Step by Step

Neighbour Jim came over today with a batch of freshly bored brackets for the stair treads.



Turbo's condominium will be under the landing. Now that it's warming up, we'll be able to install the glass block that goes behind the landing without fear of the mortar freezing.




The treads went in lickety-split. They might not get us in Fine Homebuilding, but they made good use of the short waler boards.



Monsieur wants to paint the steps red, yellow and green



There was a lot of waste left over from insulation and vapour barrier upstairs.
We're going to put the insulation scraps in the joists between the two storeys. The scraps of 6 millimeter polyethlene plastic are going to our friend the electrician for those times when he needs pieces to go behind his beloved recessed lighting. We're going to save the insulation bags for use as heavy duty trash bags for all the alleged construction waste we're going to have. We paid good money for that garbage, let's use it.
It's hard to think about how much usually ends up at that beautiful landfill.



The insulation guys don't like sloping ceilings. They swear they will be done tomorrow. We've taken control of their stereo, so it's in their interest to hurry.