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I hurt my wing. :(
Tue, March 4, 2008 - 3:35 PM
As I was removing the case molding, I discovered that the trim was only thing holding the door jamb up! Removing the old door jamb should have been a piece of cake, since I didn't even need a reciprocating saw to cut through the nails...right?
Wrong! I went ahead and removed all the molding, then slipped the old door jamb out and CRASH! Not only was the door jamb not nailed into the rough opening...it wasn't even nailed together! As I pulled the old jamb out, the header fell. On me.
It missed my head, but caught me square across the back of my left shoulder. I'm not broken, but it hurts like hell and it's starting to get stiff. Hiplash rehearses twice a week and tomorrow's a rehearsal day, I wanted to get video of my new poi trick tonight, and now I'm not sure I'm even going to be able to get the new door in.
I'm also seriously wondering if my whole house was built so poorly. And if it was...when's it going to come crashing down around me?
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Tue, March 4, 2008 - 9:05 PM
{((HUGS}}}
I hope you feel better soon...what a bummer, here you are trying to fix up the house and now its left you wondering about the real stability of the place!! I hope that door jamb was just a fluke and that it's the only thing that wasn't held together right! Mrs Fixer-Upper, I think its time for you to put the hammer down... ;) |
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Tue, March 4, 2008 - 10:51 PM
Thanks, Leilani!
I appreciate all hugs...as long as they don't touch my left shoulder. :)
The door is up (and working!) so my hammer is down for the night. I still need to trim it out, but that can wait until I'm feeling better. I just realized that I must have got smacked across the back of the neck, too, because it's really tender. After calming down and thinking about it, I'm pretty sure the house is structurally sound. The actual door opening is solid, square, and plumb...the builder just cut corners on the finishing details. I should have been more cautious since I found a lot of shoddy work when I remodeled the bathroom a couple of years ago. |
