I have begun tuck-pointing (or re-pointing) the crawlspace foundation brick. It took about two hours to re-point about ten square feet of wall. I think I can speed up that process by shifting over to using a different tool next time, but it was progress none-the-less. The first portion of the process, cleaning out the […]
Tag: Crazy Old House
For the last several days, after work hours, I’ve been prepping the crawl space under the 100+ year old house brick and stone foundation for tuck pointing. Much of the work requires a heavy duty blower to push the dust out of the crawl space. I am wearing a heavy duty full face respirator while […]
The eastern half of the loft is now wrapped in it’s vapor barrier, a 6mil plastic over the fiberglass insulation. I finished up taping the seams and cleaned up the work space and some of the storage before having to call it a night. The next portion of the project will take place in the […]
Tonight’s stream on Twitch.tv/xonikz showed a little bit more progress on the art loft, or maker loft. The vision is starting to take shape. Ceiling insulation and vapor barrier were put in place on the western ceiling by the end of the stream with some work done on the half wall that separates the computer […]
I found a fire hazard in the wiring of the house and opted to fix it instead of streaming Skyrim as scheduled.