Comments on: Lodge update part 5 – Drywall https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:37:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/#comment-110890 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:37:32 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40106#comment-110890 In reply to Angela H.

Oh wow! How great that you’ll have a close home base. I’m hoping to be ready for guests by June so stay tuned!

]]> By: Angela H https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/#comment-110865 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:34:39 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40106#comment-110865 Sometimes things are meant to be! I started following you on Pinterest, I don’t know when. But today I found your article on the beadboard. After sending you a comment I started reading more into your website and caught the posts about your Build and Breadfast idea. As I glanced through them I caught something about IN. I thought, well it’s kind of far from Florida but I’d look into it further…then I realized not IN but TN. Well, goodness! One of my sisters bought a log cabin in TN just about 4 years ago and then my oldest sister also decided to retire in TN with 10 acres in a nearby town. (See the oldest sister was planning ahead for my other sister to sell flip the cabin and build new on her property 🙂 Then my husband passed away….well the suggestion was that then I also should build something on the property – HA ) But I have a ’73 block home on an acre in north central FL with very low mortgage payments and we just had new roof and a/c done before my spouse died in 2019. I was always the one with the most basic of construction knowledge and cared most of the condition and needed repairs but I have unfortunatley gotten physically weaker over past 10years with an autoimmune issue. So my projects stacked up everywhere waiting for an offer from my husband to help me. Well after he passed away unexpectedly I realized if, God forbid please, anything happens to me then my 19yr old college student son would be left with a money pit and no knowledge of even basic home maintenance. So out of my own pocket I got powered up to investigate mold issues in my guest bath and kitchen. Turned out leak in wall in guest bath and possibly unrelated old leak under kitchen sink caused harmful mold. Mid-2020 I paid remediators to tear out and/or kill mold in gbath and kitchen base cabinets. The 50yr old cabinets were completely a loss. Contractor friend empowered me to serve as my own ‘builder or supervisor’ because I knew so many tradesmen from my previous job and then he would spot me with advice at any time. Being a Libra -at least an OCD one – it took me only a year before my son could finally use his bathroom – HAHA. Yep. not the fault of the trades but my wanting to pinch every penny I could and get the best deals! Meanwhile I could not get anyone of the tradesmen I knew to actually teach me how to even cut wood properly with basic tools but understood they were all and still are very busy. I bought a miter saw probably 4 years ago (at the time, my husband didn’t want me to get a table saw and sent me a video of “kick-back” so I did doubt myself too). The miter hasn’t been even unboxed but at least my cordless hand tools and my huge tool bag get lots of use. I also got right on teaching my son to repair basic drywall holes, use cordless tools to hang blinds, hang ceiling fans, and showing him all the repairs that needed to be done as soon as possible and why. (But his attention span is as short as his fathers was.) Eventually I thought I would buy a new shed for the lawn garden stuff and use the 10′ x 25′ for projects. I even went so far as had the rotted deck joining the house and shed repaired and replaced so I could pull out the equipment to use on the deck for ventilation and more room. Next I need to get someone the install posts for me so I can hang sun shades over the area. The nearest woodworking school to me is in Tampa which is over an hour and a half away so I thought I would have to take a multiple day course to justify staying overnight. (I can’t drive long hours.)
BUT Hey – You are building a Bed & Breakfast / school and you are in an area that is less than 2 hr away from my sisters cabin!! Yippee!! Sign me up!!
P.S.
Did you know that in the UK they have programs for exchange college students or even international tourists to volunteer to renovate historical homes/castles in exchange for room and board? Yep – I looked into it but I can’t seem to fathom how much an old (mid-50s – Ha) obese weak lady can actually help them with such phyically challenging projects. See – I need your school! Help me gain my confidence back!

]]> By: Karim https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/#comment-110105 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:17:56 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40106#comment-110105 HI,
I made a layer of air between exterior walls and insulation to soundproof my home and it ‘s good for me.
Sandra, it is an huge work you did : “BRAVO !!!”.

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/#comment-109935 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:30:22 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40106#comment-109935 In reply to Darenep.

Hold on — You live in Clinton! We need to connect.

]]> By: Darenep https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/#comment-109906 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:34:37 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40106#comment-109906 In reply to Sandra.

Hi neighbor! I was also working with that nasty pink insulation this past week in an attic – in Claxton/Clinton. It was hot! I was wearing long pants, rubber boots (because that’s what I had in my truck) and a thin long sleeve shirt. I still had that stuff in every crack and crevice. I didn’t feel very lady like when I got home and shook my head over a sink and saw what fell out of my hair from that 60 year old attic. I haven’t read about your workshops yet. I’ll have to check into that. I was at a workshop you did at the Haven Conference years ago – maybe 2013? Looking forward to seeing you again sometime.

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