Day 1
(imagine the Law and Order music)
The day started out easy enough.
I had had simple goals for the day:
1. remove all the switch plates, pictures, shelves, towel racks, etc.
2. wash the walls with bleach water
3. tape everything off
simple enough right?!?!?
NOPE!
Everything was going smoothly until I was taking down the towel rack. I had trouble getting one of the screws out of the wall. As you can see from the first hole, the dry wall was wrecked in the first place.
I worked on it for a little while and decided I would come back to it later.
I had gotten everything else done and taken down. I even took a break for a minute.
I knew what I had to do.
I knew I couldn't just leave this screw dangling out of the wall like this. Joe would say I was "half-assin it"
I also knew I didn't want him to see this huge hole in the dry wall.
I tried screwing it every which way. I just kept repeating "lefty/loosey, righty/tighty" and "OMG, Joe can't see this hole"
I finally started jerking and pulling with all of my might!
I heard things start cracking. I kept thinking "Well, if it was in a stud, it would have screwed out!"
Finally, I got the bolt out and I discovered the problem...
That, my friends, is a toggle bolt!!
I recently learned about toggle bolts from my father in law. I kept thinking he was saying "taco bolt"
He was hanging a hook rack in my laundry room for backpacks, purses, coats, etc. He told me when you are hanging something heavy and you don't have a stud, you need to use a toggle bolt. He also said the only way the hook rack would come out of the wall is if we pulled the dry wall out with the toggle bolt.
Well, I found that out the hard way!
Thank goodness we had some wall putty in the garage. I was able to patch over the hole!
After this little hiccup, I was able to knock out the rest of my to-do list for the day!!
My goals for day 2:
1. tape off the ceiling
2. prime, prime, prime!!!!
I will let y'all know how it goes!!
