Some Work Was Done

 Yesterday I cleaned out the closet of the room that my layout, such as it is, currently resides. This is hopefully the beginning of the new train room renovations. The idea is that I will have one room for the layout, and the current room will be a workshop.

The closet of the current train room shares a front and back wall with the closet of the next door room, which is where the new train room will be. The intent is that I am going to tear out the back wall (front wall of the new train room closet) to expand the space in the new train room. This will make the two rooms roughly the same size (10' 9" x 13').

When the wall is gone the next step will be to close off the old train room closet door opening, and then some sort of drywall work will be needed. The closet wall drywall has a vinyl wallpaper on it (to prevent mold perhaps, the same drywall was used in the kitchen and bathrooms) that doesn't blend in well with regular drywall.

Mrs Hades has had some success in peeling off the vinyl wallpaper and sanding the remaining paper smooth enough to take paint and blend in well with the regular drywall, so we are going to try that first. The seams will need to be taped and filled, then the paint can go on.

Before doing the drywall and paint work, however, the carpet will have to come up. We are going to install some sort of rolled flooring when the carpet, padding and staples are all out and any patchwork needed is complete. My hopes is that none will be needed and then this work can go quickly.

So, the sequence of events will be: tear out the closet walls to expand the new train room; fill the closet door hole between the rooms; pull up the carpet, padding, and any staples; prepare and paint the walls; and then, finally, install new flooring.

All of this is tentatively scheduled for next weekend.* Friday we will get the flooring, 2x4's for the door framing, and drywall to patch the door opening along with drywall tape and filler. We have paint, so that is covered. We will then have Saturday and Sunday to get the work done, or at least as much as possible.

And then... the construction can begin!

*I wrote this post several days ago. Yesterday was Friday, we got the flooring but the wall that is being taken out will supply the framing 2x4's, and we will have to get the drywall materials later. Let the fun begin!