Blueboard has begun!

Monday, May 12

Prior to the blue board being installed on the walls the plumber was busy laying floor and tubing in the future master bathroom in preparation for radiant floor heat!

The same kind of prep will be done in the kitchen as well.

It looks like a puzzle before they lay the floor.

Here are two views of the future master bedroom (aka boys hang out room for the next few years) with the blue board in the installation process…..

Skylights on the porch

Sunday, May 11

Today was a beautiful day to cut the skylights into the porch roof.  The insulation is complete and there will be three skylights- two fixed and one that can be opened.

Halsey is up on the roof!

Here are a couple of great views of the North side of the house. The brick steps are complete, and the siding needs to be completed.

Insulation and drywall delivery...

Thursday, May 8

The space continues to change as the insulation has been sprayed onto the walls.

Halsey is standing in the new kitchen.  The space feels more and more like a room now that the walls are filled in.

Once again a large (actually huge) truck has maneuvered into our driveway to deliver blue board that will be screwed onto the walls…. and then the walls will be plastered…
and painted! 

This truck has an amazing "arm" that lifted the drywall through the 2nd floor window to the upstairs space.  It saves a lot of hauling up and down stairs.  

Delivery complete, the kitchen is ready for blue board!!!

Little things can make a big difference...

Saturday, April 26

This week the last of the windows were put into place in the downstairs hallway which makes a huge difference in the natural light that comes into the hall.

The lighting is evident from the top of the new stairway.

Walk down the stairs and turn on the landing and view the light pouring in from a window that was placed at the end of the downstairs hall.  This space will be an awesome nook in the future!

The view below is taken while standing on the mat placed in front of the doorway shown above.  
There is so much natural light! 

Below is another view of the hallway looking from the new kitchen toward the door with the welcome mat.
The first doorway opening is for a new closet, 
the second doorway opening is for the future re-incarnation of Fenway (aka 1/2 bathroom).

National Grid returns…..

Saturday, April 19

Fast forwarding now to some closure on the work that was done in February.  National Grid returned to complete the gas hook up from the street to the house.

This time we had a bit more notice, but they always bring a huge entourage!

Odds and Ends continued…..

Sunday, March 22

Odd jobs continue….

The interior framing and prep for blue board takes a steady constitution and attention to detail.  The plumber has been into the space to begin the rough plumbing, and the electrician has made a visit or two.  

Above is a great view from the TV room on the first floor looking at the base of the stairs,

and 

Below the focus is down the future hallway to the kitchen.

Note there is now a wall on the left where the old stairs used to be!

Here is the same view from the future kitchen looking 
into the TV room.

Upstairs a temporary railing has been put 

into place for safety.

The above view is looking off to the left at the top of the stairs, and the below view looking at the top of the stairs.

Now the snow has finally melted and the back 

of the house is coming together.

Siding work continues in preparation for the last bit 

of roof work.

Odds and Ends...

Saturday, March 21

The stairs are in place and now the long list of little jobs need to be completed.  Strapping is put up on the ceiling, 

fireblocking, taking out some windows and putting in other windows…a few of the highlights will be shown here. 

Here is a view from the top of the stairs 

on the second floor.

Walk down and turn on the landing and the view is of the door into the family room on the first floor. Keeping the door closed keeps the majority (but not all!) of the dust away from the rest of the house.

Below is the view while standing in the new kitchen space,  looking back at the new stairs and the TV room, with the old stairs removed. 

Siding is removed in the new porch area in preparation for removing the old window and putting in two new windows!

And here is a job that is time consuming but rewarding:

During the demolition the oak boards from the floors were saved and Julie hammered out the nails to use the floorboards again in the new space.

Halsey created a great area to complete this task.

About half of the boards were completed over the course of one Saturday.

Stairs, Old and New

Tuesday, March 13

Mid-week work!

Most of the work on the new addition has been taking place on the weekend, with a large crew of guys (and Julie).

This week, work commenced mid-week on stair demolition…and building a new set of stairs.

Above are the old stairs to the second floor. 

The stairs are now demolished but the outline remains and the original construction has been saved...

And while we were away on the weekend,

Billy and Kevin built the stairs to connect the basement with the first and second floors.

It looks great!

This is what remains of the closet and space where the old stairs were.  The window was at the base of the stairs.