Not to mention the hours of time spent correcting mistakes. I'm just about to take apart the step I built between the living room and the dining room (they're just over 1 foot different in floor level, so a step is needed, and I tore out the old one when I installed a new hardwood floor in the living room) because it's developed a pronounced creak - I think I need an extra brace for the plywood decking. Fortunately I hadn't yet glued the final top planks on - the ones that match the floor. It's quite likely that those finish planks would distribute the load enough to eliminate the creak, but I don't want to take that risk - it's a lot messier to fix the problem once those surface planks are installed, and I don't have any spares (I designed the steps at both ends of the room to exactly use up the planks left over from the cartons of flooring).
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 12:26:53PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Things appear to be shaping up! > Power tools and renovations are manly things to be involved in. > Regards, Bob S. ;-) > > On 1/4/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/1/06, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >Home reno? > > > > > >Instead of buying new? Is that now defunct, and you'll make your current > > >house what you all want it to be? > > > > > >Poor Cotty! > > > > > >Remodeling drives one (or all) nutso! > > > > Well, we're calling it a new house because it's new to us. Actually it's > > an ex barn (built of stone) converted in 1983 and very little done to it > > since then. Renovation may be to strong a word - we are 'updating' it, > > with some slight non-structural changes to suit (taking out a wall here, > > adding a wall there). Will be moving in last weekend in January. > > > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/house> > > > > I'm doing some bathroom work today, tile grouting, painting, shower > > curtains, that sort of thing. It's fun! > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > >
