Replacing that bedroom window

Now on to the window.  The city building inspector wants all of the windows to have headers, which means I have to reframe all of them, and since I'm reframing them, I might as well replace them even though they are modern double pane windows since they were beat to hell by the tenants.

I made it mostly mirror the front windows, and also be the same size, so now this one is longer than the old one.

It seemed pretty stupid to do all this covering for one night, but I'm really glad I did with the storm that night.

 

Got the window installed the next day.

And all the housewrap on too.

Definitely getting more farm bonfire wood too.

Replacing the balcony door

I originally wanted to finish up the cabinetry, but it's way more time consuming than I thought, and I need to get the permanent roof under the balcony along with siding.  First thing to do is pull off the asbestos siding and replace that door.  I have to reframe the door since the permanent one isn't oddly wide for being off of a bedroom.

I didn't like the idea of leaving a gaping hole in house overnight, so I put the old door back over it.

Hey the new one fits.

It took many hours of shimming to get the door so it all works the way it's supposed to, but it was definitely worth it.

I'm just using the door knob and dead bolt from the other door.  Finished just in time for the rain too.

Making the hallway cabinet

I despise dead space, need something to cover up the breaker/patch panel, access for the shower valve, and main water shut off valves for the upstairs.  So I'm making a floor to ceiling cabinet thing in there.

These pieces are really long and a pain to work with.

Making sure it fits.  I had to plane off the one side to get it to line up right.

Now I have to make the box part that goes behind it.  That line boring machine is pretty awesome.

Since I want to have access to the shower valve, the backs can't be solid, so they're panels that are removable.

Wonderful planning strikes again, I had to move the breaker panel back (twice actually), and change how the shower valve and head was mounted because the wood was taking up too much space.

Fitting the medicine cabinet

Since I'm recessing the cabinet I have to cut out some of the studs and make a window opening.

I guess I could have gotten away with only cutting one of them, this is a little off center though.

That looks pretty cool.  I also moved the outlets over to the side, and put on under the vanity since I think I'll be putting an outlet into 1 or 2 of the drawers.

Lots of holes to line up on the drywall, and because of the PEX holders I can't just use a normal hole.  I ended up having to recut this piece twice because I kept messing up the measurements.

Well I think this came out really nice.  I should also add, I bought the mirror before making the medicine cabinet and made it to fit, but I'm not installing it until after I finish it.

Toilet cabinet

The cabinet for over the toilet is interesting because of the angle on the ceiling.  It took me a lot of time to figure out the cuts and get everything to fit together right.

This is will get recessed into the wall like the medicine cabinet since I hate having it too close to my head on the toilet, as well as having cabinets that are too shallow.  No doors will be going on this one.

And naturally I forgot I ran wires back there... So I have to figure out how to move them out of the way.

That should work.

I guess I didn't take any pictures of the test fit, but I will after it's installed.

Remaking the vanity...

Well time to remake it.  It's basically the same as last time, but shorter.

Height comparison.

Well, I really didn't think through that wall outlet placement, so I guess I need to move them.  Not only are they mounted on the studs so they aren't symmetrical, but they're also in the way.

Bathroom medicine cabinet and vanity

I got the house all refinanced, and the appraisers didn't even come inside, so I guess all the drywalling was a waste (I also installed all the outlets along with their covers, not pictures of that though).  At least it was motivating since it really changed the feel upstairs, it actually feels like a normal house now.

Now that all of that is done, it's time to start working on the cabinetry for upstairs.  I'm starting with the vanity and then medicine cabinet.  Originally my neighbor was going to help me with all of this since he used to make all of this stuff for his business, but since covid got him I'm on my own.  Luckily, his wife is ok with me using all the tools.  This is the drawing I made to go by, each square is 1".

It all fits together pretty well for the first thing I've made.

And time for glue and clamps.

I decided to start on the medicine cabinet next.  The shaper was nice for doing the profile.

It's pretty cool how well the peices from the mirror bits from the shaper fit together.

And making the box, the line boring machine is super convenient, along with the dovetailing machine after I got it tuned in.

I decided I want to put an outlet in the medicine cabinet for charging my toothbrush, so I picked up an oak outlet cover and cut off the sides.  This was my routing test.

And now for fitting and gluing it all together.

I'll be recessing it in the wall so the box sticking out isn't an issue.

Doing all this creates so much sawdust.

I guess I didn't take any pictures of building the box part... And at some point when I was making the front, I decided to make it taller since I thought the height measurement seemed way too low.  Well after I put it in the bathroom it is way too tall.  I wouldn't mind it, but I feel like whomever buys the house wouldn't be a fan, so I guess I have to make another one.