Restoration of a 1946 Bungalow
The transformation of the front yard…
I wanted to get the same angle as the first two pics but one of the cars was in the way. Both the neighbor who lives behind the white fence and one that lives 1 house to the north have come over to tell her how much better the house [...]
The wall completely opened up and cut back to good wood, this picture is also after the ceiling demo, that is where the piles of insulation came from…
Dianna claims she had something in her eye here, and that she was NOT holding her head wondering what in the world had I gotten us into now.
Enough [...]
We actually got the vapor barrier down on Friday night the 28th, we had just meant to use Friday as “supply day” in preparation of us being on vacation the week of the 30th. It rained on Saturday so the vapor barrier turned into the beginings of an indoor pool…
Today the re-construction begins, floor joists [...]
After finding out we had this lovely little plant inhabiting our small bit of paradise, Dianna made an inspection of all our trees Sunday and hosed them down with this:
Here’s a sample of what she was looking for:
She found some of these vines on just about every tree in our yard, Monday morning I decided [...]
The floor is finally completely removed, it took a bit longer than I had hoped, but at least I can mark this job as complete. It was mostly done Sunday, I just had to come back today and clear out the small bits around the edges. This was time consuming because I was working right [...]
It turns out the yard had a bit of surprise revenge in store for Dianna…
Though this attack made our heroine a bit gun shy about diving right back into the over running vegitation around our house, she eventually got back up on the horse and renewed her attacks.
A poison ivy out break is caused by [...]
I had hoped to finish the floor demo today, but once I got to dryer parts of the floor things slowed way down. We’ve all heard the saying “they don’t build them like they used to”, I almost wish this floor wasn’t built like they used to.
This is what I’m cutting thru:
Yup, 2″ of flooring, [...]
Monday the 17th I was supposed to be done with the office floor demo. My first trip to the house I forgot the keys, when I got back I found out I bought the wrong size of sawsall blades, my third trip back just as I started working on the house my boss called and [...]
I was forbidden from adding pictures of the yard as all the clean up wasn’t done yet. I wasn’t, however, forbidden from posting “any” pictures.
Here is what the other half was doing on Sunday the 16th while I was toiling away on the inside…
Once I get the okay, I’ll get some before and after pictures up [...]
The problem:
What caused it:
It’s hard to see in this picture, but two roof sections meet here like this ‘/\/\’ at the low point between them there is a single rain gutter with about a 1/2″ gap between the roof sections they both drain into. Once I get this area supported I’ll get up there and take [...]
