honey do list

[skyzmine]

Well it started for me. 1st I work in construction so im off every winter till spring so she hit me hard this year.

my house was built in 1865 needless to say its OLD just like me ???  and I dont want to do this anymore, but

I guess i dont have a choice this time, she has been on me for the last few years to remodel the house.

So the drywall is up in the dinning room and my gun room and will sling some mud in the morning and hopefully I can still make the gun show tomarrow.

we have 3 new fiberglass door on order and bought most of the oak boards for the window / door trim and the arch way for the lining room and dinning room, as soon as im done with theses rooms then the new carpet.

maybe she will let me off from doing the kitchen and downstairs bath untill next month. :'(

Ill post pics wile the work is going on.

[Geno C]

Good luck, sounds like you have your work cut out for you.

[fasteddie]

Looks like you have mucho work to do . Ya hadn't better be dilly-dallying around or you will still be working on it when Fall Bow season opens in October .

[sodfather]

You really can go the extra mile and wrap some crown molding around she will love it but it costs a fortune.

[skyzmine]

45 bucks for a 8' stick   yikes....

that will be in the summer when the $$ are a flowing in and im back to work.

I went with the high dense pine for the base boadrs and will paint them.

but all the oak will have the classic stain with a mid-range gloss, should match the doors, I hope.

found it at Lowe's

[burmjohn]

Nice! I'm building a new room right now... Need to go get 10 ft rock boards tomorrow and finish it up... I like framing and electrical but when it comes to rock and mud I cringe a little.

[skyzmine]

The worst thing for me is nothing is square,

[WNYBuckHunter]

Gotta love old houses. My last place, you couldnt find a straight edge or square corner anywhere. Looks like a bunch of work ahead of you.

[burmjohn]

LOL nothing is square in my house too! When I put up the hallway hall, I followed the lines of the wood floor.  If you measure off the wall to the hallway wall its over 2 inch difference end to end...  That also goes for the ceiling, one end was 111 inches the other was 113!  But thats what you get with older houses, it makes the simple projects Oh so fun!

[skyzmine]

I know, what a shame how they built homes back in the days.

well the 1st coat of mud is up.

[Doewhacker]

You got me beat, we are half way through 400 sqaure feet of Hickory hardwood. Today was a long day but tomorrow will be realativly easy with just the livivng room left. Bye Bye carpet....hello hard wood. I'll post some pics of the finished product monday.

[burmjohn]

Looks great sky...  Today my brother and I lugged 8 10 footer drywall pieces up the stairs and barely with a lot of bending got it up there lol.  I'll post some pics tomorrow...

[fasteddie]

Looks great sky...  Today my brother and I lugged 8 10 footer drywall pieces up the stairs and barely with a lot of bending got it up there lol.  I'll post some pics tomorrow...

It's amazing how much heavier those double 10 foot sheets are compared to the 8 footers ! It equates to 2 1/2 eight foot sheets .......but feels a lot heavier

[skyzmine]

another favorite thing i love about old houses are the studs, rhey are 16'' apart so no standing up the drywall, everything is on its side and will have to buy more sheets to cover.

post up your pics, i love seeing before and after pics.

[TH41]

OH the fun of slappin up sheet rock in an old old house. Me,I am not a contractor. I'm a weekend warrior,when it comes to building. Electrical, plumbing,and roofing no prob. I couldn't find very many areas that were square at all in our house. Now we are looking at maybe getting a newer house. Either someone elses problems or new all together. Enjoy your winter.LOL! Looks like your off to a good start.

[Doewhacker]

Here is my finish product and Gus saying hello. I can mark another job off my list and another career gets added to the Glad I didn't choose this one list.

[nyantler]

last years kitchen remodel.. putting in a new tile back splash

[HectorBuckBuster]

Yep, old houses are fun. LOL . This old studs are hard as hell sometimes. Well here is what I was working before the weather got too cold.

[nyantler]

House I built 20 years ago

[Culvercreek hunt club]

You guys a killing me....I have a tear off and re-roof and residing the house coming in the spring. Luckily I can walk the entire rook and the siding would be too bad. This winter will be painting and redoing the family room.

[nyantler]

Don't let your wives see this thread.. might give them too many ideas!!

[HectorBuckBuster]

Next project is building a couple decks. Looks like I have a 24' by 12' then a 22' by 12' then a small deck to connect them.I have a great lake view so might as well build something to enjoy it.

[skyzmine]

man it looks like everyone has been busy ;D

I stained the base boards just to see how they would look, just may keep them like that instead of painting them.

[skyzmine]

the last real big job we did a few years ago.

this is now the new Palmers meat market in Henrietta

[skyzmine]

all most done