Kathy my Sister-in-law was picking on me New Years Day that I
have not had an update since September, so here it is. A lot of catching up to do. Since Blogs go with
newest at the top, here the cottage is as of last week:
View before the garage second floor was on
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| to be the new Kitchen |
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| THE GARAGE! Big enough for a full sized Ford truck to fit into! |
How did we get here from there?
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| Greg and Steve "pounding nails" |
Framing:
More framing:
New Foundation:
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| Foundation walls |
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| Garage foundation |
Inside the stairs are gone:
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| No more stairs... |
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| me |
Removing the stairs
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| 3 way light switch installed ~ 1937 |
The mystery light switch. Walled up in 1965. Found in 12/2012 behind the paneling, still working. Some how I don't think that is "Code" these days...
Mom Helping
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| 2x4 by Mom |
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| BOO! |
Abby inspecting the new basement
The 'rents come for an inspection:
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| Me. Dad, Heather, Mom |
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| where everything will be, note the 2 new courses of bricks behind me |
And I have to explain things:
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| Mom, Dad and me |
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| Dad and me |
I guess Dad likes what he sees. It will be a little different than the cottage when he owned it...
What a four 20 ton jacks
and a lot of steel can do to your house:
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| 5' in the air |
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| In the air |
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| Steel coming in |
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| Day 1 jacking house |
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| end of day 1, jacking house |
But first the trees have to come down:
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| No more pine trees |
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| Saw logs, Flooring??? |
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| Red oak stump |
But before the trees the garage went Bye-Bye:
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| old garage pad |
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| Where garage was |
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| Alex and me removing the old garage doors |
