remodel 102
2010: August 10
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Category: MISCELLANEOUS
Keywords: house
Another non-crafty post, I know, but when your house is in shambles, its a bit difficult to feel creative.
Remember i said that one idea will open a can of worms? Yeah…
My idea was to remove a wall in the front room, opening up two doorways. The contractor is working with us to save on cost so he told us what we could do ourselves before he came in. That included ripping out the drywall and cutting a hole into the ceiling for him to peek at the attic bracing. Boys dad (who use to live here, remember, and built half the house himself) suggested that we look under the wall that will be staying and see if we can brace it with concrete. That included cutting a hole in the floor.
*Open can of worms*
In doing so, we learned the original subfloor was dry rotted. Ok, so we will lay a new one. Fine.
*More worms* Continue reading… »
