OK, I started out the day doing some pore filling on my desk (see previous post). All went well but drying time was making me wish I had something to do and then…I remembered that Kathy wanted me to look at our fan in our shower. I did and took it apart and cleaned it which improved it’s operation a great deal but…while I was up there I saw (for the millionth time because it’s been there a while) a little spot of mold be our sky light. So…
I decided to repair this spot. I removed the affected drywall (and a bit around it too). I’ve replaced new drywall after an inspection that showed that the mold was just surface mold. The sky light has a mechanism to open it so that is an issue. I had to remove the bulk of the mechanism leaving a short chain. After trying to work the drywall mud around it I got some painters tape and taped it as much out of the way as I could.
I’m an ok, not great, but ok mudder but I had a bugger of a time getting the mud up there and taping it. I even hollered at Kathy during it cause it wasn’t going well (sorry sweetie!). I did finally get it up there. It’s not one of my best mudding jobs but I think I can work with it on the next coat or two.
Needless to say, I’ve got a project that will slow my finishing work down and on top of that, we’ll have to use the kids shower for a few days (got to put up the other coats and prime and paint it). Fun time at our house - for sure!
UPDATE: Well, I finally finished this project. We got to shower in our own shower for the first time in about a week and boy was it nice to have some elbow room. Back to working on my desk (I made a little laptop tilt to help the laptop stay cool – I’ll post pictures tomorrow).
