Need motivation? Get "LOGANED" - Page 38

Once again my evil plan to have others do the work for me comes together....

OK, now I'M getting frustrated.

How do you stop life from getting in the way?

ANOTHER weekend with no work in the basement. By the time we did all the usual running around on Saturday, I was in no mood to start in the basement (although, we DID get to Five Guys for lunch, so at least at that point I was feeling pretty good).

Then Sunday, my neighbor (most generously) brought a over a doggie door for the sliding door. He had a probelm with his, bought another parts, and then found out it has a lifetime waranty and got free replacement parts, so this one was just sitting there and he GAVE it to me. So I guess I at least owe him a bottle of wine.

So Sunday was install the doggie door, clean the carpet before putting down the new runner we picked up on Saturday and TRYING to teach the dog to use the doggie door. Again, by the time I got through with that, I was in no mood to work in the basement.

At least the dog can use the doggie door. Five or six treats and he's getting the idea. Then he starts going through on his own. He still doesn't want to go out unless I go out, but he DOES use the door. Evenually, he'll start going out without me. I also noticed in the last day or so that the effects of last week's "procedure" are kicking in. Less running around and a LOT less hand grabbing. He seems to be sleeping a little more during the day, too. I also noticed that he isn't trying to tear the door down when I leave the room. Maybe I won't have to be with with all the time and can start getting some time in the basement.

...I hear you...golf season is FAST approaching.

Randy -

Glad to hear you caught the dishwasher before it turned into a huge problem. Is the water valve on a timer or a float in those things? I'm thinking if it's a float and leaking, you're likely to leak a LOT of water. If it's on a timer, at least it shuts itself off after while.

Any major damage to walls floor or windows?

I'm thinking for $20 I'd have rented one their trucks to get it home. Unless you're more than 30 minutes away. Which is quite possible up there in the back country.

The racoons should love it! Maybe even the possums.

III'm not gonna try it....you try it....Let's get Randy...He'll try anything!

First things first.

I actually made a little progress this weekend. "Little" being the operative word.

I figured out how to mount the ceiling RSIC clips in an easily repeatable manner. I figured out the dimensions for a block of wood that I mount the clip to using a scrap of 1/4" luan between the top of the actual clip and the bottom of the block, rotate the clip, then mount the block to the joist using another scrap of 1/4" between the top of the block and the subfloor above. So far, I've only mounted the clips using the long holes so that I can make some adjustments if I need to. Once I get all of the clips mounted, I can go back and level them off. The ONE section of DWFC I got up (I DID say a "little" progress) reads level just hanging the way it is now.

I'm hoping it won't be too hard to go back and level them all. I DO have a couple of line levels, so that should help. Then I'll go back and run in the additional screws for the clips.

As I was moving around the "stuff" to get to the box of clips, I found the couple of rolls of Integrity Gasket I bought, oh, I don't know, a year ago? Forgot about it. So I applied that to the face of the original studs under my stairs. That is the ONLY non-decoupled wall in the basement. I also ran it between all of the "studs" under the main HVAC trunk line. There were already one or two place where the trunk line was almost touching. And as I'm going around doing that, I'm finding about a million other places I could have used it.


Second thing second.

I believe scawt was one of those nose-pokers. He just hung around and stuck his nose in once in a while. Of course, he COULD have been doing the other nose-poking thing the entire time, but I can't attest to that. I'm just sayin'. IF he wanted a piece of me, he should have stood up like man.

Now, itsameian is another story. If he read the entire thread, he would know that building a house scares me not. He's what now, the third? I haven't been defeated yet. I'll take you on. You may be from Cheyenne, but this ain't no Social Club, Harley. Did I ever tell you how my Uncle Charlie got all stoved up? You see, he lived out on the plains. One day he went out to the outhouse and thar warn't a cow in site. Ten minutes later, 500 head of steer come through and knocked over Uncle Charlie, outhouse and all. He ain't been to the outhouse since and that was 20 years ago.

itsameian, you've been LOGANED.

Enjoy your non-house building future.

HEY! I heard that.

And oh yeah, fourth thing fourth....


Definitley. My dog will do ANYTHING for treat. Eight days seems to be the time it takes for new stuff to sink in. Put the doggie door in last Sunday. He learned to use it quickly, but still wanted me to go out with him. Saturday while I was in the basement and the LOGANESS was out and about, I heard him go out the door once or twice. Yesterday he went out several times. I can FINALLY take my shoes off at night and not worry about jumping up to get him out the door. This morning, LOGANESS says she couldn't find him in his usual spot rolled over waiting for his belly rub. She found him out on the deck sititng in what little sun hits the deck this time of year just soaking it up.

Hope he enjoys it....looking at more snow tonight and tomorrow. The snow/ice from last week got packed down and throughout the freeze thaw cycles has turned into rock. I bought an 8lb maul to try to break it up some hoping yesterday's relative mild temps would melt it off. All the maul did was leave little dents. There was STILL some ice out there this morning. But I gotta say, it IS pretty funny watching the dog sliding around out in the back yard.

At least his four-wheel-drive lets him get out there, unlike my two-wheel-drive.

Ah say, it's a joke, son. Doncha get it? Ground Hog Day. The movie.

And why are there always three screws left over when you're done?

I almost always find that when I have job with two parts to it, a hard part and an easy part, the easy part ALWAYS turns out harder than the hard part.

Brit, stop. You're killing me, man. That is funny. Of course, I'M not the one that would have taken that first step through the door!

Chiahead -

I have three words for you....

Bwa Ha Ha!

I already got all the rough-ins. I'm good to drywall right now, if I choose to. Still have to hang the ceiling RSIC clips and DWFC and finish insulating the interior walls and ceiling, THEN I'm ready to drywall.

But I like to give you guys a fighting chance. So I take my time. Just want you to know where I am, so you know what to expect.

scawt - YOU'VE BEEN LOGANED.

Good luck making ANY progress now.

BeerParty -

You know, I usually try not to dignfy the nose pokers with a response. But I like your screen name. It reminds of my youth. I reckon I was drinking beer while you were still a glimmer in your Daddy's eye.

IF you read the entire thread, you would know that the reality is I don't have to do ANYTHING. And I'm talking in REAL reality, not Dimension X reality. Just ask Chiahead from a couple of posts up.

So unless you've got a build going and you want to step up, you're still just a nose pick...er...poker. And that's just because I'm trying to keep it clean.