Ryan McFarland

While in Juneau with my parents i went on a bit of a shopping spree.  The last of the stuff i bought arrived by barge and i picked it up today.  The haul includes…

Six five gallon buckets of asphalt driveway sealant and a squeegee to seal and protect our one year old driveway.

A table saw that i tried putting together last night but the blade is not aligned properly.  I called the store i purchased it from and they have not yet resoved the problem.  I knew i should not have bought the one with the open box that was on sale.

A new Whirlpool washer and dryer.  Front load.  These will replace ours and our “old” ones will be installed in the apartment.  This does mean that i’ll need to route water, a drain, and electricity to the closet that they will be in but it should make the apartment even more attractive to long term renters in the future.  In our laundry room we’re going to install counter top and a sink.  I saw that putting a laundry sink in increases the value of the house by $500 or so.

A new toilet, light fixture and faucet.  These are for the new bathroom that we’ll put in the boiler room/workshop.  The current plan is to convert the space into a half bath with a large sauna that has a shower in it.  I guess that will make it a full bath.  Or maybe 3/4 bath - whatever.   I’ll really need to get the shed finished up in order to move my stuff out there so there is space to get the downstairs bathroom built.

A pressure washer.  I’ll need it to clear off the driveway before sealing.  I also need to wash off the deck and re-seal that.  Someday it would be nice to pull the porch roofing off and wash it and we plan on repainting the house soon too so a good washing would be nice to start off that job.  I think this will come in handy for the bike shop too.