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May 13, 2006
Say "goodbye" to the tub!
Thanks to considerable effort on the part of Dad, Dana, and William, the red tub has left the house. It's still on the property, resting in the back yard until we haul it off to the ReStore, but it's no longer making the house hideous.
What's left of the bathroom doesn't look too pretty (and the chimney bits that are hanging in mid-air are a bit of a concern . . . although they don't appear to be actively moving), but we should be able to get it cleaned up and looking like kitchen . . . sometime in the (hopefully not-so-distant) future.
In addition to this, we've got all of the subfloor in the office, mudroom, and new bathroom laid. We'll get that screwed into place this afternoon (after the guys get back from the dump).
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May 12, 2006
Joists today, floor tomorrow!
Dad & I finished installing the floor joists today, in addition to completing most of the wiring and insulating the ends of the bulk of the floor joists. Dad also drilled a huge hole through the foundation so that we can run the plumbing into the house. Tomorrow, we'll finish the floor's insulation (there's just a few batts of R40 to add on top of the 2-1/2" rigid foam that we've sheeted the undersides of the joists with), cut and screw down the plywood for the floor (no more going 'round the house to get into it!), and finish off a few odds and ends that need to be addressed. If we get all of that done, we'll make an attempt at getting the hideous red tub out of the bathroom. I can't wait for it to be gone!
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May 10, 2006
Slow, but steady progress
Dad & I have been working on turning the garage into house, changing the mudroom, and adding an office space and a bathroom. We've taken out the old windows, replaced the larger of the original two (the next will be done later this week), removed the mudroom, stripped the plaster and lath off of most of the walls, insulated a good portion of the walls, and are set to install the floor joists tomorrow.
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