scott, Just move in to the neighborhood, I am sure she would send me over. smiling ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 04:26 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The window
Well hell with all that generosity, I've got a couple of projects your wife could volunteer you for. grin On Apr 22, 2008, at 10:57 PM, RJ wrote: > Don, > > You already have my phone #. Show 210 and 227. > smiling, > RJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 23:29 > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The window > > Great story, you need to send me your number off list, so you can > tell this story on the show. Regards Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RJ > To: Handyman > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:45 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The window > > Lately I been a busy boy. My wife just loves getting me into > trouble. We > started out laying porcelain tile down for my neighbor, after she > paid a > plumber a small fortune to lay down a third of a piece of plywood and > refused to lay the cement board, tell her she didn't want porcelain > tile. > The plumber was so nice, he even put the top of the floor flange > even with > the floor. Which made the flange 3/4 inches below floor level after > the 1/2 > inch cement board and tile. So after lifting the toilet, and laying > the > board and tile, I had to double wax ring the toilet and find toilet > bolts > that were long enough to make a secure fastening of the toilet to the > floor. Than my nice wife suggest we put a window in the bathroom. > Thinking > the house was a frame house, I didn't think it would be to much of a > job, so > I told the women, I would get my son's resipicating saw and they > could saw > the hole in no time. Well I measured out the window, or should I > say, I held > the tape out, and had them read the figures. So I came up with a > side slider > 32 inch Wide by 19 inch high window, still not knowing what I found > out > yesterday. the house was a block house some one furred out with 3/4 > inch > furring strip, both on the inside for the plasterboard and the > outside vinyl > siding. I already ordered the window (not to smart of me, was > it?)before I > checked things out), so I had no choice but to precede. As they > scored the > plasterboard so I could finish cutting it out I removed part of the > plasterboard and the women went into a tizzy, when they seen the > cement > blocks staring back at us. and I began to wonder how a blind guy can > get > into so much trouble without trying. After all, I am blind, and > blind people > shouldn't be doing these things. Or maybe my neighbor is right an I > am not > blind, but just think I am. But any way, out came my cold chisels to > get > them ready for a job I thought was going to be a job for a wood saw. > So I > went outside and remove the siding and grab my four pound sledge and > I went > to work cutting out a 35 inch by 24 inch hole. It only took me about > 5 hours > to knock out the blocks and frame in the rough opening. Tomorrow the > window > is suppose to get here, and it is just a matter of putting on the > trim, > plus re-installing the siding, and I will be done. But don't worry, > for it > isn't the end of the story, but that is for another time. For my > kind wife > has offer to volunteer me for another project. > And I will be dam if my wife will take me not being able to see as a > excuse. > RJ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
