Framing....

Yesterday was a slow paced day...again as with any rehab project it goes slower than expected!  Nate worked on framing the guest room closet and I worked on fixing the ceilings.  What am I doing to the ceilings?  In some locations we have pieces of wallpaper falling down, so I am working on sticking them back up with drywall compound.  Originally we started ripping it down....only to find out that again it seems to have become a conglomeration of paper underneath.  If/when you do get the the plaster underneath, it has cracks.  The cracks don't necessarily mean something is wrong with the house (we had it inspected by someone who specializes in structural integrity), but houses settle and age and plaster cracks as this happens.  So, the pictures do not show my work, but you will notice "wet looking" areas on the ceiling...this is where I worked.




Nate got a chunk of the framing done, but rehabbing a home results in a conglomeration of issues.  Normal everyday household problems happen to us as well.  First thing to go wrong was our tape measurer broke.  This is why Nate stopped working last night, vowing to head to Lowes to purchase a new one this morning.  Then came tragedy #2.  When Nate went outside to go to Lowes, he discovered our van had a flat.  We have been getting flats an inordinate amount this year- at least 3 if not 4-5.  I am beginning to suspect a neighborhood saboteur.  Ridiculous.  So it is going to be late in the day when he can get back to framing in the closet.

Before we realized the car issue, we looked for jobs for Nate in New Hampshire and opened his resume for updating.  Many of the jobs there are intense sounding...even when they want a Mechanical Engineering degree they want some sort of strange specialization....

Ceiling hole filled!

Here is a description of the job Nate thinks he can do the most:

* Hands-on mechanical design and engineering of plasma power supply enclosures and components that support the plasma cutting requirements (such as gas delivery and mechanical control components, accessory features, and torch handles and related mechanisms)

Uh what? 

Our dog Athena trying to help!

Well, I suppose Nate will be applying and we will see how it goes.  One consolation is Nate mentioned to me today that his OWN job might sound impossible when listed as a potential career and he might think he wasn't qualified for it.  LOL!  He has been doing it for almost 4 years!




Today I am going to work on the master bathroom (I didnt get to it yesterday).

Where we stopped...begun to be framed in!