more supplies

Mom and I made another trip to Home Hardware this afternoon. In particular, we bought some DOW blue R5 styrofoam insulation and some plywood, so I could begin the next stage of construction. The guy at the service counter said the R5 only came in 2x8 sheets. Weird. I thought, when I was helping Willy with his bathroom reno, that we were working with 4x8 sheets...



I've since added the 3/4" plywood to the bottom and the ½" plywood to the top. The side insulation pieces were installed, glued to the frame with PL 2000 construction adhesive. Stinky stuff. Not comfortable when you get it on your skin.

Then I started to build the door frame. The 2x4 for uprights will offer better anchor points for the hinges, on the left, and the utility lock, on the right.



It is slightly smaller than the opening (which is 50 x 23).

I spent a long time try to build a cross member that would help hold the frame true. But it seemed, immediately, to make things worse. When I considered that the facia would do that job, I removed the diagonal cross member.



Used a bunch of 1" and 1½" drywall screws to attach the ¼" plywood to the door frame.

Did a few other minor steps. But I couldn't attach any more insulation--I had used up almost one full tube of the PL 2000.

Tomorrow, I will return to the building centre. For a few reasons: we forgot to pick up the roof felt and ice/water barrier; I'll get more adhesive; and I'll take a look at their caster selection.