Geek in progress

For the past three years, I guess, Veerle has been trying to get me to agree to close up the living room door and make a new door in the dining room. Last fall, I finally caved. I saw the light, she would put it We discussed our plans with the guy who will be taking charge in redoing our attic, and signed the agreement last November. Half December he gave us a call, and we agreed upon having the job done by the end of January. On the 29th, the demolition man came by and tore a new hole in our wall. Using a water to limit the amount of dust the wall was split apart at the right spot. Three hours later, everything was cleared and the big cleanup could begin. Depsite the water, dust had spread throughout the living room, partially spoiling my plans for getting some work done. With spurious amounts of water and soap, the living room was cleaned, and along with it, all the toys, books, and decoration.

I tore down the old door, with Nathan’s help — he’s scared of loud noise, so I figured that if I could get him to help me out, he would at least stop crying. And he did. with combined forces, we yanked the door from the wall, and replaced it with a brand new wooden framework, against which I put 18mm of multiplex, covered with 9.5 mm of plaster plate (gyproc). A bucket of Knauf Goldband later and the doorway was effectively sealed shut.

I plastered the new door hole, using metal corners to work against — my plastering skillz are pretty good, but only for small areas, i.e., no wider than my tool is. So, without further ado, behold the new door and the sealed old door.

Needless to say, we had to move some furniture around

Mind, a new glass sliding door will be installed shortly. when the money for it arrives on my bank account.