Construction - week 2

Hard to believe a whole week has gone by . . . and the work continues . . .

Monday . . . electrical removed most of the old lines and boxes.  Put new circuits in to power those areas we aren't working in, but were affected by the power out in the kitchen.

All the homeruns hanging . . . while there was still a floor to work on

 Tuesday - plumbers got busy

 and the floor got removed

 and we found some nice slabs of rock . . .

Wednesday . . . plumbing continues and the joists are going in . . .

Looks the same but it works now . . .
and surprise, surprise, we found a well . . . 

Joists lined up and ready for a floor . . .

and thursday . . . part of the floor is in and the bones are in the making . . .

interior walls around the powder room and pantry . . .

And friday . . . window day . . .

windows removed . . . actually

Construction Begins . . .

 

Emptied out . . . 

 

Now ready to begin . . . the tear out - 2/16/2015

 

A hint of some previous layers . . .

Day 1 . . . Cabinets out . . . walls and ceiling down to studs . . .  2 plus tons removed . . .

illegal electrical boxes, 10 . . . and so much mickey mouse building materials . . . ouch . . .

and our new kitchen . . . for now . . .

Yes, the 1934 Sellers Hoosier storage cabinets are in use . . . more work to be done on them and the main section is now in the basement for me to start on . . . but not while we are using this area as a kitchen!!

Day 2 . . . 4 inches of snow and no work done!

Day 3, the effort continues . . .

Furniture moved, refrigerator didn't make it down the stairs . . . so we will live with it here.

 Dining room floor stripped

 Dining room and master bathroom piping exposed

 Window from the original construction . . . blocked in or it would look into the neighbors addition.

 Subpanel isolated and ready to be removed

 Guest bath piping and barnacle exposed

 An original window outline . . . trying to date the middle addition based on the construction we are seeing . . . maybe in the 1920' or 30's?

 No more floor tear up till the trades get in and do their rough work . . .

Day 4 - radiators drained and construction area bypassed, some initial walls studded  . . . ordinarily it would be in the 40 degree range outside . . . of course this year we are barely in the teens and now it is rather chilly down this end of the house!!  I've insulated the exposed piping and there is a small heater to keep the temps bareable . . .

 dining room . . .

 master bath/laundry - original baseboard moulding still in place.

Check out the original bathroom . . . see the outline of the tub to the left, the pedestal sink in the center and the toilet to the right . . . where I'm standing there is the structure for a back stairwell!

Day 5 . . . radiator goes, trades begin rough in . . .