long day

[low_delta]

They're taking my dumpster away tomorrow, so I took the day off to get all the remaining trash and debris out of the apartment. I did it too. (Okay, almost.)

I intended to get up there and start working by ten o'clock, but about that time I realized I'd promised my tax information to my accountant (stepmother) by last week, and since she's doing my taxes for free I don't want to piss her off, so I took an hour to dig all that stuff up. So eleven o'clock, it was.

I worked until 5:00 taking the ceilings down. Man, that was awful. Vermiculite insulation. You pull a board down and it just streams out, and the dirt and dust flies. It irritated my eyes so bad. They're still red. Cyn came up, so after supper we went to Home Depot to pick up my windows. Then we went upstairs to work. Cyn pulled up most of the carpet. I continued with the ceiling and walls in the hallway. We both made lots more trips downstairs to the dumpster. She left before 9:00, but I didn't finish until ten to twelve.

The only thing I didn't get done was pull the masonite "paneling" out of the stairway. That's the only remaining thing that would be hard to get rid of with my regular curbside pickup.

Now I have to get up in six hours.

Comments

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

Whew!

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

eeewww........*cringe*.......vermiculite insulation......

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a hellacious job... For future reference: Depending on where the vermiculite came from, there may be some asbestos associated with it (one of the worst is the Libby Mine in Montana). That might affect how much protection you where (respiratory protections, etc.) and how you can dispose of it. It may not be at detectable levels, but I would advise checking into it. Sorry I didn't read this before.

EPA is spending multimillions cleaning up the Western Minerals vermiculite site in Minnneapolis and the area that was contaminated by the vermiculite that was used by the neighbors.