Monday, 27 April 2009

You know you are filthy when...


... you stand in the shower for 5 minutes and the water does not even get through to your scalp! Seriously - I had to wash my hair 3 times before I could even feel my scalp. I think I had 4 lbs of plaster in there.



A stripped clean room... now to take out what is left of the strip flooring... but that will have to wait for another day. All in all, it was about 5 hours of some pretty hard and filthy work.

It was kinda neat to see the back of the mudroom cabinets again (the clean section at the end of the room). I even took a moment to read some of the notes I had scribbled on the backs as I was building them.


Most of mount Lathmore!

And my deepest thanks to my friend Steve for helping with this - I owe you man!



And for Aled... here is a plane I finished this morning... before starting work in the room:)
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 April 2009 at 23:04

    Konrad,
    I hope that you had some protection from the dust.

    Steve

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  2. Konrad28 April 2009 at 06:09

    Hi Steve,

    Sure did... Jill must have taken that photo in one of the few moments when I took it off. We had a large fan installed in the window and it moved an incredible amount of air (dust) as we were working. It was also a very windy day - which helped too. Thanks for your concern.

    Cheers,
    Konrad

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  3. Ed Paik28 April 2009 at 07:06

    Holy Cow Konrad!

    Finished an awesome plane AND demolished a substantial sized room AND a blog entry!? All in one day! Where are you getting the energy from? You're no Spring Chicken you know. Slow down you're making the rest of us look bad! :-)

    Take care!

    Regards,

    Ed

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  4. Konrad28 April 2009 at 07:08

    Hey Ed,

    Trust me - I am feelin it today:) At least everything still moves ok.

    Cheers,
    Konrad

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  5. Cody29 April 2009 at 09:41

    Oh man. I sympathize with your efforts Konrad. I spent most of last summer tearing lathe and plaster out of my farmhouse. Nice work! It's gonna be totally worth the work.

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  6. Konrad29 April 2009 at 13:00

    Hi Cody,

    Yeah - we are pretty excited about the new room. The lathing just found a home - a friend is taking it to use for kindling. I love when stuff is re-used!!

    Cheers,
    Konrad

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  7. tyler mckenzie30 April 2009 at 10:55

    Apparently some plaster was mixed with asbestos, instead of horse hair. Keep safe. Beautiful work, house and planes.

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  8. Aled30 April 2009 at 16:50

    Niiiice!! ;-)

    Cheers

    Aled

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  9. Konrad30 April 2009 at 17:51

    Hi Tyler,

    Thanks for the warning. Was the use of Asbestos a regional issue, a certain time period or both?

    Cheers,
    Konrad

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  10. Konrad30 April 2009 at 17:51

    Hey Aled - thought you‘d like that:)

    Cheers,
    Konrad

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