on something this personal and complex... and it fits me like a glove... who-da-thunk-it....  :^)

  The texture thing is sprayed-on with a hand-held texture gun attached, by hose, to an air compressor.  The ceiling is
sprayed on directly, and left to dry... the walls are sprayed on, allowed to dry for about 10 minutes, and then passed over with
a wide blade for that purpose.  It's called the "knocked down" effect.... it's also great for hiding many defects in my taping
work!  :^)

     The funny thing about the flooding was that, till recently, the hot water heater was down below.. situated on top of
several cement blocks.... about the time I was changing the plumbing the older one quit working... so when buying the new one
I installed it inside, on the first floor.  If I left it were it was it would have been fried!  That would have been a sad waste of 300+ dollars!

      Starting next on the kitchen.... a neighbor is loaning me a really nice planer so I'm able to use much of the old lumber
for the house to do some nice customized cabinets.... It looks like I'll have only about $500 invested in all the cabinets when
I'm done.... and these should be rather nice ones at that... it's hard to beat the price of self developed improvements!

    Thanks for checking back in Into Blue!   and for sharing the nice imagery of "Rice Krispie peanut butter with chocolate bars
and hot chocolate" .... Yummy....!  :^)