Parting Shots

Well, leaving the house for a full week of work with three different crews. this place is going to look quite a bit different by the time we get back. Ironically, I am not sure that anything in this picture will really change, but you know what I mean.



Reason #45 why I dont do work at home. I figured out a way to break this hammer while pulling out a bazillion nails in the second floor of the house. In just two short hours I figured out how to break what looked to be a pretty new wood hammer. I did not throw it. I swear.


Fence! Yup. Put one up. Property is no longer easy access for the rest of the neighborhood to wander around in. Pretty funny how something as simple (but massively visual) as the fence makes it feel more like a construction site.

While we are go there will be 3 main pieces of work beginning:

- Rear roof re-construction. The lumber has been ordered. The carpenter is due back from vacation and we are ready to roll. Tuesday morning they will be dismantling a decent majority of the south half of the roof. We will be putting in a new ridge line with LVL, new 12" main supports, and new collar ties. All of this is being done to make the back of the house look consistent instead of two awkward roof pitches.

- Excavation of basement and Pouring of Footings. This will be some of the most important and time consuming work that is going to be done on the house. They are going to dig out 600 sq feet of dirt down a minimum of 7" to lay an entire new base for the house. Part of this includes laying footings for the support of the stairs in two places, and where the new steel beam for the main support of the home will rest.

- Plumbing. Most of this relates to having the floor open. We had to decide how this was going to go exactly, but we basically have the ability to make the home impenetrable. While the floor and dirt are excavated we will be doing all of the underground plumbing - connecting the main downward drains pipes (stacks) with the sewer lines, and running the floor drains for the laundry, bathroom, and under the hot water heater in the basement. Along with that we will be putting a drain tile along the perimeter of the house to help with runoff water trying to come through the walls / floors of the foundation.

There is a quite a bit more to all of this, but thats the plan for now. More to come through the week as I get more details over the phone.