It’s been busy over here. After Lee’s stitches on Saturday, he still wanted to continue our weekend remodeling plans. So on Sunday our framer pal came over to try and straighten out our roller coaster floors. Part of our old … Continue reading
When we bought our house about two and a half years ago, the front porch window was already broken out. They had ‘fixed’ it by putting up a sheet of black plastic. When we got the keys to the house, … Continue reading
I’ve tracked down most of the parts needed to start the second floor wiring, but I haven’t quite summoned the conviction to start. Part of the problem is the fear of the unknown. I have a pretty detailed plan, and … Continue reading
It took two weekends and about thirteen hours of work from our framer pal. We now have a completed inner wall framing of the upstairs, closet, bathroom, stairway ceiling, stove pipe chase, and wood stove back wall. The closet in … Continue reading
Lee has been very busy working on the upstairs family/craft/entertainment room. The goal of this big push is to get the room ready for double framing and make it warmer this winter. The plywood floor underlayment was installed two weeks … Continue reading
The last new upstairs window was installed today. We’ve actually had that window sitting around since June waiting to be put in. I finally told Lee just to hire the installation out, because he scared me to pieces when he … Continue reading
It’s time to do more house renovation explosions. Yeah! I actually only say yeah because I know that it doesn’t involve mouse turds galore raining down on our heads (which in turn makes me want to take a bath in … Continue reading
Back in November we had sheer braced the knee wall that spanned the front of the house. Tonight’s project was to add sheer bracing to the south rear knee wall. (The dormer divides the rear knee wall into two sections.) … Continue reading
Part of the charm of our run-down old 1937 farm house is in its exterior details. As we replace old windows with new windows, we have been very careful to match the original look with the new look. Our focus … Continue reading
This weekend the inner wall framing for the master bedroom was added. As a reminder, we are remodeling our house with double-wall construction. The outer and inner framed walls are separated by an air-tight layer of XPS foam. Last week … Continue reading
