We have been reassured by at least two professionals, who SHOULD know these things (our building inspector and the roofing guys), that our crappy fluffy insulation is harmless cellufibre - not the scary asbestos stuff. So today Steve stumbles across a left over bag of ZONOLITE. Give it a Google and just see how many nasty scary asbestos, cancer, class action suit, etc. sites you can come up with. All with the associated warning that home renovators should avoid DISTURBING the stuff and have professionals handle it and if possible, replace it. GREAT. So that put a damper on the day's already overwhelming amount of electrical mishaps to correct. The only silver lining is that apparently not all Zonolite products contain asbestos. Just to be safe we are taking the stuff we've already bagged and removed to the dump and replacing it with Pink or something else. Steve has been using the mask everytime he's up there, and has most times in the past, so we're hoping exposure has been limited. The rest of the house is pretty well sealed off, and so far renovation dust free, but we're hoping to get this business over AND FAST.Unfortunately, the more electrical Steve uncovered today the more mistakes he discovered! And then the fish-tape broke as we were attempting to pull out some old knob-and-tube from our hall light switch. The favourite tools of the day are the lineman's pliers and wire-strippers. Steve will curse/cry whenever he misplaces them, which happens periodically in the death trap attice insulation. For one reason or another throughout the day a muffled "cocksucker" or "motherfucker" would drift down from above. Steve's personal revelation of the day is that he has finally become the cursing father character from the movie 'The Christmas Story.'
Was there any actual progress today? Let's see... I got the suite ceiling one step closer to painting. But more importantly, finally all the knob-and-tube has been replaced!! Unfortunately the washing machine situation has yet to be tackled so we move into electrical day four tomorrow. The good news is that after that we resume actual BATHROOM renovating! With the kids in Sooke with Nana and Panda this weekend we should make some serious progress.
