I go to Vancouver, Dave buys a new tool. Actually, a new tool set. A very fancy new tool set, in fact: an impact driver (see photo in Tool of the Week to the right). It's a cordless hand tool which is amazingly great for driving screws. In previous posts, you may have noticed the prevalence of the cordless drill, which was mainly for making putting in screws easier. Well, the impact driver knocks the socks off the cordless drill. To find out more about how this tool works, there is a great article here: http://hardwareaisle.thisoldhouse.com/2008/03/double-duty-imp.html
So, thanks to the impact driver, Dave was able to put up a couple walls while I was gone and we were able to put up more walls this weekend. It really beats hammering! The cats would agree, although the driver is much, much louder than a cordless drill. I think earplugs are pretty much always the real tool of the week!
This is all to say that progress is being made, however slow. We have stopped taking things out and are now putting things in. This is a good sign. We now have most of the primary walls in (still a couple more to go) and the plywood subfloor in the bathroom. That also had to be screwed down to the floor joists (see photo of Tool of the Week) and the blocking we put in a few weeks ago! See - it's all paying off now. The floor feels so much more solid and there is no more creaking! We may put a few more screws into the subfloor just to be safe, but in general the floor is now ready for tile to be installed.
So, thanks to the impact driver, Dave was able to put up a couple walls while I was gone and we were able to put up more walls this weekend. It really beats hammering! The cats would agree, although the driver is much, much louder than a cordless drill. I think earplugs are pretty much always the real tool of the week!
This is all to say that progress is being made, however slow. We have stopped taking things out and are now putting things in. This is a good sign. We now have most of the primary walls in (still a couple more to go) and the plywood subfloor in the bathroom. That also had to be screwed down to the floor joists (see photo of Tool of the Week) and the blocking we put in a few weeks ago! See - it's all paying off now. The floor feels so much more solid and there is no more creaking! We may put a few more screws into the subfloor just to be safe, but in general the floor is now ready for tile to be installed.
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