Construction rather than destruction
I'm happy to report that we have made progress, slight though it may be. Thanks to our friends Chris, Kevin, Matt, and Kevin we now have some new walls! For those of you unfamiliar with the process (like me before we started this project) of removing an existing wall and replacing it with a new wall, first a temporary wall must be built. This wall will hold the wait of the ceiling until the new, permanent wall is installed. Below are the temporary and new permanent walls.
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| Temporary wall parallel to existing wall |
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| New Wall (thanks Chris and Kevin) |
When a new wall is built, a "header" needs to be put in any place a door will be installed. A header is basically a wood sandwich. In our case, the headers are three boards glued and screwed together. The headers caused quite a long conversation between Brad and me, since installing the headers meant we had to know where we wanted the doorways. We finally figured out where we want the mudroom, library, and bathroom doors...we think...and the headers were installed.
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| Library doorway header |
While the boys were working on the walls, I was stripping adhesive off the floors. I made headway on the floors and I had a flooring guy come and look at them. Hopefully, his services will be within our budget and we can save these beautiful floors!
While I was working a lady stopped because wanted to make sure we were restoring the house and not tearing it down. We have had many visitors stop in, as there is a lot of curiosity in the neighborhood about our project. So many people have expressed relief and gratitude that we are restoring this house. It reaffirms our belief that this is house is worth all the time and money we are putting in to it. Thanks to those strangers for the "pep talk!"
