April 26, 2007

Excavation of concrete for new shower drain.


Wiring completed for new recessed lighting.

New subfloor glued & nailed down. (no more squeaks!)

Movin' Right Along

The past week (4.17 through 4.23), the carpentry was fine tuned, the hall closet upstairs was removed to make room for a floor to ceiling cabinet in the kitchen (leaving us with a tiny hall cabinet), and the linen closet ws framed for the downstairs bath. The ceiling height in that bath will be raised, which will be great. The electrician came today and we did a walk-thru to outline our wish list and he will return tomorrow to begin all the new wiring for the kitche, DR, LR and hallway. So, these things are ahead of schedule, if you can believe that, BUT the shower stall will be arriving in 3 more weeks which is 3 weeks late! We should be fine for a finish date in the long run. Thanks for checking in!

Our Temporary kitchen.

Lighting items arrived 2 days before the electrician!

Framing for the linen closet.

The AC duct running downstairs to give some more air flow.

We also decided to remove some of the wall at the foot of the stairs which will give more flow and open up to the playroom.

Lastly, the ugly AC duct that was left exposed in the LR has been placed into the wall. A new opening was created between the DR/ LR. The plywood you see will be a new 2nd layer of subfloor which will be put down in an opposing pattern to the current plywood after the 1st layer is re-nailed down. This should solve the prominent squeaking!

Bare Bones

If you were to walk into our house and look up the steps (which are down to the sub floor), this is what you would see:


Then, the kitchen and Dining room as viewed from the living room:

Here is the Kitchen as viewed from the dining room:

Lastly, the downstairs bath. Yep, we're down to one toilet and it is upstairs!

IT ALL MUST GO!

Marathon Monday is upon us, as is a storm bringing torrential rain and 20 mph winds, but the destruction will go on and Paul will run against the wind! We spent the weekend clearing out the final items and gearing up for the race as well as the demolition. The kids especially enjoyed making their own marks on the wall separating the dining room and the kitchen. All to support Dad, of course!

The downstairs bath will also be gutted. Too bad, huh?

Looking for More?

Looking for more? So are we! Check back here after April 16th to see our
Bath and Kitchen demolition pix!

Thanks for checking in! -Lena & Paul

Look at that Hole!

The concrete was cut in less than 2 hours.

Then removed.

And the door installed!

YAY!

Day 6 -Prep for Slider

Here is the internal view. The concrete will
be cut tomorrow!

External view.