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Friday, January 25, 2013
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Day 2
After Monday, Tuesday was almost a cake walk, although it started with a jog. Me jogging in the rain home from school at 7:45am to meet the delivery guy dropping off our new toilets, tub and shower hardware and valves. Then it turned into a case of buyer's remorse about our tub. After some web searching, we decided to swap out the acrylic tub for another cast iron one. I just can't go plastic yet.
Ok, as far as work goes ... The guys finished punching out the layout and replacing all the studs that should have been there but were no longer after all the rot. It was a bit of a loud day with the air compressor running, the concrete hammer drill thing shooting nails into the concrete and saws cutting studs down to size. Sadly, since one car is in the shop, Drew took the other - and that left Ben and me stuck inside. We did our best, but I was stir crazy by dinnertime. We made cookies for the guys, and Ben made a friend with the youngest one (Josh). Ben told me multiple times, "Josh and I are friends." before he left, Josh gave Ben a hot wheels car he had in his truck. They were good guys! Ben loved following them in and out as they made trips back and forth to their trucks during clean up.
They installed insulation and left things ready for the electrician & the plumber. Everyone is still hoping to figure out the true source of the leak. It rained on Tuesday, and there were no leaks thru the ceiling. So that's good confirmation that it was not the source (even though the insulation was soaking wet all the way up to the ceiling).
The opening to the far left isn't supposed to be open ... but they had to cut it out since it was also damaged from water. For now, the boys like using it as a pass thru.
Framing for the new shower, with a niche.
Framing for new pocket door into the closet.
Ok, as far as work goes ... The guys finished punching out the layout and replacing all the studs that should have been there but were no longer after all the rot. It was a bit of a loud day with the air compressor running, the concrete hammer drill thing shooting nails into the concrete and saws cutting studs down to size. Sadly, since one car is in the shop, Drew took the other - and that left Ben and me stuck inside. We did our best, but I was stir crazy by dinnertime. We made cookies for the guys, and Ben made a friend with the youngest one (Josh). Ben told me multiple times, "Josh and I are friends." before he left, Josh gave Ben a hot wheels car he had in his truck. They were good guys! Ben loved following them in and out as they made trips back and forth to their trucks during clean up.
They installed insulation and left things ready for the electrician & the plumber. Everyone is still hoping to figure out the true source of the leak. It rained on Tuesday, and there were no leaks thru the ceiling. So that's good confirmation that it was not the source (even though the insulation was soaking wet all the way up to the ceiling).
The opening to the far left isn't supposed to be open ... but they had to cut it out since it was also damaged from water. For now, the boys like using it as a pass thru.
Framing for the new shower, with a niche.
Framing for new pocket door into the closet.
Monday, January 07, 2013
Day 1: Demolition
Oh my land!
The things we uncovered today have been shocking. I feel like we could be on a Mike Holmes tv show. A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, but these leave us speechless.
In case you're wondering, those studs are supposed to be continuous from floor to ceiling. No wonder the tile grout was cracking it had nothing left to hold on to.
The house now smells of bleach, but thankfully not so terribly that we can stand to be here. In fact, you only notice it when you first walk in. The office/playroom is closed off and being aired out. We're waiting for all that moisture to dry out so the repair can start.
As best our contractor and team can figure out - the bathtub waterline nearest the wall was leaking. And there are no weep holes along the foundation to remove water pooling such as it was ... So the insulation wicked it up. It was soaked all the way to the ceiling.
bathroom remodel
Today we started the remodel of the "master bath." We've never used this room as a master, but technically that's what it is.
This bathroom has been yucky since we moved in, and our attempts to seal cracks in the shower tile grout have never held up. So, we got to the point where we weren't comfortable using this bathroom anymore. Then we noticed baseboard grout changing color and most recently water damage outside:
Thankfully by the time this was spotted, we already had scheduled the remodel. So, last week (happy new year!) we toiled to completely empty the office/playroom AND closet. This is how it looked last night.
This bathroom has been yucky since we moved in, and our attempts to seal cracks in the shower tile grout have never held up. So, we got to the point where we weren't comfortable using this bathroom anymore. Then we noticed baseboard grout changing color and most recently water damage outside:
Thankfully by the time this was spotted, we already had scheduled the remodel. So, last week (happy new year!) we toiled to completely empty the office/playroom AND closet. This is how it looked last night.
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