Erik's taken this week off from work, to make some headway on the house. The plans ( photos above compliments of Bill Lee Imaging) are to get the great room/new kitchen to a point where we can get some of the other trades- (that we cannot do) in to do their work, so we can move in soon! So since Friday night, Erik finished ripping off the shed roof that is off the back of great room, putting drip edges on & trimming out the overhangs. I got home from work just in time to lay the ice & water shield with him. Saturday morning, Erik was back on the roof shingling. I ran around getting some supplies and doing necessary errands, bought a washer & dryer off of craigslist (weirdly enough from the broker's wife that listed the house) brought Erik a well deserved lunch. Saturday afternoon, I started cleaning up some of the batt insulation in the great room. Which was disgusting- the whole great room has been infested with varmints. I have never seen so much mice crap. It was so foul. Then I got sick of it, and decided to start pulling the board finish off the interior walls of the furnace room- so that the spray foam can be installed there. I was dismantling an old potting bench, and there was plenty of acorns and mice poops, when I moved a drywall bucket of old potting soil- when a dinosaur crawled into the wall- it was seriously a reptile. It must have had 4 legs, if not 6, with a very long tail. I took a deep breath and let it go. I decided enough banging around in there- would keep me safe from the ancient mysterious creature. Later, I found 3 dead mice (golf clap) and one was a fresh kill.
When I pulled out the insulation- there was some that looked intact, but then when you peel back the paper- you can see that Nooo, in fact mice, squirrels, or chipmunks have actually been there. I noticed that they seem to poop horizontal. Sorry, I didn't take any photos, I really just wanted it to be over.
I was telling Erik about my findings- and I asked him "how do squirrels shit horizontal?"
He said, "3...2...1...TAXI!"
(inside joke)
Anyway, Monday Erik took out the window where the "girthy" tree was and framed out the opening for the slider & transom above. He also took out the door into the great room and reframed the wall. Kevin Silva (who is awesome) came over and helped cut the studs and the plywood to patch where the entry was.
Today, Erik took out the window into the driveway- to frame for the new kitchen window. Kevin came over again, and chopped wood, again the kid is amazing. The fact that he could go home to his nice clean hotel suite and watch HGTV, but instead he comes over and chops wood!! Truly Awesome. Thanks Kevin!
When you are in the great room, you can begin to see how great the space is going to be.
I'll try and take some photos next time I am over there. Erik says "from the outside the house looks like it's been condemned"
Honestly, it probably should have been.
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