Lots more progress

We have reached a stopping point in our floor project since my last post.  We hit it hard and got the final plywood down and we now have a livable floor until we complete the demolition later this year to install the hardwood floors.

First piece of plywood installed
below the offending panel that is
completely sealed now.

A good view of where it all began.  This piece of plywood was a real struggle getting in.  The narrow wall on the right side hangs just off the floor, in fact exactly 1/2" by design, but with the moisture that had gotten in that dimension was probably closer to 3/8", so it took some effort to "slide" the 1/2" plywood under the wall into position.  

A good view of our mess and
the next sheet of plywood
standing by.

This shot is before we covered the rest of the subfloor with the black plastic membrane and installed the full sheet of plywood.  That went pretty well, we were able to use the entire sheet as a template for cutting the top 1/2" OSB so it would fit properly.  I need all the help I can get cutting.  My normal motto is cut twice, still too short:-)

All in and looking good!

But the real "piece de resistance" was getting the refrigerator back in its cubby!

Back in its home.

Which made Jan very, very happy!  We have decided to tile just in front of the galley and in the toilet compartment, and I am encouraged that the guy we called to possibly do it is coming next week to take a look.  We were afraid he'd just say no, he was too busy, as the building trade is firing back up again in this area of Florida.  We'll see.  I'd be a lot happier if he did the install instead of me.  The rest will wait until December when we redo the rest of the floor.

Now in case you think we didn't have enough to do, we just replaced the big front TV, yeah, again.  The Toshiba we had installed was acting up, not turning on, quitting, and a HDMI input went bad.  So all that coupled with the fact that neither Jan and I were completely pleased with it, we yanked it out and installed a new Samsung 46" HDTV.  And wow, what a picture!  Now we have a repairman coming to fix the Toshiba and some lucky person on eBay will get to buy a refurbished good as new TV.

So now we get to move on to other projects.  Our new Girard slide topper awnings have been ordered for our scheduled install the last week of the month.  We are also going to replace all the window awning, door awning, and both large patio awnings with new fabric at the same time.  We still have an AC unit to install and a air compressor to replace, and who knows maybe we can get Jason to pop down and help out?

We just had a nice lunch and a great birthday dinner with some good friends, Dick and Ann, Jan, Harvey and Jean, and have seen a lot of our regular Florida friends here at the park.  It is almost completely full, it seems that this year the season is starting early.