We are officially remodeling our Hawaii house.... ...by replacing the carpet in the two bedrooms (of 3 total) that has carpet. I love fresh, clean, new carpet.
Damn. Move in date pushed back a week since floor hasn't arrived. I have moved almost everything that can be stored in two outdoor sheds. Soil in front yard so bad I have been digging up dirt on the Bidens, I mean, digging up dirt from current house and bringing it over in bags. Previous owner put down black plastic, which kills soil. Back is better due to two large bags of soil conditioner I dragged there. Seeds are sprouting. Saw radishes, lettuce, kale and bok choy seedlings.
Flooring arrived! Oven gets installed Monday. Making progress. This is well over budget so I am looking for temp job to rebuild treasury. Not thrilled but needed.
So, after too long I finally managed to connect the wemo switches in the main bathroom. What happened is that I had some switches I bought 3 years ago for another project and we changed course on that one so I had them. Apparently these are the old version that only talk on the 2.4 band of wifi. Most new phones have 2.4 and 5 bands and will try to connect on 5 if found. So, to connect a new switch, it acts as a wifi access point, you connect to it on the phone, get into the wemo app, it connects to it, you give it a name, the name of the real wifi and password, it connects to that wifi to verify it and send it to the switch which connects to it. Once connected, you can link it to Alexa and everyone is happy. Apparently after verification when it tries to connect to the switch access point again, the new phones always try too connect over 5ghz and fail with these old switches. Took me a while to figure it out and I found an old Nexus 5x phone that only has the 2.4ghz band... Once I got this, all is connected and an Alexa routine allows me to say "run bathroom shower fan" to automatically run the fan for 30 minutes after a shower to ensure air circulation and avoid mold. Can't believe how long it took me too figure it out
Found out I don't even need to make a routine for this. Just "Alexa, in 30 minutes turn off the bathroom fan" works as expected.
Mostly done now, some small things to fix. Excuse the mess, we are still rearranging after the fixes - things go back where they belong and it needs to completely be cleaned from all the dust.. Really like that Bamboo flooring.
Found out that the estate we bought the house from was the original owner and we were provided with a bunch of pictures of the place over the years, as well as the original drawings. Excited to be able to use them for the basement remodel. Should really help us with the design!
Overrun not as bad as I feared. Oven installed, blinds going up, floor should be ready tomorrow. There is a built in hutch by kitchen. I thought I could put cookbooks on the shelves. The shelves, turns out, are cheap glass. When I put books on them they shattered. I got pine shelves at hardware store.
All cookbooks moved except one I am keeping on hand to use next few weeks. Nine boxes. Going to look for second hand couch tomorrow.
Getting a futon couch, cost about half. I have a cherry wood rocking chair older than I am for knitting.
Not that I mistrust my crew, but figured it was wise to wait until they are done before I start moving the contents of my liquor cupboard and wine cellar.
