CH: Day 120
This is day 120 of resolving the Violation Work. I have been possessed by the Violation Work.
Then I ran into a brick wall.
A wall involving the total lack of vinyl J-trim being available in the entire universe. For, without such trim, I am dead in the water installing vinyl.
And I never never never thought that not being able to install vinyl would upset me.
Life is weird.
As an Aquarian, I am pretty springy (as I was called decades ago). Meaning that I can change on a dime. But sometimes the change needs some WD-40.
I have spent the last week kinda blindsided about my total inability to proceed according to plan. I have arrived at the house, stared a lot, took naps, stared some more, scratched my bald head, and got back into the car.
I have felt lost. Adrift. Without a compass.
All due to a reality too absurd to comprehend: NO VINYL.
Yes, there are always 4 billion projects to do at the Cross properties. But, once possessed, a blindness develops and I am unable to see the billion other projects.
However, with some copious amounts of WD-40 squirted into my brain via my ears, I have finally been able to press pause on PLAN A and develop PLAN B. I feel quite heroic.
The errant vinyl trim might be available tomorrow. Or (methinks) in November.
Today I managed to…heroically…belatedly…focus on something else:
The big window. Its bottom mortise-and-tenon joints had become wholly loose. My standard fix is to drill small holes and pound in a wood dowels covered with glue. After drying, I will chisel the dowels off.
The window has been glazed and…fingers crossed…can be primed and reinstalled next week. This should make a huge visual difference.
Above the big window goes a leaded-glass transom. It has been restored but I still do not have enough funds to pay for it. Credit card, maybe? Robbing a bank? Getting Gray to create an Only Fans account?
With Plan B percolating, I think I will brave removing the final bit of paint on the main facade via the infrared stripper thingy.
Another aspect of the Violation Work is resolving the mess I made removing the brick chimney above the kitchen. So, I will get on that.
See the triple window on the north front? See the pink infill where a sash should be? I broke its glass in 2021 and removed the sash. Today, I picked up new glass and will get the sash restored.
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This will all work out. You have this uncanny way of making things happen. Despite insurmountable obstacles, something will transpire to make things happen. You lead a charmed life Ross! Hahaha
Can GoFundMs account help with the leaded glass transom? Perhaps I and other supporters could help fund this?
Everything will come together! My Sagittarius optimism tells me you will get all this accomplished.
If something is delayed, or you are unable to obtain materials; i.e. vinyl; I’m sure the city will cut you slack if everything else is presentable 🙂
Everything will fall into place. I am sure of it dear Ross!
No vinyl? That sounds…odd. Well, they can’t cite you for not finishing when there are no materials to finish with. Or for lead poisoning.
But as your newly oiled brain has realigned to, there are other things. Windows. That brickwork that is newly discussed. (I don’t remember you saying anything about a removed chimney or photos.)
I have no clue about how these social media sites work but on YouTube they use Patreon. You subscribe to it or something. And people buy you coffee.
Weather permitting I think you can brave the Tyvek onsie and remove the last of the paint. Getting the last of that wall you have spent so much time on finally painted will be good use of your “there is no vinyl, not even for ready money” time. And there is also the window to install when it’s ready and the transom when you can get it out of hock. (How bad will the credit card be?)
Hi, Mary. I included a link to my chimney post.
Thanks. I remember that post now. But I remember it as the water heater venting post, not the taking down the chimney post.
Ross,
Instead of chisleing the dowels (which made me cringe) why don’t you get a pull saw? I have two, and they are by far the best saws to use for damn near anything.
My small saw has a blade about 6 inches long. It’s PERFECT for sawing off dowels, and making perfect flush cuts on installed trim and the like.
My big saw has a blade about 14 inches long, and I am always amazed at the ease of making cuts on larger stuff. I can whip thru a 2×4 in seconds! I can’t do that with any other handsaw.
Pull saws also come in handy for slicing bread, frozen or otherwise. Or bones if you do your own butchering.
Hi, Julie! Cringe not! After I chisel off the tops, I will take a disk sander over the corners. All will look good when painted.