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I've been using a 15-year-old corded Black-and-Decker drill to drive 2 1/2" screws through the plywood sheets, but it finally gave up the ghost today – one small sheet short of a finished floor. This piece, cut to size and ready to go, will have to wait for the weekend. |
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Above and below: Wider views of the almost-finished floor. I used my 18-volt Makita cordless drill to screw down the small piece in the back-left corner, but it doesn't have quite the power I need to really sink the screws down into the plywood – mainly because the batteries are getting old. |
Anne got tired of hearing me grumble about the drill situation this morning, so she told me to drop everything and "I'll buy you breakfast – and we can go to Lowe's. I'll even buy you a new drill." I took her up on it, figuring Fridays are always good to head out earlier before I hit the freeways to work in L.A. I found this nice 1/2" Skil hammer-drill that brings me into the 21st Century. MY NEW TOY . . . With a stucco house, brick patios, and masonry yard walls, I don't think I'd ever buy a drill that didn't also function as a hammer-drill. This Skil is great value – way more than adequate for driving long screws into floor joists, and powerful enough to chew into masonry with it's hammer-drill function.
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Looking upward from the dining room, this is the new ceiling. You can see the white Liquid Nails glue where the plywood laps over the joists. I will route most of the electrical wiring for the upstairs room through this floor structure – this will reduce the amount of existing drywall I have to cut open to get new outlets onto each wall. |
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