Ceiling wood prepared

Not the most exciting weekend on the island. Actually, kinda boring. The weather was nice heading up on Friday but slow rained the rest of the time. I seriously did not leave the cottage all weekend and missed any downtown activities that may have been underway.

Progress made...

• Water tank bleached
• Ceiling boards stained
• Co-axial cable 5-way splitter installed
• Some drywall mudding
• Quality time spent with island dog "Maddie"

Big thanks to neighbor George for bleaching my water tank, pumping out and then filling with fresh water - Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. This is a big accomplishment and one more step towards getting the final inspection completed by the county.

I did manage to stain 70 - 12 foot ceiling boards with clear poly urethane. This is just tedious, slow work. Then you need to accommodate for drying space and drying time. So, the whole process took about 10 hours of work over two 1/2 days. I built a drying rack last weekend that I used to stack 1/2 of the boards at a time. Here are some photos from Friday night with ~35 boards stained.

Ceiling boards drying after applying clear poly urethane 



I also worked on wiring up the co-axial cable splitter in the attic and connected it to the HD antenna. Still need to put co-axial connectors in most of the rooms, but I ran out of RG6 connectors.

Saturday afternoon, I started mudding a second coat to Neil's room and closet to cover the corner tape and screw holes. FYI - there is still a mountain of drywall mud work that needs to be done. I am somewhat burned-out on drywall mud for now. My new plan is to hit it hard in the Spring and make a push to get it done.

Probably the highlight of the weekend was that "Maddie" the island dog, came with me for the quick rainy weekend. She kept me proper company all weekend.

Next steps...

Planning to go back the weekend of Oct 18-20th to do the final grading of the property with Chris's borrowed tractor. This should be fun.