Week 4

Groundwork is done... now the building begins.

Monday

Delivery!

The rest of the bedroom wall is gone!
The thick blanket of dead leaves and brush is cleared!

MORE wood!

Goofing around in the area that will be the new bathtub

 Tuesday

Huge bales of insulation delivered.

Walls are being framed!

Wednesday

 

Ummmm.... oops? Can't get into the garage anymore, door gone, opening blocked!
And there's no power either so we can't use the clicker for the front...

 

Thursday

The kids'/guest bathroom (rear) and Ella's bedroom

Ella standing in the hallway with the entrance to my bathroom to the left

Standing in front of the master bedroom closet,
looking through to the den/family room

Friday

Today we had a meeting with our contractor to discuss an unexpected issue with the garage entry. The opening for the old one (pictured above) is too small for the new door, which has to be a 6' 8" fire-resistant door in order to be code compliant, so the challenge was to decide where to locate it. There is a water heater, washer & dryer and a workbench along the same wall. The simplest solution seems to be to put the door where the workbench is and demolish the soffit on the kitchen side to give the door some headroom.

We also discussed adding a tankless water heater on the side of the house where the bathrooms are located to save water and energy.

Sunday

We went to the house to do laundry and move the workbenches with tools and other random garage stuff from where the new door will be located. ROADBLOCK! We found the entry again boarded over, now with two large horizontal boards, and when Jim managed to pry them open to get in, we found the washer and dryer had been disconnected and moved out of their alcove. It was unexpected and disappointing to not have been forewarned. We were able to get the front garage door open manually from the inside and Jim got the space cleared. I didn't get before pics but "after" will be posted in next week's update!