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 . . .