We had a number of helpers this weekend. Alissa (sister of Jenm) visited, we thank her for her childcare and cooking abilities.
The Brooklyn Barrister also visited. His help was much appreciated, but it is good he has full-time employment as an attorney; his drywall installation and singing skills could never provide him gainful employment.
70Hack: What do you think of a radiant ceiling so far? We wish we had more floor space for in-floor. Why? Because as careful as billn and the Brooklyn Barrister were during the drywall installation, they caused two holes in the ceiling mounted hot water tubing (drywall screws are much stronger than the PEX tubing). The leaks are repaired with couplings, but repairing those holes was painful. Perhaps billn's first radiant heat project should not have been something so ambitious as a ceiling? We'll never know (we also won't know about why PEX tubing has memory activated by heat, since our chemical engineer friend won't share information).
Regardless, the ceiling in the kitchen, dining and laundry room is complete.
Also, Jenm accomplished a fair bit of primer application. In fact, with BB's help, the entire second floor is primed. Tomorrow there might be some ceiling paint application, or back-yard lawn mowing. Lastly, the front half of the lawn is mowed.
Carbon footprint question for those so inclined: Is a lawn carbon-neutral? Certainly a lawn does take carbon out of the air (even though certain national leaders don't believe in climate change, here in Vermont we do), but do we negate all that carbon removal with the lawnmower?
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Who wants to start a pool on when the kitchen ceiling leaks??? I will just administer the pool since I have insider information on the installation.
FYI, my singing is comprable with the homeowners'.
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mr. billn (n is for neutral), inquiring minds want to know - is brooklyn barrister part of the twisted "shaved sideburns" look you perpetuate?
(and meanwhile - AWESOME PROGRESS on your home! thanks for keeping up your blog!)
p.s. did you pay ernie (or a neighborhood kid) to mow part of your lawn?
p.p.s. BB's spelling is comparable to homeowner billn's spelling abilities.
shirlsd, I love you and your keen observational skills...I have been saying the same about billn and the brooklyn barrister for years! Neither will make any money from their singing or spelling.
"What did you do with the money"? Or maybe we should call the human dictionary?
Watch yourselves, the BB might apply a writ of habeous corpus on you or worse, give you an order to show cause. Never fool around with police (guns and handcuffs) or lawyers (writs, orders and injunctions). The BB is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.
The BB's hair style is indeed a copy of mine; he previously had longer hair, but upon understanding how great billn is, he tried his best to copy.
"The BB is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."
Okay, I'm suspicious? What do you want BB to do now? Is there insulation to be installed? Or did you inhale too many paint fumes?
oh! i forgot to say - i like the 'spidey pliers' - cool!
I'm more of a big picture type of guy, so a spelling error every now and again doesn't mean much to me--especially if you still get my point. As for Billn's kind words about me, he is just hoping that I tell him where in the ceiling I hid his car keys.
I am a member of the shaved/buzzed head club, but I maintain side burns.
shirlsd and jenm - don't be surprised if you end up receiving court papers from me.
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Shirlsd and Jenm don't listen to his threats, he is not a member of the bar in either of the places you live.
Do you think Dan Quayle used that "big picture" line when HE had a spelling mishap?
If the Brooklyn Barrister, attorney at law, attorney in fact, esquire, lawyer or whatever other moniker he prefers, thinks he can scare me with his idle threats he should remember I live with billn. Nothing scares me!
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