There were some serious structural issues that J had to address, along with making the house airtight. These were issues that were not discovered until he took down the drywall, ie unexpected additional issues.
January 2014/December 2013 ~
Even I can see that these studs are totally wrong! They don't go from floor to ceiling in a straight shot. Someone cut notches out of them and/or cut the tops off and added different boards in a not structurally sound way:
A closer look at that door framing - who uses all sorts of different boards in this mismatched way?
Here the former constructor used some plywood in the wood framing! Crazy, careless and dangerous :(
A temporary wall so that the load baring wall can be re-made:
J made a new doorway from the master bedroom to master bath:
The kitchen where Emma and I tore out the old linoleum (what a pain!):
The living room - less clean now that construction is in full force:
New electrical box, and walls framed for a mudroom (to the right of the front door):
Redone window in the dinning room:
New window for the kitchen:
Emma's room with new walls and the ceiling fixed (there were eaves pointing into this room):
No eaves inside the house anymore!
After the tub was taken out of that "bathroom":
This will be 2 bathrooms, one on the lower level, one on the higher level (master is the higher one):
Outside walls and roof are done, but still need house wrap:
Outside walls redone, where the windows were put back in: (Emma is in
the kitchen window, J is working on the window in Emma's bedroom)
From the back of the house, now that the outside walls are done with house wrap:
Zack's spot, at a fishing hole:
A big backyard:
January 2014
That structural nightmare of a wall has been completely fixed:
