41F, wet, with haze @ 10:30, heading up to a high of around 43F for the day. Had some rain overnight, LWS reports 0.36".
We worked down in the basement until a little after 22:00.
Got the ashes emptied out of the wood burner.
Section of shelving along the south wall in the utility room disconnected from the section that runs along the east wall and moved out of the way. Also disassembled another section from it after I moved it so that it takes up less room.
Woman did the vacuuming behind it, as well as the wall and up in the floor joists. Will need to grab the work lights out of the garage today and take those down so we can really see up in the joists to get all the cobwebs.
Started unloading the section of shelving that runs along the east wall so it can be partially disassembled to make a little more room to work.
Woman handled moving a lot of the stuff into the family/rec room, discovered old-timey sewing machines are quite heavy ... had to use the two wheeler. I think we have around 5 or 6 of various vintages ... probably should try and figure out a fair value and post them for sale online so they can find a good home. We could use the space and a little extra cash never hurts ...
Distance from the floor to the bottom of the ceiling joists is around 88" to 89" ... so panels will have to be cut down before they are glued up.
Suggested to The Woman that since we are into that area, now might be a good time to handle that little trickle leak on the water softener (before we go putting up insulation and a stud wall with sheetrock) that happens when it is recharging (which occurs roughly every 3 - to 5 days) ...
At that point I got to hear all the complaints about having too many projects going on and starting something else before one thing was finished ...
Fixing it would require (at a minimum) rebuilding the valve mechanism (which sounds completely ominous to someone with little mechanical ability I'm sure) ... but I imagine it is within my capabilities ...
A little further discussion on that yielded a
"But the leak will have to be fixed ..."
Yeah, ok ... how do you figure that's going to happen ... without rebuilding the part that is leaking and replacing the seals?
Silence ... followed by a suggestion to just replace the entire softener ($$$)
Fact of the matter is the entire west wall is a mess, as far as putting up insulation and framing it in. Lots of items (plumbing, water supply, stationary tubs, electric service and panels, drain line from the washer upstairs) will need to relocated/replumbed.
Will probably just go ahead and frame around the electric panels though and not mess with trying to relocate those ... although replacing the original 100 amp panel (which is now a sub panel is tempting)
She did bring down that last dahlia (it's "Hers" ... She actually bought it ...
) and got it hosed off in the stationary tubs. Will likely need some pruning today before it's put in storage.
On a slightly more positive note, Woman's doctor's appointment yesterday went fairly well: She got her flu shot and got one of her ears cleaned out and reports that it feels somewhat better now. Did not get any report on the Hallux Valgus situation, figure that's a subject for discussion today. Hopefully She got a referral to a podiatrist.
She planned on making her always delicious enchiladas yesterday but the hamburger hadn't fully thawed and She couldn't locate Her recipe. Hopefully that will occur today.
Agenda for today:
Get the work lights, chop saw, and extension cord moved downstairs from the garage, possibly some other tools as well.
Finish cleaning any cobwebs up in the joists along south wall.
Clean up the efflorescence on the concrete (mostly around the bottom of the wall)
Trim the 2" foam board panels to length.
If not raining, haul ashes out to the woods and dump those.
See if I can get the valves to water supply for the kitchen and washer shut off and drain the lines, then attempt to loosen the packing nut on the bibs up in the room where the washer and dryer are located and free up the valves there.
Possibly haircut later.
Plus whatever else comes up.
Hope everyone has a good Thursday ...
