Let's see, where to start. Hmmm, we had to move all of the furniture out of our den in order to cut a large hole in the ceiling from one side of the room to the other. This is to install support beams in order to help support that floating 2nd floor we found.
Unfortunately, after cutting the hole in the ceiling, the beams didn't fit, due to the slope of the roof line on the addition. This meant that we had to lift the giant laminated beams into the air and through a 2nd floor window. Then we had to cut the outside stud walls in order to put the beams in place. Now, however, it seems that the 2nd floor is actually supported quite well, and the beams look rather impressive. It feels sort of too bad that they will be covered with drywall and tile.
We had to cover up 2 outside windows on the house with plywood, as those windows are going away and new ones of a different size shall be installed. It's a bit too cold to peel the siding off the house right now, so up the boards go until warmer weather.
I should say that I feel that we are contributing so well to the look of our neighborhood. We have a dumpster in the driveway, 2 boarded up windows that can be seen from the street, and 3 mattress/boxspring sets stored on our front porch.
At least we have a building permit stuck to the window indicating that hopefully this will only be a temporary situation. If it isn't at least 1 member of this household may go mad.
We also started taking apart the trim on some of the doorframes, in order to straighten them out a bit. We thought their lopsidedness was due to the age of the house. Not so!
Someone, who must've been drunk at the time, actually put in shims to MAKE the doorframes 2" off of level!!
And, after having in 3 plumbers to give quotes on the work, it looks like we will be taking out more of the den ceiling, and some of the walls in order to fit everything in. The electricians will need to cut holes in more walls and pull up some of the attic floor. When will it end?
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