Cleaning Floors and Installing Outdoor Outlets...

Well, I seem to never complete anything in one day, but we sure have been making progress on a few different things every day.

Today, I started out working on the outdoor outlets.  I marked and cut the siding for all of them (except for the one that will go outside the garage).  Then, I drilled the corners so I can find the places inside the OSB that need to be cut out...  And, I went ahead and installed one of them on the front porch.  I had done one a while back to see how bad it was going to be, and so now I have two done...

Then, we started to prepare for cleaning and sealing the concrete floors.  We looked for a "water broom" attachment for my power washer, and the closest one we found was more than an hour away.  So, we spent a lot of the day driving to get that -- and as it turns out, I had a problem getting it to work.  I think it is clogged, so I'll have to either take it back, or figure out a way to clean the spray heads out.

After getting back from getting the "water broom", we went to get the concrete sealer because they are only opened for part of tomorrow morning, and we had to make sure we had it when we get ready...

It was around 3:30 this afternoon before we actually were able to get started cleaning the floors, and we were able to get almost a third of the house floor washed by the time it was too dark to see...  We used the power washer, a squeegee (with a handle for floors), and a wet/dry vacuum.  We are hoping to be able to get it sealed first thing tomorrow, though the way the water was pooling in places, that may not work out as we plan...  It really cleaned up well -- just a little power washing, and the squeegee and vacuum together really made quick work of the dust / dirt that has built up...

I really wish I could have found my camera to take pictures.  I used it the other day to get pictures of the whirlpool decking, and I'm not sure where I put it...  It was probably too dark to get good pictures by the time I started looking for it...   You'll just have to tune in tomorrow or Sunday -- whenever we find the camera and get around to taking pictures.

All in all, it was a pretty profitable day...  Lots to do yet, though.