Fluff

Things are starting to really get going. We were on hold while for some of the stuff while we had to get an engineer to approve a plan to keep the roof from falling down. Not that I am an expert on such things, but it seemed like a good idea to me.

To the left you see the new nifty super supportive beams that were added where the chimney used to tower. The orange pieces of lumber are the new pieces that inspector requested we have completed.

In addition, we needed to add a new support piece between the bedroom area and the sitting room area. You see the couple of feet we had to add right there. There is another fancy support board on the top this piece. The original roof line was still up the ceiling of the upstairs. It was never really supported when they expanded in the early 50's we are guessing. In the picture to the right you can see the heating vents have been installed.

Plus, for those interested (and I assuming you are at this point...) the insulation is starting to be put in. Actually the foam parts are already complete. The roof peaks have some sort of other stuff that gets added. I know, I know I should ask more questions, but they could tell me they are putting jelly bellies and I wouldn't know the difference. Well, actually if it was jelly bellies I think I would now the difference, but if it was some sort of fluff thing that smelled funny - they could call it anything. Like OllieBaba... Umm .... Anyway, so the inspectors have done their thing for now, so the rest of the electric work and plumbing work is the more minor pieces. Next steps will include sheetrock and then we will get in there and prime that piece. The windows maybe another week yet and the cabinets soon after that. The tile and the rest are near the end. We are still waiting on some tests to see what we can do about the floor.

More updates in a week!