Neanderpundit

But it’s done. Less trouble than I’d feared- and I still haven’t gotten the eave vent in, but it’s all in and functional. And the vent hose is hooked over a purlin, for now. If I can, I’ll finish it tomorrow. If not, next weekend. I’m not afraid of short term moisture in the attic, I just don’t want to make a long term habit of it. And the moisture will be better outdoors in summer and winter.

The wiring was just as bad as I expected, and I ended up hammering a bunch of plaster out to get to the switch and put a dual gang box in. So I’ve had to do some spackling as well.

All projects require at least three visits:

The visit to get the stuff you think you’re going to need.
The visit to get the stuff you forgot the first time
The visit to get the stuff you need to fix the stuff you broke doing the original job, and sometimes
The visit to get the stuff you need to fix the other thing that you found while doing the original job, that you decided to fix rather than quitting with the job half done.

M. Alger understand the rule, now.

I try to avoid home improvement, whenever possible. Oh, it’s not that I’m not good at it, it’s just that I loathe the run up and the teardown. The 3 minimum trips to Home Despot don’t make it a lot easier.

Today’s project is a much-needed bathroom vent fan. Since getting the dog, we can’t leave the bathroom door open after a shower to let out the steam- so paint is peeling, and the whole deal is subject to mildew.

The first trouble was finding the eave vent. Not many people make them and few stores stock them. The way the house is constructed I can’t use a wall vent and there’s no way I’m going to invite trouble by cutting a hole in the roof.

I finally found a decent vent that will do thje job nicely, and hopefully prevent the entry of any squirrels into the attic. Now I just have to install the fan and shrink myself down to 1/8 scale to sneak the duct from the fan to the eave vent. And then very carefully disconnect the existing wires and re-run them in new non-self disintegrating rubber BX.

Wish me luck.

Update: I’m ALREADY on trip three, and I haven’t got a hole cut yet. Not a good sign.

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