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Home Improvements ~ Update #1
I had delusions of getting a lot of work done at the house this weekend. The problem is that I didn’t actually set a goal to accomplish by the end of the weekend.
This project started about 4 weeks ago. I figured that I would do a quick recap to keep track of what’s been done. To date the following has been completed:
1) Framing of two doorframes and a wall to separate our home into two separate units.
2) Drywall
3) Drywall finishes (cornerbead / tape)
4) Mudding round #1
5) Sanding round #1
6) Mudding round #2
7) Sanding round #2
Considering that I am only working on weekends and the rare weeknight, I’m pretty happy with the progress. This weekend, two of us worked for about 3 hours on sanding and it took me about an hour to clean up afterwards so I wouldn’t say it was a lost weekend, but it definitely was not as much work as I probably could have gotten done.
My plan is to take another stab at getting work done tomorrow night but, this time, I am going to make a plan. Tomorrow will be all about mud. I need to build out a ridge to smooth it out, finish mudding a drop panel for one of the doors, repair three holes, and touch up a few places that we got a little overzealous with our sanding technique.
That sounds perfectly reasonable for a Monday night.
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Our current home was purchased because it satisfied our lifestyle and lifestage requirements perfectly. Going into it I knew I was looking at some home improvement work and always intended on doing as much of that work as possible with my own hands.
The first round of work was fairly extensive and formed the basis of all my learning in the home improvement field. Essentially, the initial project had me tearing out all building materials on the main floor and main bathroom and rebuilding from scratch.
After a long hiatus, I have now begun a project that looks toward the future. It started with a decision to repair a little water damage, and has evolved into a plan to separate our stacked townhouse into two separate units.
At the time of purchase, there were two units that had been rented separately, but I needed to rip out the existing separating structures in order to be able to move construction materials into the upper levels. We’ve always had access to the full space and had not considered the benefits to creating the separate space until recently.
Our plan at this point is to live at this address and use the entire space for the next two years while we save some money for a downpatment on our next house. At the end of the two years we can rent the townhouse as two separate units and move to the next stage of our life while maintaining this property as an investment.
I figure that this blog will be an interesting way for me to remember my own trials and tribulations as I progress with the project. All the better if I can help anyone else with their own projects through my experience.
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