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Monday night I tried to hook up the exhaust vent over the microwave. Couldn't do it. I was busy Tuesday and Wednesday, lazy on Thursday, and even lazier on Friday night. I think I have to drop the microwave.
Yesterday they came to pick up the old dishwasher, microwave and sink, so today I cleaned out the garage, and my car is back in for the first time in two months.
Then I went up in the attic and redistributed the insulation. I wanted to put another screw in the duct to hold it up, but doing anything is such a pain up there, that I declined. My other task was to put some rope caulk (like plasticene clay) in the gap between the duct and the drywall. It turned out there was hardly any gap, and some of the insulation that was wrapped around the duct was down on the drywall. I stuck a little of the caulk in the part of the gap that I could reach, but that wasn't much. I think it will be OK. The main thing was to prevent mice from coming through, so I guess I'll have to watch it and see if anything makes a hole around it.
I was sweating a bit because the attic was warm, but it was nothing like it was in the summer. The sun was out today, so I was contemplating doing it tomorrow, but I really wanted to get it done today. After all that I mowed the lawn.
Cindy took the curtains and curtain rod down, then washed the wall in preparation for painting. Then she put masking tape on the molding. I patched the holes from the curtain rod bracket, and patched a big crack that ran to the floor from the bottom of the window. It looks like a drywall joint that wasn't taped properly. I patched it with drywall joint compound, so who knows how long that will last. Hopefully I can paint tomorrow.
And I put up a corkboard on the wood next to the fridge (behind the knife block, in the photos).
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Yesterday they came to pick up the old dishwasher, microwave and sink, so today I cleaned out the garage, and my car is back in for the first time in two months.
Then I went up in the attic and redistributed the insulation. I wanted to put another screw in the duct to hold it up, but doing anything is such a pain up there, that I declined. My other task was to put some rope caulk (like plasticene clay) in the gap between the duct and the drywall. It turned out there was hardly any gap, and some of the insulation that was wrapped around the duct was down on the drywall. I stuck a little of the caulk in the part of the gap that I could reach, but that wasn't much. I think it will be OK. The main thing was to prevent mice from coming through, so I guess I'll have to watch it and see if anything makes a hole around it.
I was sweating a bit because the attic was warm, but it was nothing like it was in the summer. The sun was out today, so I was contemplating doing it tomorrow, but I really wanted to get it done today. After all that I mowed the lawn.
Cindy took the curtains and curtain rod down, then washed the wall in preparation for painting. Then she put masking tape on the molding. I patched the holes from the curtain rod bracket, and patched a big crack that ran to the floor from the bottom of the window. It looks like a drywall joint that wasn't taped properly. I patched it with drywall joint compound, so who knows how long that will last. Hopefully I can paint tomorrow.
And I put up a corkboard on the wood next to the fridge (behind the knife block, in the photos).
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