So lately here we have been really busy, no not with getting stuff done on the house (go figure), but with Matthew working extra shifts at the fire station and with the "Hurricane" we just had. So with all of those things holding us up on progress we made a huge effort these past couple of days to make an impact on the house. Our first priority right now is to fix the roof on the house that was added about 20 years after the house was built. I included a picture of it below.
So the problem with the roof was that (#1) the roof facing the exterior of the house was built on top of the original roof and (#2) there had been so many leakage problems that a lot of the insulation and wood itself had mold growing in it. Matthew decided he would like to keep the roof that was added on top of the original roof so we could have higher ceilings. The only problem with that is whoever had made this roof didn't understand that you need 2x6s for the roof joists and used 2x4s instead. It's not a huge problem but it does make the roof somewhat shaky. So we started putting extra 2x4s in between the pre-exsisting 2x4s to add some more support.
This is a picture of Matthew trying to install one of the new roof joists with my brother-in-law watching. This is the North side of the house which will soon be two bedrooms and a laundry room.
The added side of the house also raps around the back (the West side) so we had to also place extra joists there as well. This side of the house will have a bathroom and a nursery. (I'm taking the picture from the Northwest corner so technically where I am standing will also be a bedroom).
Yesterday all of added joists were finished and Matthew began to take out the roof in the Northwest corner to make the roof a Hip roof. Hopefully today he can finish it up and water seal it in so we can start building walls on the inside and start hanging sheet rock.
Obviously I wasn't much help with the roof (due to being pregnant) so I started working slowly in the kitchen. The above picture shows all of the cabinet faces removed because I was rubbing them down with denatured alcohol to get the old varnish off and then finishing them up with a light sand so they can be painted white later.
In between fixing up the cabinet faces I was slowly taking the counter top off because I plan to take out the cabinets under the window and moving them to make the kitchen bigger and longer. I also plan on taking out all of the upper cabinets on the left side (and reusing the later) to make room for a pantry which will be going in the left corner. I took a screen shot of how I drew it out in Google Sketchup to try and give you guys a visual.
So sorry for the long post, mostly due to the lack of posting but also due to the large amount of work we have actually got done. If you have any questions please be sure to comment below :)
-Steffane B
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