Dan, You are right, those darn jobs can get in the way (smile)
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] My toDo list. Ah yes, June of what year. That is the question. I should get back to work on the basement floor soon. I think I can get the 2X4 joistish pieces in place pretty quickly, but cutting all the blocking to prop up the joists is going to be kind of tedious. Once that is done, I don't expect it will take too long to lay down some rigid foam insulation between the joists, and then lay down the 3/4 plywood sheeting. Then the walls will go up and I will have to rip out the basement stairs and replace them as they are rather damaged from a termite infestation from many years ago. The insulation in the main walls of the house, I will probably have done professionally, but not sure yet. Before I do the insulation though, I need to at least run some conduit from the basement to the attic, if not actually just do the rewiring first. The kitchen project is really out there by a couple of years, simply because it will be an expensive one. All those new appliances and cabinetry can get kind of pricy. The hydronic under floor radiant heat idea is just a dream. I read about it every now and then, but know that it would end up being a huge job. The problem is that I would have to separate the first floor and second floor into two zones, and sadly, the pipes are comingled, so a big job to separate everything out. So that project will remain a, excuse the pun, pipe dream for quite a while. I do expect to have the basement done, except for the bathroom, by the summer. If it weren't for this pesky job, I could have it done a lot sooner. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
