What did you do today?

[zannej]

I'm not familiar with Marmoleum. Made me think of marmalade so now I'm hungry.

Mom woke me up in the middle of the night. I shouldn't have told her I was going somewhere in the morning. She ALWAYS wakes me up if she knows I have to be up early. I don't know if it's subconscious or on purpose. Haven't been able to get back to sleep since.

Scrubbed the kitchen counters and microwave since I couldn't sleep. I wish my brother had taken the trash out like he was supposed to. I could have done more cleaning but the trash can is overflowing and I can't lift it bc my shoulder is borked.

Going to take my friend to Lowes to get more gravel and we plan to stop at a place that sells sheds/barns and see what their prices are and such. Friend had his eye on a red 8x10. I'm interested in the 12x21 building (unless it's actually 12x12 and the catalog has a typo-- images make it look 12x12- I want to see if they can do 12x16).

 

[highup]

Havent laid Marmo for years and not missing it at all

This is the first installation of Marmoleum that I've done in many, many years. I'm glad it's just a tiny room. I would have been more happy had it been one piece. It's a really old house and I know the floor underneath this pantry is not insulated. My thermometer says 32° this morning. That's not going to help. I did tell the owner to leave the space heater in that room overnight and they do keep the rest of the house warm so that's a good thing.

 

[highup]

Zan, Marmoleum is a brand name of linoleum. That's what came before vinyl floors.

 

[Floorist]

Just watching the rain. 3-5 inches before it quits.

 

[Jon]

This is the first installation of Marmoleum that I've done in many, many years. I'm glad it's just a tiny room. I would have been more happy had it been one piece. It's a really old house and I know the floor underneath this pantry is not insulated. My thermometer says 32° this morning. That's not going to help. I did tell the owner to leave the space heater in that room overnight and they do keep the rest of the house warm so that's a good thing.

What glue are you using?
WE used to use a latex based glue as that dried unlike acrylic which kinda stays sticky and lets go around the edges if it gets hot
Have been known to use acrylic in the middle of the drops with latex around the edges as the shop forgot to order any glue and being a weekend everything was shut

 

[highup]

Marmoleum adhesive. L 885
I'm going to fit the three fill pieces first, then start gluing the floor.

 

[Jon]

And dont forget to take your 100 lb roller in
Also dont forget if you have any gaps you can scrape the surface of the Marmo and mix with a thin wood type glue

 

[highup]

One of the two short joints shrunk and tiny bit. I showed the homeowner and it doesn't bother them at all because all the edges of this pantry will be covered up anyway. I've used that filler trick before.
You can't see anything exciting about this job but here's a picture anyway.
The tape is across the two end joints. I did straight edge the seams and they fit together flawlessly mainly because they were so short, just 34 in each.

 

[highup]

The doorway has a pocket door. The plywood seam in that doorway was on top of another seam in the doorway. I talked with the owner and the best I can do was drill between the two pieces and glue in wooden dowels. I drilled every other hole at an angle to make it stronger. Then I cut them flush then added some filler. It's going to be just hunky dory.

 

[Floorist]

Got my stimulus check last night.

 

[highup]

My birthday is not until October. I don't think you're going to have any left.

 

[Floorist]

My birthday is not until October. I don't think you're going to have any left.

Probably right, mine is in a couple weeks, it will probably be gone before then. Our utility bills will be crazy after the -13 weather.

 

[highup]

What's your heat source?
I had my electric changed to equal monthly payments. I used to like cheap summer bills. Now I like cheaper winter bills.

 

[Jon]

Ours about US$83.00 a month but its summer here
At winter we have a fireplace downstairs which burns about US$500 over winter
Anybody guess why we use the fireplace downstairs and not the visor fireplace in the lounge?

 

[Floorist]

What's your heat source?
I had my electric changed to equal monthly payments. I used to like cheap summer bills. Now I like cheaper winter bills.

We have natural gas. Varies between $23 in the summer (water heater) To $125. in the winter. Considering this is an old farmhouse built in 1910, it is not hard to heat. Our other house cost about $400 a month in the winter. Our electricity is on level pay, about $145 a month year round.

 

[Floorist]

Gasoline has gone from $1.79 pre Biden to $2.59.

 

[DarisMulkin]

2.94 here.

 

[Floorist]

Typical day for me. Went to bank, to Walmart and pharmacy. When I got home I did dishes, checked the tires on my car. Charged the battery on the other car. Made sure my van would start. Built a set of shelves and hung them in the office. Took the dog out 3 times. Put wiper blades on my car. Helped cook, my wife is having back problems. Put cartridges in the printer. Cleaned the shop. Typical day for a retired guy. Oh, worked on a computer too.

 

[Tom Picciani]

On April 1st, untie your shoelaces. When people tell you your shoelaces are untied, just tell them. "I know!"

 

[Tom Picciani]

So, got the word on Thursday I need cataract surgery. My left eye is dominant and my right eye is virtually unusable. Cataracts are building in left eye too and are getting close to obscuring vision. Only noticeable effect is when I view certain things I should see in the dark sky where I live, like the Orion Nebula or the Pleiades, they are almost invisible on a clear night. So I know that I'm getting close to seeing impairment enough that it could keep me from driving. Seeing doctor on 4/2.

On a good note, I got my new laptop and it took half as long to load all the software as I thought it would. Office, Photoshop suite, and all the astronomy software all worked. But one usb to serial converter isn't compatible with Win 10. Just ordered a new one that works with Win 10. So I'm betting on a massive power outage across the East Coast this week...

One of my 92 AH batteries died. It's from 2013 so it's due. I have 2 of them. One is still good. Oh well, what's another $130

And I put the snowblower in the shed. That means it's going to snow by Easter.

Later.