Quick Update...

I took about a week off from working on the house to take care of something much more important. The PNP switch on my wife's car was acting up, and it's always a good idea to get on top of things like that as soon as they pop up because minor electrical stuff that tells the transmission computer what gear it's in can lead to huge actual transmission problems in no time fast, and because it's my wife's car. What can I say, family is more important than other things such as building houses...

As of today, the wood trim is totally ready for shellac. I can't wait to get that done. The shellac flakes will be in sometime this week, and the denatured alcohol I need as a solvent will arrive as soon as I can get to Home Depot. For the stuff to really work, you need to choose at least 95 proof alcohol (denatured or otherwise). After reading about it on someone else's blog for so long I'm looking forward to having a go at it for myself.

The bathroom is starting to move a little quicker. Today I finished temp installing the drain line and tomorrow I'm removing the pipe and numbering it for easy reassembly, and then I'm cutting and boring holes in some wood to stiffen things up in the area I'm boring holes in. Electrical work is essentially done - I just need to hook up the wire for the new light over the vanity and install a switch. Tomorrow I also want to drill the holes for the supply lines to the vanity and run them through the wall. With any luck I'll be able to put in a new toilet on Friday and then be finished with plumbing and electrical. Then I'll be able to devote the weekend to making it look more like a bathroom again. I move pretty quickly when it comes to finish work and I'm really looking forward to getting to that already.

Once the bathroom is done the rest of the place should come together pretty quickly. The only outstanding work is all small stuff... door hardware, painting trim in the laundry room and putting in flooring in there, and a couple of lights. Outside I need to do some landscaping (easy task for such a small yard), brick in a few areas where it's been removed and farm out painting the place. Then I'll be finished and can come back home!