I’m leaning toward leaving basement as is, insulating it, finishing it partially, and not making it ‘living space’.
But….maybe this cottage wasn’t the best idea.
Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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But….maybe this cottage wasn’t the best idea.
My ceiling saga is nearly at an end. What I thought was condensation, which was really a huge leak (actually several different leaks over many years), which led to a peaked roof being put on over a flat roof is at the drywall stage. The spray foam guys came back last week to fix a small shrinkage issue between a few of the ceiling joists. They cut sections of foam out and resprayed it then gave every gap extra foam to more or less level out with the joists. This was all done in a few hours. Our contractor suggested resilient channels be added for the drywall ceiling as this helped even things out plus there’s a bonus with noise reduction there too, not that it’s needed in this room. Next week things will be painted and my wallet and bank account will be emptied but I will be happy and will not have to worry about weird water stains on the ceiling ever again (hopefully).
This has been going on since September with delays due to the building permit, waiting for engineers reports and architects drawings then the winter. We have had to use a storage unit since then to store things in (at $100 a month) so we are looking forward to that going. Booked a carpet cleaning service in to do a tidy up and after I install a new floor in another room we will get the ducts cleaned and hopefully then we can just enjoy the place until the next project comes along. Which will probably be the week after all that’s done as when you own a house, nothing is ever finally done.
This has been going on since September with delays due to the building permit, waiting for engineers reports and architects drawings then the winter. We have had to use a storage unit since then to store things in (at $100 a month) so we are looking forward to that going. Booked a carpet cleaning service in to do a tidy up and after I install a new floor in another room we will get the ducts cleaned and hopefully then we can just enjoy the place until the next project comes along. Which will probably be the week after all that’s done as when you own a house, nothing is ever finally done.
If only to justify a second helping of MILs cooking?
No comment...I'm going rotund recently.
Not sure if it's stress eating, or what...but I've gained a stupid amount of weight and my gut is growing faster than my 'To Do' list in Wasaga.
