Simeon Pilgrim

The inside is complete!

• plastering done
  
• veneer floor re-layed
  
• skirting boards fixed, plus beading
• walls and skirting repainted
  

Outside:

• first top coat done, still another to go!

We have now finished all the big stuff

• The bay window has new weather boards
  
• The room as a new chipboard floor surface
  

And some small things

• Replaced the larger plaster board. It was damaged when replacing the stud it was attached to.
  
• Replaced the small plaster board pieces that are behind the skirting board
• Michaela has done the first coat of plastering over all those edges

Stuff to go

• Finish the plastering
• Put all skirting boards type stuff back
• Undercoat/topcoat inside
• Undercoat/topcoat outside
• Put concrete board that is part of the eves over the bay window

Over the two weekends of the Christmas break, Harvey and I worked on the house.  Doing one side of the bay window each weekend

We replaced twice:

• the double 4″x 2″ corner stud
• the 4″x2″ middle stud
• the 4″x3″ window stud, which holds the lintel
  
• replaced the 2″x 2″ and 2″x 5″ corner plates (not sure correct term)
• replaced the weather boards
  

Tasks left:

• weather board the bay window
• lay floor in the room
• plus small tasks

We are estimating three more days, then we will be done! Oh my god, I’m getting so sick of the time sink of this project, but we’re on the back straight, and we’ve come so far.

Well the under floor part of the great house DIY of ‘07 is done.

In the process we have:

• moved 2,500 kg’s of dirt and rubble from under the house
• laid 100m² of polythene ground sheeting
• used 180m of tape
• got a lot of sore muscles from crawling around in 30cm’s of space for days on end

But the floor looks good

Now on with:

• laying the floor back down
• replacing some wall studs
• putting weather boards back on outside of house

and it will be done!

Harvey and I got the last sole plate, foundation board, and joists in place yesterday (Canterbury’s A&P Show Day).

The room has a very close to finished feeling. We then started inspecting the rest of the house, to check for further work required in the near term. And there is some, but only a little. The other task we started and will continue tomorrow is clearing the rubble from under the house and lowering the dirt level so we can lay a polythene ground sheeting.

So while the room that started it all is nearing completion, there are new tasks spawned that need doing before the floor can go back down…