Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Baby Steps ... What about Bob!

I haven't really dedicated too much time working on the house this week, but I have been doing small one-off things that I can finish quickly and feel like I made some progress. I decided to clean the basement area at the front of the house since there were large piles consisting of plaster, mortar and other random debris from working on the front wall on the first floor (a lot of the debris feel through the holes left from the radiator piping). I don't have a picture, but the front area in the basement is now clean and I will start moving some of my stuff in storage to that area. I also covered the radiator holes so more debris doesn't fall through (see duct tape on floor).

I installed the first outlet in the living room and had to place it a little lower than planned (was going to do 14" to the bottom of the receptacle but it would fit under the window so I did 12"). I am glad I did this one first because now I will install the rest on the first floor at the same height.



I also got a chance to clean up my kitchen and have that room in a state it will remain in until after my friend's visit at the end of April. I'll probably hang some drop cloth in the doorway between the living/dining room and kitchen so the dust from any other work I do is minimal.



Not sure what I am going to do when I get home tonight (after volleyball, of course), maybe start moving all the stuff in the basement to the front so I can cut down the remaining radiator piping this weekend, or maybe just partition off the kitchen.

Also, I should be able to procure a hammer drill pretty soon and once I do that I can finish wiring the rest of the outlets in the living room and turn that breaker on.

When I named this post "Baby Steps," I didn't really think about it ... but when I went to publish it, I thought about the movie What About Bob? and had to post a picture.

3 comments:

Corey said...

Did you account for the window trim depth, and then account for the size of the switch plate? Your outlet looks awfully close. I failed to think through these issues a lot have ended up having to cut into the trim or the switch plate.

You may just want to move the outlet to the side of the window.

Corey said...

Oops - should have said "depth" for window trim. Should have said width. I think standard casing is 2-1/4", so the top edge of your switch plate should be at least 2-1/4" lower than the framing of your window.

Erin said...

"I didn't mean to call him Boob!"

"Hey! Didn't I see you on Good Morning America??? You were great!"

(love that movie)