Drywall Pictures - Addition & Kitchen

All of the drywall has been hung. It still needs to be taped, mudded, and sanded.

Drywall - Addition & Kitchen

The drywall sub-contractors have started drywalling the walls and ceilings in the kitchen and addition.


Pictures coming soon.

Walls - Sanding & Priming

We are still sanding and priming the old plaster walls. We've complete the second floor and are working our way downstairs. The stairwell has been completed and we're starting to work on the first floor walls.

Insulation

The outer walls in the kitchen and addition have been insulated. The rooms will be drywalled later this week.

Chimney Repair

The one remaining outside chimney was in pretty bad shape. We had it repaired and capped this past weekend.

Weather - Rain

The central Kentucky area has been in a drought for the past month or so. Everyone that wanted rain can thank us because it didn't start raining until after we had half of the old roof removed. We got around three inches of rain last night and it's supposed to rain off and on all day. The open areas of the roof are covered with tarps but some water leaked into the attic. Luckily it wasn't enough to be a major concern. Hopefully they'll be able to remove the remaining old shingles and get everything dried in by the end of the weekend.

New Roof - Part 2

More pictures of the roofing project.

Plumbing

The plumbing has been roughed in and inspected.

New Roof

After some thought and a check of the budget we decided to have the old roof replaced. There are four or five layers of asphalt shingles on top of the original cedar shingles. All of it is being torn off and replaced.

Weekend News

The electricians have installed the rear lights at the house. They look pretty good.


We have stripped the old paint off the outside of the cast-iron tub and have started priming it. It will be white when we are finished.

We've spent most of the day loading the PODS for our move. The dogs stayed in the garage for part of the packing process. Not surprisingly, they wanted out.

Husband and doggie say goodbye to the old couch.

Contractor Update - June 18

The plumbers, drywall subs, electricians, and general contractor all worked at the house today. The plumbers started roughing in the PVC pipes, the drywall subs started taping and mudding the ceiling drywall, the electricians started rough wiring the addition and kitchen, and the general contractor framed in the new walls in the upstairs guest bathroom. They'll all be back on Tuesday along with the insulation contractor who's going to start insulating the attic.

June 12th Update

During the past week or so several things have been going on at the house. Here's a brief summary:

The roofing subs worked on the copper for the new box gutter on the addition. They've finished all of the metal work except for the downspouts which will be added later.



The windows for the addition have been installed. There's only some minor trim work left to do.



We sanded and primed the small back bedroom. There's still some touch up work left to do.


We also received our first mail at the house today. Not surprisingly it was all junk mail.

Small Stained Glass Window

The small stained glass window has been removed to be repaired.

Drywall #2

The drywall subs finished hanging the drywall in the old section of the house. Next week they'll tape, mud, and sand everything.