8/30/08

I'll start this post with some information we got yesterday. We met with a guy who our neighbor had do his bathroom remodel and told him what we needed to have done. He said he could do it all, and quoted us prices lower than all the other contractors we'd gotten bids from so far. Better yet, he's not booking into late October, but could start in less than two weeks.

Today we got a LOT of stuff done. G. turned off the water to the whole house, drained the pipes, and pulled out the bathroom sink and vanity. I then pulled the rest of the drywall out, and cleaned everything up.
Meanwhile, G. was working on the kitchen. The cabinets seem to have been build AROUND the plumbing, so he had to cut them (and the countertop) out in pieces. But eventually we got everything out. The dirt and grime and...well...stinkiness was disgusting:I started by washing everything off with bleach water. G. patched up the holes with spackle and then we let it all dry.

We still had some of the BIN shellac primer left and so we were able to paint everything to seal in the grodiness ;)
And in between times, G. continued replacing outlets and light switches!