Having done most of the plumbing and made decisions on how the rest of it would take shape, and how we’d wire the electrical for the water heater, we’d decided none of it would go through the boxes we made to cover the wheel wells. So, we realized we could go ahead and finish putting in the insulation around the wheel wells and nail up the boxes covering all that. These boxes around the wheel wells will eventually be hidden behind our kitchen cabinets.
Insulation covering wheel well
Boxing it all in
Nailing it together
Nailing it together
Insulation over other wheel well
Close up of insulation
Finished box
I also applied the first coat of Polyurethane sealant to the top of the boards of the loft floor. Three more to go!
Gotta applaud the completion of even the small stuff. Every little bit brings us closer to a finished house!
Floors look fantastic in the loft. We think we had only done two coats in our MD home on the sanded floors. I assume you have to do some sanding between coats?
Love, Dad
Thanks! We’re pretty excited about how they came out, too. The instructions on the polyurethane we used (the same stuff Mom helped apply to the window frames) said to do a light sanding between each coat and to do a minimum of at least three coats. We opted for four coats as the loft floor will see a lot of wear from us moving around (not walking since the ceiling won’t be high enough in the loft to walk!) on them.