Paint Screw up

This Sherwin Williams Harmony primer has zero volatile organic compounds. You literally cannot smell any paint odors at all. $37 gallon.

I am using the same kind of paint for the ceiling. It is flat white. Yesterday I got three gallons of paint for the ceiling and painted half the room. Today I painted the other half.

When I came back from lunch and inspected the ceiling I noticed a difference on half of it. Turns out the third gallon of pain was eggshell. Huge difference!

Sherwin Williams gave me another gallon, though they weren't very cordial. I had to go to a different store to get it. I'll be glad to get done painting. I'm not impressed with Sherwin Williams' customer service. Their paint is awesome however.

Kitchen Update

Even though we had the coolest kitchen ever, white fridge, white dishwasher, white stove, white cabinets, white floor,  we decided to change it up a bit...

 First, we destroyed the old one and insulated the walls...

This floor was hard to part with...

One light in the kitchen was awesome, but we added a few anyway..

No pantry was fun, but we added one just for the hell of it..

Walls and ceiling primed. Sherwin Williams Harmony Primer, no VOC's. There are absolutely no paint odors whatsoever! Incredible.

The fun stuff!!

 Tubby did not help.

Hot Box

One more neighbor electing higher power bills. It's gonna get hot inside of that box now!

Spoke to the owner. The roots screw up his grass and somehow negatively affect the house. Sure, they provide some shade, but it's doesn't outweigh the problems they cause. No, he isn't going to live in it, he's renting it. 

Georgia Power thanks you sir!

Deck update

Jul 13

One year ago

 Deck framing in progress

 Decking laid

Another view

Last Year

Stairs in place

2013

We began adding the handrail to the deck this weekend. On the left are the uprights going in.






Proto handrail

A shot from the kitchen window showing the top rail and some of the cabling installed.

Staining the deck










Deck now stained with Ipe handrail and all cabling in place.

Cedar Arbor

A while back I built an arbor so that the kiwi's I got back in February would have  a place to grow.

It isn't quite finished yet but the vines are growing like weeds. The soil pH must 
be perfect for them. 

The arbor is made from cedar and some bamboo.

Hopefully, next year we'll get some kiwis.

Another view. In the foreground you can see some excavation for a dam (pond). Just what I need, another project...

This window's gotta go!

 40 year old window. Double hung, leaky, ugly, it's got to go.
Interior view of the newly installed window.
















Performance specs of the new Pella Window.

Low E
U Factor 0.29
SHGC .33
Visible Transmittance 0.62
Argon Gas filled double pane fixed
Energy Star Rated

$365

It took about 4 hrs to install the window. We weren't trying to break any speed records. The old window was basically held in by 2 nails. There are about 20 screws in the new one. The gap between the framing and the window is filled with expanding foam. We taped the entire framing with a non permeable adhesive sealing tape.






Newly installed, high efficiency Pella. Very happy with this window!


http://www.nfrc.org/WindowRatings/The-NFRC-Label.html

Beams

Yesterday, Cofer Brothers of Tucker delivered 2 LVL beams for the house. They are 14" deep and 18' long.  I called Cofer Brothers at 9 a.m. and they arrived before lunch, free delivery.


Price $200.

Here is one of the columns roughed in.

 The columns are 4 - 2 x 8's on either side of the span, 8 total. 

 The wife and I managed to rope the beam up from the attic. It was tough. 

 Supports removed

New garage door versus the old door (below) which gave the room that mobile home look