9/19/19
(Above: Freshly glued trim being held in place via multiple mechanical means. The PVC pipe was the final addition Padre and I made this morning.)
Building Summary: Today I began Jacobhouse activities by filling eight more Moo-Magic bags for the manure stand down by the road. This was followed by my transporting trim out to Jacobhouse and then by my figuring out how I was going to hold that trim in place as the construction and wood-glue* dried (more in commentary). With Padre’s and Wag’s help I arrived at a solution, and it was via the big white pickup truck that I transported that solution out to Jacobhouse and then moved the aforementioned Moo-Magic bags down to the road.
Gluing and installing the floor trim ensued – an easy task that probably took about 30 to 45 minutes for the entire abode**. I still had some time left to the morning afterward, so I went about cutting / installing grip-strip flooring on the front step and then cutting / riveting on some aluminum angle-stock trim. To finish off the morning, I vacuumed up the debris from molding installation and rivet-hole drilling.
(7:27 PM Update): Stopped by Jacobhouse for a brief time and procured / put together some supplies for tomorrow morning’s activities (more in final note).
TIL: Today I learned via Chef Jon of Food Wishes that crushed garlic makes an excellent glue. As it dries, it becomes extremely sticky – a perfect way to adhere a coating of crushed walnuts / bread crumbs / etc to a piece of meat. Why would someone want to adhere walnuts to a piece of meat? Well, in the case of a boneless, skinless chicken breast, it creates a thick, savory layer that holds in all the moisture during the cooking process.
Even more notable, however, is that I learned (from the same Chef) when it comes to cooking chicken, the best internal temperature to reach is 150 F, so long as the temperature stays there for 5 minutes. This is 15 degrees lower than the FDA approved temperature of 165 degrees. According to Chef Jon, it makes for much juicer and much tastier chicken.
Here is where the learning took place: Walnut Crusted Chicken Breast – It’s all About the Nut Glue .
Commentary: Today was a very positive and progressive day, and of highlights, I believe I have two to share. The first would be the solution mentioned above in regard to holding the floor-trim in place***. Indeed, to pin that molding in place, I was originally going to use 50 lb. bags of stock-salt. They would be heavy enough, I assumed, and would not scratch the floor like metal weight would. Wag – the individual who likely lugs about the most stock-salt bags out of all of us – knew that the bags were somewhat moist due to a recent rain, so he was the one to provide the idea that I use buckets of water instead . I didn’t really want to have multiple buckets of water sitting about Jacobhouse, so Padre went and combined mine and Wag’s ideas by saying I could simply use buckets of moist-salt to hold the trim in place. That was the solution I ended up going with****.
The second highlight has to do with the weather. When I went out this afternoon, it was the first time in months that I was struck neither by a pall of rampant humidity nor by the full weight of a scorching summer sun. I believe it is safe to say that the worst of the year’s heat is behind us. Sure, there will still be hot days, but this was the first full day of autumn.
The left side is being held in place by conduit and galvalume. The right side is being held in place via salt-bucket.
Final Note: Tomorrow I plan on cutting and priming the front faceplate of the pull-out wardrobe. I also will be going down to the Harbison Farmers’ Market. If there is still time left to the morning afterward, I will be fashioning some sort of mini-floor beneath the wardrobe and installing the wheel beneath the pull-out portion.
*Wood-glue used between the joints.
**This does not include the galvalume trim that I plan on cutting and installing quite soon.
*** Ordinarily, I would not have needed such weighty objects to hold the trim in place, but I had to ‘mold’ (warp) it to the wall’s undulating contours.
****Used seven salt buckets, two 8′ 2x4s, and the three leftover boxes of grip-strip flooring to hold the molding in place.