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.
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.
Lots of holes in the drywall behind the vanity...
Tub is installed along with all the plumbing for it, and no leaks.
Look at that, already removing some of that drywall I installed... The tub spout is done with galvanized pipe instead of PEX because it has to be rigid, and also the diameter reduction for PEX-B fittings can cause issues.
I cut up all the scrap drywall that was too small to be usable in the future so I could easily get rid of it. It seems kind of wasteful, but doing all of the joints to be able to use all of it just isn't worth it.
Drywall in the last bedroom. Basically all of it on the wall with the window and door is going to be pulled off again because that wall is going to change a lot with the new door and window.
I also had to change the way I'm lighting the closets because of fixture distance requirements with shelving in the NEC. I'm guessing this is a holdover from the old incandescent fixtures that actually got hot, but it's still in there so I had to change it.
Now I got the last piece of drywall up in that closet though which is nice. I also installed these same kind of lights in the other two closets but I guess I forgot to take pictures.
This is what I did for working over the stairs, it worked really well, but it seems I forgot to take pictures of the drywall that I put up...
I'll be doing a cabinet thing built into the wall where the breaker box is, so it won't be exposed like that, but it's good enough for now.
With all this drywall up it's actually feeling like a house up here instead of a barn or something, which is great.
I wouldn't be putting up more drywall yet, but I want to get the house refinanced to take advantage of the stupidly low interest rates and get rid of PMI. Talking to the people at the bank, I need to at least have the drywall up to get it appraised, and with the way the housing market is going that should be enough to refinance. I'll definitely have to take a decent amount of this down in the future to do more behind it, but at least it'll already be cut.
Apparently I didn't take as many pictures as I normally would for this, but I guess I just wanted to get it done so I didn't. This is the first bedroom, and I got it mostly done except for one piece in the closet. Since there wasn't much more to do in the closet I also did the insulation in there.
The electrical inspector didn't like how I had multiple runs of romex next to each other on a 2x4 stud, so I changed them. The other way definitely looked cleaner, but oh well.
Finally time to actually start on the rubber roof. That plastic I put down held up surprisingly well for how long it was there. Had to put ...
