Good morning/day/evening to CoSovians in all time zones.
Enjoy your zone appropriate beverage of choice βπΊπ·as I toast to finally getting my friend's 80 day drought ended. Booster pump installed and several ugly electrical issues cleaned up and made safe in the process. There was 240v in a broken wet conduit joined in a mangled interior J-box that I feel good about now. The gate box was all broken too, now safe. Still need an in-use weather cover for it.
Welp, I tried out the expensive 3/4 horse that I thought would be marginal, and I was right. Then went and got the 1 HP blue bomb and it will work to get to the top of the hill, but still going to have to put in a 1/2 HP version of the blue one at the top to boost enough pressure for the house. Both together will be cheaper than the $500 automagical that was recommended to her. I'm calling it a win. Will deal with a housing, the 2nd pump, and fine tuning when I get back from Colombia next week π¦
12 hr day so far, probably have another hour or 2 in me after a beer and some food. Removed cheap old dining room flooring, (saving for temp reuse upstairs), final set on base cabinets and dishwasher. Fitment of beadboard panels, ready for glue and nail after kitchen floor install, which is 1st thing in a.m. after coffee, just have to final sweep, vac, lay foam,and land the ez 2/3 of the kitchen. Then on to the dining room after moving the fridge and stove cabs back to K -- I hope. π¨πͺπͺ
Today my El Salvadoran labor showed up looking for work. I put him on reinforcing the chimney in the basement - had to chase cement, mesh, rebar & build forms this morning. Only got half a day in on repairing my cabinets but should be able to final them tomorrow and land the countertop. Also cleaned out my trailer and truck to reorganize all my crap from the last project I threw in the trlr B4 off to PR last time. I have way much to do in too short of time to do it but I will make it happen. π
Well it's been a bit since I posted. Been a bit busy. The kitchen rebuild is coming along. Waiting on flooring - Wednesday? ...or Friday? Upper cabs hung last night, base cabs set but not final yet. Have to trim windows and doors today and tomorrow. Always don't have something I need. I have a week to finish. The last pic is what it was. Oh, and the whole house is covered in demo-dust. I have guests checking in on the 7th, but I'm out of town on the 3rd. Yikes!
Like, WTF?
This thing sitting there daring me to bitch about something.
π Nope.
Who's got anything to complain about here ;^)
Thanks for everything J
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Round 2 of Sunday church. Blues jam.
Semi-retired Geo/Archaeo/Hydrogeo-logist, boatman, resistor, zen-gineer, made of stardust, lubricated with whiskey and whimsy. Patreon and CoSoPRO