I did a little prep work today, getting ready to put up the ceilings in hallway and living room. The old ceiling in the hallway was a bit thicker then what we are going to be putting back up, because there were two layers and when they trimmed the face of the stairwell it came to the edge of the ceiling. So the trim boards had to come down and new ones will go back up later. I also took the time to add a bit of strength to the cross supports at the head of the stairs, in case they have to cut it back a bit when we put in new stairs later. I also had to put up a new strapping in the living room as there wasn't one at the end of wall, also an edge piece to support a filler strip after the ceiling goes up. I spent some time pulling nails I forgot and cleaning up some of the edges so hopefully things will go smother tomorrow. Here a few pictures of today's adventures, and yes I know they're boring.
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The new strapping is on the left and it may be hard to see
the support piece. |
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The old trim was over an inch thick, I'll use this wood for anther
project later. The exposed wood are the floor joists. |
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| You can see the new boards sistered to the cross members. |
