Bezabor: Laundry Room wall build-out and electrical work (posted from home)
Friday, 27 January-
We went to the Eastern Market this morning. I was looking forward to some of the excellent fresh orange juice available there. The proprietor tells me it’s a combination of orange and tangerine juice--- I thought so! The big find today, though, was a superb baguette; I think we have finally found somewhere to get a good French baguette… one with a crunchy crust and a fluffy, yeasty center. In the afternoon we walked at Rudy Park near York. We continue to have unseasonably-warm weather and that made walking very pleasant.
Thursday, 26 January-
Labashi went back to work on some family history and I spent most of today installing two new electrical outlets on one of the basement walls. This little electrical job made me scratch my head. The problem was how to wire in to a split circuit, i.e., one which has power all the time to the upper plugs of the receptacles but the lower plugs are controlled by a switch. I could find a diagram of how to initially install such a circuit in this manner but had trouble finding any info on how to extend such a circuit, particularly when I wanted both plugs on the new receptacles live all the time. Once I found that information (on the web!) and figured out that I should use pigtails for the receptacle connections, I was ready to give it a try. But of course then I needed to go buy some materials and before I knew it, the day was gone. Good thing I don’t install receptacles for a living! That evening we watched ‘Run Lola, Run’, a good little German film which inspired the first episode of ‘Alias’ as well as its method of telling a story backwards.
Wednesday, 25 January-
I got a slower-than-normal start today but was very pleasantly surprised to have no swelling or pain from my tooth extraction. As Labashi continued the build-up, it became clear that she would have to shim out some of the furring to get it level and I’d have to somehow trim back both one of the studs and one piece of furring that stuck out too far. At first I thought I’d try sawing, but then realized I could use an older method; I used a hatchet, carefully controlling the depth of penetration by angling it just right and by using a hammer to hit the hatchet rather than swinging it. Afterwards we went shopping for the electrical supplies I need at Home Depot and Lowe’s. On the way home, we stopped by Texas Road House for their consistently-superior baby-back ribs. That evening we watched the four episodes of Alias, Season Four, Disk 1, our latest Netflix movie. Go, Sydney!
Tuesday, 24 January-
I had a dental appointment today, having a tooth extracted (#30) and a bone graft done to prepare for a dental implant in a few months. I was surprised how easily that went. I had no pain whatsoever in any part of the process, even though the tooth had to be split to be extracted and sutures were used to close up. I spent the afternoon alternating ten minutes on and ten minutes off with an ice pack against my jaw in order to prevent/reduce swelling. But by the end of the day I still had not had any pain. Amazing.
In the meantime, Labashi started nailing up the lattice boards and furring to build out the studding. That evening we watched “Noam Chomsky: Rebel without a Pause”. I enjoy Chomsky but don’t think I can quite buy in to the government-conspiracy aspects of his lectures.
Monday, 23 January-
Today we started figuring out how to address a problem with one of the walls in the basement laundry room. In general, the studs on this 21-foot wall have to be built out an inch and a quarter so drywall can be properly fitted. But some of the studs are slightly turned and they aren’t all even. I thought I was going to have to rip 2 x 4’s to fit but realized we could do the build-up with two layers of quarter-inch lattice board and a three-quarter-inch furring board. In addition, we need to complete some electrical work before the drywall goes up. I spent a number of hours going through the home-repair books looking for answers on the electrical problems.
Friday, 27 January-
We went to the Eastern Market this morning. I was looking forward to some of the excellent fresh orange juice available there. The proprietor tells me it’s a combination of orange and tangerine juice--- I thought so! The big find today, though, was a superb baguette; I think we have finally found somewhere to get a good French baguette… one with a crunchy crust and a fluffy, yeasty center. In the afternoon we walked at Rudy Park near York. We continue to have unseasonably-warm weather and that made walking very pleasant.
Thursday, 26 January-
Labashi went back to work on some family history and I spent most of today installing two new electrical outlets on one of the basement walls. This little electrical job made me scratch my head. The problem was how to wire in to a split circuit, i.e., one which has power all the time to the upper plugs of the receptacles but the lower plugs are controlled by a switch. I could find a diagram of how to initially install such a circuit in this manner but had trouble finding any info on how to extend such a circuit, particularly when I wanted both plugs on the new receptacles live all the time. Once I found that information (on the web!) and figured out that I should use pigtails for the receptacle connections, I was ready to give it a try. But of course then I needed to go buy some materials and before I knew it, the day was gone. Good thing I don’t install receptacles for a living! That evening we watched ‘Run Lola, Run’, a good little German film which inspired the first episode of ‘Alias’ as well as its method of telling a story backwards.
Wednesday, 25 January-
I got a slower-than-normal start today but was very pleasantly surprised to have no swelling or pain from my tooth extraction. As Labashi continued the build-up, it became clear that she would have to shim out some of the furring to get it level and I’d have to somehow trim back both one of the studs and one piece of furring that stuck out too far. At first I thought I’d try sawing, but then realized I could use an older method; I used a hatchet, carefully controlling the depth of penetration by angling it just right and by using a hammer to hit the hatchet rather than swinging it. Afterwards we went shopping for the electrical supplies I need at Home Depot and Lowe’s. On the way home, we stopped by Texas Road House for their consistently-superior baby-back ribs. That evening we watched the four episodes of Alias, Season Four, Disk 1, our latest Netflix movie. Go, Sydney!
Tuesday, 24 January-
I had a dental appointment today, having a tooth extracted (#30) and a bone graft done to prepare for a dental implant in a few months. I was surprised how easily that went. I had no pain whatsoever in any part of the process, even though the tooth had to be split to be extracted and sutures were used to close up. I spent the afternoon alternating ten minutes on and ten minutes off with an ice pack against my jaw in order to prevent/reduce swelling. But by the end of the day I still had not had any pain. Amazing.
In the meantime, Labashi started nailing up the lattice boards and furring to build out the studding. That evening we watched “Noam Chomsky: Rebel without a Pause”. I enjoy Chomsky but don’t think I can quite buy in to the government-conspiracy aspects of his lectures.
Monday, 23 January-
Today we started figuring out how to address a problem with one of the walls in the basement laundry room. In general, the studs on this 21-foot wall have to be built out an inch and a quarter so drywall can be properly fitted. But some of the studs are slightly turned and they aren’t all even. I thought I was going to have to rip 2 x 4’s to fit but realized we could do the build-up with two layers of quarter-inch lattice board and a three-quarter-inch furring board. In addition, we need to complete some electrical work before the drywall goes up. I spent a number of hours going through the home-repair books looking for answers on the electrical problems.
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