This morning I managed to get a good work day in on the #struggleville house, tearing out some wall and reinforcing the roof to prep for brick relay. Friend, neighbor, dad helped out. #house_rehab
Today's work: inside casing/jamb of the kitchen window. Glad to get that done! Needs filling, sanding, caulking, painting... but it's a big improvement. Number 4 agrees! #house_rehab
Finally, a picture of the finished kitchen shelf with some pans. It's sturdier than I expected it to be. I want to build a shelf under it all the way into the corner, but I need a nicer piece of wood I think. @mandy#house_rehab
Finally a couple pictures -- here's the kitchen floor we were living with and now the proper vinyl floor I installed Saturday. Yay! #house_rehab@kabuku
This was the worst thing we found: Most of the joists for the roof were sitting in joist hangers without any screws or nails in them! And just as bad, most of the hangers had a 1" spacer in them, so they were hardly overlapping. @#(*)*%)#! #house_rehab
Today's project: demoing the porch! Before and after! I am totally beat, totally beat up, bruised and battered. Recovering from dehydration. I'm OK! Wow, we got a lot done!!1
I took down the railing from the porch (not safe!), and there are ants all through the wood up there. Thing's going to come down altogether. Bad porch, bad. #house_rehab
I smoothed out the duct vent hole through the brick wall this afternoon, so I think I can get the duct through properly now. Need help, and will hopefully have it squared away! Also need to pick up a few copper wood screws. #house_rehab
We also pulled the hvac vents out of the floor, so the walls can go in. Need to cut new holes and put the vents back in, but the walls can go in without more work. So Monday is prepped! #house_rehab
The critical path is dealt with. We managed to take 50ft of redundant gas pipe out of the basement, a lot of unnecessary joints, and reuse piping to make much better connections, all while moving the stove gas to the new location.
I was cited by the city to fix my water meter box cover, so Dad and I patched it up. Two sides had rows of bricks underneath, which probably fell in the water below... We replaced the brick and then cemented them in. #house_rehab