Essentially I am running two separate projects here. I have the garage to guest house conversion and the real house. I have been concentrating more on the guest house because my family and I will live in it until the house is complete. So it's priority. Although my focus has been the guest house I still have work being done on the house.
The second floor rough framing, electric and plumbing is complete.
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| Second floor laundry nook. |
We are also chugging away at the basement addition. The old concrete slab floor has been broken up and is being loaded into the dumpser to be hauled away. Tip: When doing a project like this, there are special dumpsters that are specifically for recycle materials such as asphalt, brick, concrete and dirt. Think ABCD. They are cheaper than a general construction debris dumpster and the price includes much more weight.
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| Dumpster for only asphalt, brick, concrete and dirt. |
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| We had to remove 2 layers of concrete. |
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| Concrete bagged and ready for transport to the dumpster. |
We are preparing the first floor for the installation of an LVL. An LVL is used to support joists when a wall is being removed to achieve open space. We had to build a temporary wall to support the floor joists above so that we can insert the LVL. I have removed the rear staircase of the house and will remove the wall that separated the rear bedroom of the first floor and the kitchen. Doing so will leave me with a very large space at the rear of the building to expand the kitchen.
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| temporary wall to support joists above |
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| staircase has been demolished. Notice the hole in the floor. |
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| The hole where the staircase reached the second floor. We framed it in temporarily for safety. |
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| Stair demo. |
Damn roof tarp blew off in the storm.
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