Garage doors!

Thursday, January 30

Garage doors and a visit from the plumber…

Just to refresh your memory, this is what we have been using to keep the cold air out of the new garage.  It has been effective shielding the wind from the garage.

Above is what "Julie's side" looked like.  

Below is "Halsey's side".

At the end of the day on Thursday, here is an exterior view of the new garage doors.

They are not connected to electricity for automation yet, however they can be lifted by human power!

 Below is a view from the inside.  The windows allow for much needed natural light.

On the same day, the crew from Taft Plumbing and heating arrived and began the rough plumbing for the new kitchen and the future master bathroom on the second floor.

Below is a view of the hot and cold water lines that will run to the second floor.

Below is some of the rough plumbing that was completed on Thursday.  
On the left, drain lines from the future master bathroom.  On the right, plumbing for the future master bathroom shower as viewed from the first floor.

Demolition begins upstairs

Saturday, January 25

Demolition…..

On Saturday, the demolition of the upstairs began to connect the new addition to the existing house.  Working from the new addition, the siding was taken off the existing house and the insulation was pulled out.  It was a messy process.

There was a lot of wood that came off the side of the house!                                                             It showed how well the house was built in 1938. 

Here is a view of Alex - he is in the new addition working on taking away the old window that is close to the front of the old guest room.

Here is the same view, minus Alex, the window and siding, insulation and studs!
This perspective is standing in the new addition, looking into the old guest room and beyond into the hallway.  Once the addition is complete, the door into the hallway will no longer exist.  It will be re-framed and become a wall.

Below is the same view, now the wall is being framed to close off what will become the darkroom (temporarily) and then Halsey's closet (eventually!)

This perspective is from the existing back hallway looking toward the new addition during the siding/studs demolition.

Halsey wasted no time framing up the wall for his future closet!

At the end of the day- big progress was made. 

Upstairs the "old" is beginning to connect with the "new".

Welding in the new garage….

Sunday, January 19

Welding the beam in the new garage

Halsey asked our local ironwork specialist, Ray Ciemny, to come over and weld a piece of steel onto the connecting beam from the old house to the new addition.

This piece of steel is needed to assure the connection will stay in place.

 

The photos above show Ray at work in the garage, welding the steel onto the beam.
Below is the fantastic result!