Well I took a week off of work last week to get as much as I can get done. Monday was a wash since it was New Years Eve, Tuesday was NYD so couldn’t do anything then, but Wednesday was mad plumbers crack. I awoke around 7am, went to McDonalds to get some coffee and some crappy morning sandwhich.Why you ask? Well every construction site should have piles of empty McD’s coffee cups lying around. Came home around 9am after a hike over to Lowe’s to pick up some more copper fittings and went to work. I was able to rough in all the inlet pipes for the half bath. I tested it finally on Saturday and no leaks. There are some spots that a pro would know right away that I was not trained a pro, but I would like to think I have more skills than the average “handyman.”

I was able to take all our building materials to the dump and clean out the garage. I ripped out all the scratchy paneling. Scratchy because the previous homeowners had this great idea to take ceiling texture plaster kits and stucco the walls and try to cover up the paneling. When this hardened they realized that if you bumped your elbows, knuckles or knees up against it you would have a horrid open wound that would bleed for days. So that’s all gone now! This revelaed that there was some plaster on those walls and I will take it back to the original look of flat smooth walls.

On Saturday I removed all the excess electrical outlets and switches that were old and knob and tube from the kitchen wall adjacent to the bathroom and clean all that up. I am running new light switches and lights for the hallway tonight. I’ll be sure to take some picks there too.