Yep, me too. Once a mother always a mother. Betsy At 10:59 AM 11/4/2009, you wrote: > > >For one demented moment Dan, I thought that you said that you were a * mother! > >Jewel >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dan Rossi" <<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[email protected]> >To: "Blind Handyman List" ><<mailto:BlindHandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:03 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a mudder. > >Last evening, I went into the nursery and with paper tape and mud, >attempted to seal the edges of the plaster where I had ripped down the >closet wall. I know all of that stuff will be safely behind trim, but >thought that it would be better to try and seal up those ragged and raw >edges so that they don't forever sift dust out. > >I didn't care one bit how my work looked since it was going to be behind >trim, so I just cut the tape to length, grabbed handfuls of mud and >slathered it all over the tape and wrapped it around the edges of the >broken plaster. Not pretty, but I think it will do the trick. > >Tonight I will attempt to frame in the hole and prepare it for trim and >doors. > >Any suggestions on how to hold a 2X6 over my head while trying to screw or >nail it in? > >I am using a 2X6 that is flush with the inside of the closet, so that it >will stick out from the outer wall by a couple of inches. This will help >me to move the doors further out to make the closet artificially deeper. > >the wall was originally built with the 2X6 studs on edge, so it is thinner >than a typical wall. I am just going to reuse the 2X6 I cut out of the >wall as my header. The only thing is, whatever trees they used to make >studs out of, were a lot heavier than todays studs. SHEESH! I don't know >when they started making dimensional lumber that half inch less but these >are 1.5 X 5.5 or a bit more, but not full 2 X 6. And this house was built >in the 20s. > >Later. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail: <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[email protected] >Tel: (412) 268-9081 > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >To listen to the show archives go to link ><http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >Or ><ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. ><http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review >Contributions From Various List Members At The >Following address: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address ><http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, >then visit the following address for more >information: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining >to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank >message to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[email protected]! > >Groups Links > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, >version of virus signature database 4574 (20091104) >__________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >
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