{"id":4023,"date":"2023-05-15T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2023-05-15T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:17:34","slug":"weekend-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/weekend-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I snuck away for a quick overnighter to Hood on Friday, but had to get back to my weekend work Saturday morning. For the past 4 weekends I&#8217;ve been remodeling a bathroom in our house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing I&#8217;ve noticed in how I work is that I tend to be too precise. And it *always* bites me in the ass. For example, the 4x post with the tape measure sitting on it is the end of a half wall enclosing a walk-in shower. As it&#8217;s a half wall that will be tiled, it can&#8217;t flex&#8230;at all. So the post is bolted through joist into the basement and then blocked and nailed on each side with 2&#215;6 framing. It&#8217;s solid. I drilled out 3 holes in the post: 1 at the bottom (to rotate it plumb) and 2 above (to fix the location), an upside down triangle pattern. I used the drill press to make sure the 3\/8ths holes were perfectly straight through the post &#8211; I find it impossible to hand drill in a straight line. Then I clamped the post to the joist, used the level to make sure it was level and plumb, then penciled the corresponding drill holes on the joist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/breaking-eggs.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4025\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sounds good, right? So the bolts are also 3\/8ths. Precision. Perfect fit. I drilled the joist and then bolted the post through. it was off by nearly 20 degrees. Totally not plumb. I had to take everything off and check the holes through the joist. It was as if some gremlin moved the post when I was drilling. I have no idea how that happened. Lesson: if you have a 3\/8ths bolt, drill the hole to 1\/2 inch to give yourself some wiggle room. There was no way it was all going to line up with precision. Not with rough framing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan is to have a curbless walk-in shower (72&#215;36), so the subfloor has to be at the level of the joists to allow the slope from the  highest floor grade to the drain. I&#8217;m almost finished lowering the subfloor and blocking under the shower to support the weight of the tile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next is to build the back shower wall (8 feet 4 inches to the ceiling), finish the half-wall. Then plumbing (toilet is moving), electrical, insulation and rock on the walls, finally tile, sink, toilet install. It&#8217;s slow going working alone but the most difficult parts are finished. Demo&#8217;ing anything in an old house is like digging up dirt &#8211; it expands at least 50% when it comes off the walls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should be a nice guest bathroom when finished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Mango Song\" width=\"629\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ql0PPsxNfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I snuck away for a quick overnighter to Hood on Friday, but had to get back to my weekend work Saturday morning. 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