What I Learned Today
by Jon on Jul.05, 2007, under Babble, House & Home
1. If you’re having an extremely difficult time — and I mean, holy-hell-what-the-fuck-is-going-on type difficulty cutting a slice of drywall out of your wall, there’s a good chance that drywall was just tacked on top of a 1/2 inch piece of probably 70 year old sheetrock and that little hand saw which you’re you’re trying to use to cut through both at once just isn’t up for the job.
2. If you’re still having a beast of a time cutting out a slice of the sheetrock once you’ve removed the drywall, it may be because the sheetrock itself is supported on the back by rows of 1-1/2 x 1/2 inch wooden slats spaced less than a quarter inch apart which are nailed to the studs.
I guess they really don’t build ‘em like they used to.
On an almost related subject, I noticed that the A/C duct going up into this room had come apart from the opening, and was just lying on the ground trying to cool the basement. Figuring that I’ll need to fix that, I actually had to ponder for a second, I wonder if there’s some special tape that one should use to tape up a duct —
Oh, right. I guess it’s not just for terrorism-preparedness.
July 6th, 2007 on 6:53 am
You mean it’s not for taping up ducks?
July 6th, 2007 on 7:52 am
Apparently not! Who knew?
July 6th, 2007 on 8:25 am
Dang. Guess I better untape my neighbor’s ducks…
July 6th, 2007 on 8:49 am
Kate took my comment!
You might want to start DVRing some of those home improvement shows. You’ll learn a lot. Like, for example, prior to the 60s or so (depending on the area), they had this stuff called plaster. And it’s a bitch.
July 6th, 2007 on 10:26 am
LOL actually I did start watching some of those when I first bought the house. I had to quit when I realized that watching home improvement shows had become an excuse not to actually do any home improvement.
After that, I *still* didn’t get anything done, but at least I was back to watching movies and shows I like : )
July 6th, 2007 on 3:50 pm
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