This past weekend Ryan replaced the rotted sill plate under the front door and finished securing the smaller beam in the basement! Jacking up work is done! On Sunday with the help of Ryan’s dad they got the rest of the demo done in preparation for putting in dormers. I had to unwire/rewire a bit …
The weekend before last we spent all day Saturday working on filling our dumpster … so bathroom demo time! We got a good portion of the upstairs bathrooms demo’d and I took up carpet tacks and trim off of 2 of the bedrooms upstairs when there was no room in a bathroom for 2 people …
Technically we are done jacking up all 3 of the beams we installed (thanks to Ryan’s Dad’s help today – they got it finished up) but 2 of the beams are really finished (bracket installed). We have to drill holes in the steal brackets for the 3rd beam still. We still have some jacking up …
We had a very productive weekend. We got 2 beams (doubled LVLs) installed with jacks – the real posts are on order so we are waiting for those. In the mean time we were able to start jacking up the original beam and our 2 new beams. We can’t just jack up all the sag …
Last weekend Ryan finished up the footings Friday night and Sunday morning. They look great! We had trouble finding the right size adjustable posts and actually had to order them off of amazon of all places for building materials! We spent our day off (Monday) making some brackets to support the beams and starting to …
Ryan took Friday off last week and we spent the day at the lake house. I had the girls so didn’t do much myself but he got the insulation all removed from the basement ceiling! On Sunday I did the final basement cleanup (sweeping and bagging up the tiny things – mostly mouse poop) and …
Evenings and weekend work has continued at the new house, we have a dumpster now so it’s a bit easier to cart everything out. All the doors have been removed, all carpet except for a few stair treads has been removed. 2 walls have been removed in the bedrooms where the dormers will go. Last …
Even though the blog has been quiet it’s been an eventful 2 months. First off – our second little one arrived almost 3 weeks early (like her sister) – June 11 – Isabella Georgiana. She was 6lbs 10oz and was healthy as could be. She’s 6 weeks old now and growing like a weed. Her …