In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Back and in. Besides meds had to do a bit of grocery shopping as well.
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Finally cut that half-wall for under the countertop next to the stove. 12 degrees outside today for the high, so it was probably somewhere around there while I cut it by hand in the garage. I don't feel confident in the quality of the existing blade in the table saw to cut MDF, so had to use a hand saw for the job.
Managed to prime it and the finish pieces as well as get one coat of paint on one side. Calling it quits for the day now. I got started late, but at least I did something.
If I stick with the plan, I should probably be able to get the wall installed on Sunday and at least get the baseboard up behind the stove.
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Out for my walk soon and need the usual with me besides my boots also umbrella and cane.
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Back and in. Was snowing but now raining.
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If things go right, the half-wall should be installed tomorrow. I ended up brainstorming an idea for some brackets to help mount the thing to the wall and the top of the cabinet (while using wedges to put upward pressure from the bottom while not attaching it at all to the floor).
This required me to go out to the garage and find some suitable wood pieces for the job. They weren't ideal, but I wasn't going to go out and pay Biden* prices for wood right now, so I had a few 1"x2" pieces I'd saved while doing the porch tear down. After sanding them down, breaking the edges and using some wood putty in the screw holes, I got them primed and painted twice and they should be perfect for the job.
I still haven't decided on what the best way to mount all of these together will be. I was considering attaching one or both of them to the wall first with some liquid nails and clamping action, but given how tight a fit it already is I think I'd risk breaking one or both of them off while trying to get it in there. I think it would be best probably to get the wall where it's going to go first, then glue and attach the two brackets to the wall and underneath the countertop as well as the half-wall all in one go, and rely on the brad nails to hold it all in place until the glue dries.
I'm sure whatever I do it will work out fine. I'm just a bit apprehensive about all of this now since I don't want to damage the floor in any way.
One good thing is that my days of living like a pig should not be completely over. It had already been trending that way for quite some time with all the other work being done, but now that I don't have a hideous and consistently dirty sub-floor that I didn't give a crap about in the kitchen, even doing something as mundane as washing dishes requires me to make sure that I'm keeping water from splashing out and making sure to clean the floor immediately if anything gets on it.
Boy, I sure do wish I had a slop sink in the basement though. I've always hated not having one (or anywhere to install it, for that matter), but now I'm really wishing I had a better place to wash off my paint brushes when I'm done painting.
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Well part of the sea wall that goes around Stanley Park has been destroyed by a winter storm. A King tide and high winds.
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Storms have passed over. Perfect Sunday here, warm with a slight breeze. So glad it's not like a furnace here and no threats of bushfires (fingers crossed). Still in isolation so not straying far from the garden.
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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Storms have passed over. Perfect Sunday here, warm with a slight breeze. So glad it's not like a furnace here and no threats of bushfires (fingers crossed). Still in isolation so not straying far from the garden.
Glad your storms have passed Magons. I hope that no bushfires keeps up for you.
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Dry Sunday here. Nothing much to do.
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Got the half-wall installed with the brackets before my aunt stopped by. I'm not about to try to kick it or anything, but it seems pretty freakin solid now that it's all had a few hours to dry. best part is that anywhere there's a brad nail will not be visible once the stove is back in place, so I'm just going to caulk them when I caulk the brackets and everything to the wall and not even bother with any touch up paint.
All I've got to do now is get the baseboard painted and cut, and the cut my hardboard floor protector to size and I can finally have my stove back where it belongs on a nice, clean finished floor.
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