Jim started his day off a little happier because I found another green bowl on eBay to replace the one that exploded in the microwave! It was a little weird that it was listed as "Vintage Pyrex." How can it be vintage when I remember buying it? Guess that shows my age!
At the property, Jim first went back up into the attic to finish off the vent ductwork. He screwed all the joints together and then taped them. He left a few joints for me to tape once I got there. This run is all finished now!
He then put some of our loose fill insulation at the top of the cavities in this area where the roof insulation met the wall insulation, just to make sure there were no voids. We'll have more of this work to do but the plan worked well!
Jim's next project was to start building the knee braces for the front overhang. These need to be up so that we can put the soffit up and finish closing off that area.
You can see the mortise and tenon joint...
Copying the same angle on the next piece...
Then cutting it on the bandsaw...
Second brace is made...
Then Jim uses his chisel to cut the little middle off to insure a perfect fit.
Then we started the utility room floor project. Jim wants to get this floor epoxied before we get the furnace and water softener. Before you can use the epoxy paint, you are supposed to etch the concrete to insure a good fit. However, the etching material can't touch the steel or the foam! So we had to do things a bit differently. First, Jim is making a slightly-more diluted mixture...
Then he applied it to the floor, using his handled scrub brush, being very careful to stay well away from the steel and foam.
Then Jim went over it with clear water...
Then used the squeegee to get the water out. We would then sponge up the water once Jim got it in one area.
For the final rinse, Jim went over the entire floor...
Looks good - hopefully the epoxy will stick well now.
Jim then had to get the mess cleaned up - being very careful to continue diluting all our buckets until they were mostly water and dumping them in the stone of the lower driveway.
After that, he started making the steel brackets that he'll use to attach the knee braces to the overhang.
Then he got the pieces mounted - this one is for the left side...
...and for the right...
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