4/12/19
Building Summary: Today I measured and recorded the dimensions of the bathroom floor-area, and I cut pieces of plywood for the lavatory’s eastern side (the shower portion). The southeastern piece was a typical ‘measure & cut’, but for the northeastern plank I had to take into account the two water stub-ups and the drain. That lattermost bit consisted of measuring out the exact places of the three pipelines and then using a jigsaw to cut out notches (and a hole). It all ended up fitting perfectly.
Commentary: I’ve got a goal to maintain, so I kept busy at Jacobhouse today. It showered – er, showed – too. Now, about 1/3 of the bathroom floor is cut and almost ready for fastening, and that was with the additional tasks of notching and holing the shower-stall plank.
As for highlights, I made something of a ‘natural’ discovery this morning. For the past few days, there has been a bug that arrives and flies around while I am sawing plywood – a true annoyance because it seems keen on pelting my face as I’m doing by best to concentrate on a straight cut.
Today, though, the nuisance landed on my hand. I didn’t swat it*, but I did get a good look at what the thing was: a cicada. It all made sense at that point. I theorized – and I’m fairly certain this is the truth – that the insect, known for the raucous noises it emits to communicate with mates, thought that the sawing noise was an exceptionally impressive cicada and an ideal consort. Hence, the presence of that amorous, arborous bugger (apologies for the language) every time I’ve cut plywood over the past couple days.
Final Note: Today, Padre and I discovered it would be best if the pocket door entrance was on the left side of the lavatory instead of right. The modification will allow for more entrance space, and it will let me into the room in front of the sink/toilet rather than in front of the shower**. Saying this, I intend to fix the pocket door’s hang-rail tomorrow. The alteration will be easy to perform, so after that, I should have plenty of time to glue the shower p-trap to the drain line and cut more pieces of plywood for the floor.
*I don’t like killing things.
**Was not originally a problem. However, today I discovered I will be placing a 2×6 between the backside of the shower and the container home’s northern wall. This scooted the entire stall southward a tad which ended up moving it a lot closer to the previously intended entry.