I hurt all over.
Monday - I helped my friend Alex demolish the upstairs bathroom of his girlfriend Beth. We took the room down to the studs so they could get a plumber and electrician in. We discovered that the tub was cast Iron. It is still at the top of the stairs. I am guessing it weighs at least 400 lbs and probably more like 600+ lbs. Poor Beth, she has a massive tub blocking one of her rooms upstairs, a bathroom with nothing at all in it (and no shower or tub anywhere else in the house) and a front porch loaded with debris from her bathroom because the dumpster wasn't delivered like it should have been. Add to that, on Tuesday the plumber said he can't get in there for about a week.
Tuesday - Helped my friend Heather by putting doors on the 2 bedrooms in her tenants apartment. The guy she paid to do the work, both took her money and her doors (with hardware). It was a bit of a comedy or errors, I thought it might take 3-5 hours. Turned out it took 11hours. But, they are in and they are done properly.
Today - The plan is to load the Dumpster at Beths. The dumpster was delivered yesterday. The plan also includes bringing the tub down the stairs. This later part of the plan frightens me. The stairs are narrow and steep. Only 1 person is going to be able to do the vast majority of the work (from the low side). There is nothing to hold onto on the tub (the shape just doesn't offer any good handle). If the low side person loses control I cannot see how they are going to escape without a permanently crippling or fatal injury. I also know Alex is not strong enough to be on the low side.
I woke up at 3:30 in so much pain that I need to try and at least delay the tub moving part of the plan. My knees and back are screaming from the work of the last 2 days. I have become so sedintary it is disgusting. Mostly I work from a home office and sit in a chair at the computer. I need to get more exercise. Certainly I cannot just jump in to long days of physical labor anymore. As much as they say it sucks to get old or fat. Doing both if represented mathematecially is not "old + fat = suck" nor is it "old x fat = Suck", it would be more like "old to the power of fat = SUCK!" (sorry can't seem to figure out superscript here.)
Ah well, aspirin and bed for me.
Monday - I helped my friend Alex demolish the upstairs bathroom of his girlfriend Beth. We took the room down to the studs so they could get a plumber and electrician in. We discovered that the tub was cast Iron. It is still at the top of the stairs. I am guessing it weighs at least 400 lbs and probably more like 600+ lbs. Poor Beth, she has a massive tub blocking one of her rooms upstairs, a bathroom with nothing at all in it (and no shower or tub anywhere else in the house) and a front porch loaded with debris from her bathroom because the dumpster wasn't delivered like it should have been. Add to that, on Tuesday the plumber said he can't get in there for about a week.
Tuesday - Helped my friend Heather by putting doors on the 2 bedrooms in her tenants apartment. The guy she paid to do the work, both took her money and her doors (with hardware). It was a bit of a comedy or errors, I thought it might take 3-5 hours. Turned out it took 11hours. But, they are in and they are done properly.
Today - The plan is to load the Dumpster at Beths. The dumpster was delivered yesterday. The plan also includes bringing the tub down the stairs. This later part of the plan frightens me. The stairs are narrow and steep. Only 1 person is going to be able to do the vast majority of the work (from the low side). There is nothing to hold onto on the tub (the shape just doesn't offer any good handle). If the low side person loses control I cannot see how they are going to escape without a permanently crippling or fatal injury. I also know Alex is not strong enough to be on the low side.
I woke up at 3:30 in so much pain that I need to try and at least delay the tub moving part of the plan. My knees and back are screaming from the work of the last 2 days. I have become so sedintary it is disgusting. Mostly I work from a home office and sit in a chair at the computer. I need to get more exercise. Certainly I cannot just jump in to long days of physical labor anymore. As much as they say it sucks to get old or fat. Doing both if represented mathematecially is not "old + fat = suck" nor is it "old x fat = Suck", it would be more like "old to the power of fat = SUCK!" (sorry can't seem to figure out superscript here.)
Ah well, aspirin and bed for me.
rizzo:
thanks for the explanation. I figured that's what it was, but wasn't too sure. I'm not all up on my photography lingo. so what club do you own?