Two days of drywall bits and pieces

Came home from a two day trip to Vancouver to discover Len hasn't moved from the basement where I left him.  He has been busy doing all the picky little bits that, to quote him, "slow down progress".  So I needed a pretty thorough tour of all the corners and hidden spots to appreciate why he is still at it 2 days later.

I can report that today's pictures would pretty much be a copy of yesterday's so we have decided to spare you more drywall photos.

Apparently Len spent quite a bit of time getting ready to go inside the fireplace foundation/clean out as there was a bit of wood to be removed from around the ash dump.

First he created a section from some ducting to be used as a sloped floor to guide the ashes to the front by the door.

Leftover plenum from duct work

The finished sloper cut and bent to fit

Before this could be installed the wood had to be cut back so how to get up and in there.  He needed a ladder and was clever enough to think of our motorhome ladder which fit through the small opening.

The aftermath

He climbed up and used a router held upside down to do the job and I only wish I had been here to take a photo of Len with all that dust and wood shavings on his head.  Alas, you will just have to imagine it.

Laying on my back looking up into the fireplace foundation

A closer look at the 3/4 plywood I routered back from the fresh air slot

Once he was finished fixing inside the clean out he was able to mount the sloped tin and the door and do the drywall mentioned yesterday.

The door in place

The drywall on the stairwell will have to wait until Nigel finishes the fireplace as he needs a place to stand to do the back side and Len uses the framing for the staircase to hold up a platform.  I know it will kill Len not to have the drywall truly finished, but that's the way it has to be for now.  We should be heading to Vancouver this coming week or the next to pick up the last of the rock and the hearth stone which is being cut for us at Adera.  Then Nigel will finish his work, the platform will be dismantled and the drywall can be completed.

Stay tuned....
Cath