Chimney video part one

April 18th chimney removal day

We had planned a big push on the demolition for the 18th. Just about everything got in the way of that plan so we scaled down to working on the chimney as it was not going to be needed.

Anyways, after removing the top part we worked on the inner part with some unexpected results. Apparently, the floor joists are set 24 inches or more apart......

Josh spent about 3 hours on that project and then worked on knocking out the kitchen. I cleaned up the chimney after he left and then collapsed in exhaustion.

The roof was shingled over the hole so that is now water tight, unlike with the chimney.

April 11 workout!!!

Whew. Raking leaves is hard, especially when they are half rotted down. Dragged 2 huge tarps full to the back 40 and pulled up some tree roots that were right where people walk. Enough yard work for the trip imo.

Got the floor in bath fully pulled up and pulled out the old shower stall. Cut out old copper plumbing in bath.

Had a nice day with kids, we had a picnic on the porch and cooked on the camp stove. Kids were very happy and played out back and behaved really well.

Ben learned the terms hacksaw, hammer, and wreaking bar today. Hope he remembers them next week.

This is a new shot of the attic. Just imagine "loft" and no chimney.

March 28th

Pulled up floor in bathroom today. Looks like this is where the most damage is located, floor joists are rotten. It's full of wall rubbish from when they ripped open wall to build out this room.

Still cool up north, some snow still in woods.

We also brought the boat home, looks like we have a rebuild project there but should be good to go.

MArch 14-15 rip out party!!!

Whew what a weekend, filled a fifteen yard dumpster, 8 contractor trash bags, one bathtub, and started a pile of "burnable" wood out back.

We did not get it all done as the task was more then three guys could handle. Emily helped for part of Saturday by breaking out the ceiling drywall and by climbing around the attic.

It looks like there will be no problems with the cathederal ceiling plans as the ceiling joists are just nailed in not integrated with the roof joists.

This was about 3/4ths of the ceiling we got ripped out.

Yeah its a new ride for the bear....... see the boat in the back???

March 7th remodel

Some day my offspring will look busy when I'm around. Josh was moping around and it was raining such nothing else could be done at the duplex..... so we drove up and put in 2.5 hours of work on the cabin. Glad we did as the enormity of the project is starting to raise its ugly head.

Little ones love playing in the mess.....

Oh and the boat looks good enough to fix and use. Need a trailer to get it home.

March 1st pictures

We spent a good chunk of time at the place today, basically needed to shovel the opening of the driveway to make it possible to get anything into the driveway. Snow plowed up about 3 feet deep and it was all hard and icy.

We also dealt with the "toilet" issue and that went down the drain, so good for us on that one.

Here are some pics, it was about 12 degreeeeeeeees cold and we still had a blast. Kids keep asking about tv, computer and food when we go here. I ran the generator off the back of the truck ( -parked in road) and had a small heater to take some of the chill off inside. It did help a bit but was still pretty cold.

I think this is the back property line....

We were visited by our chief architect.... notice the hat position... also notice wall openings, I had a bit of fun kicking the walls in ( not hard the way they put them up). That door is opening to bathroom.

Back of place

The Porch out front'

South side of house. The door in pix is to the water pump.

Next trip is the big ripout. March 14th and 15th we take out the old insides and then we begin.