Renovation Day 3

Still on schedule, AMAZING!

I’ve had a little snaffu with Denver and my computer so I haven’t been able to update.  I am back on the grid now though so I thought I would share day 3 and day 4 with you.  Or rather weekend 3 and 4…

Weekend threes goals were to frame and sheath the addition.  In order to do that I had to take down the rest of the siding (SAD!!!), it goes down WAY faster than it went up and I felt terrible ripping apart all that hard work!  BUT, form follows function and our needs have changed, I am just lucky I had the forethought to add an areas that we CAN add an addition onto.   So I spent the afternoon Friday ripping apart my house 🙁 and cleaning up the areas so we could frame walls  and Saturday we.  We made some awesome progress, thanks to James’s help, I would NOT have got all of that done in one day without him.  He didn’t think we could get sheathing up too but I am a slave driver :).  As he was finishing up the framing I went ahead and put the first piece of sheathing up so he would be stuck helping with that too.  We had a mothers day dinner to go to that night so we called it quits at 6pm but it wasn’t a bad days’ work!   Both walls framed and sheathed. I did run out of lumber so we couldn’t fill in the porch opening.  I said I would take mothers day off but I started on electrical and sealing up the insulation cavities… it’s not done but I worked leisurely… 🙂 and we did mothers day-y things that day, visiting James’s family and what-not, I even got a free breakfast burrito out of the deal 😉 (and lunch and dinner)

Some quick proof that I do in fact work on my house… its rare that I am not the one behind the camera but James caught me…

Here are some pictures in no particular order of weekend 3:

I thought taking the siding off was sad... actually RIPPING the radiant barrier off was painful AND sad, it required more force 🙂

We had a few old bug nests up in the roof space, I expected more honestly, it was a nice open cavity...

Got the house wrap off... That window shown there is the bathroom window and will be removed to be used as the bedroom window, I figure the kiddos don't need a view of evvery time we go potty 🙂

James decided I didn't need to be on a ladder, something about being clutsy and pregnant with his kid... I went with it...

Wall #1, the short wall, pretty simple it has one window, it was scary how well all the measurements worked out, it was almost like it was planned that way!

Making the window header... I actually sandwiched a board in there this time (forgot that the first time around!)

All nailed together and ready to go up!

Doing more of his helpful supervising...

He always looks so sad in pictures, I promise hes not, we are just not a photogenic family!

Wall #1 in!

The other angle, it is sorta sad to see the changes BUT I do think the new design will look cool in its own way too 🙂

And inside, the window is 2'x3', I was worried that would be too little and too high (the top height matches the other windows) BUT I have room for a tall adresser/changing table and it will be easier to control the light (keeping it darker for nap-times), once it's installed I think it's perfect!

Denver... snuck in to use the couch... hes not allowed on the couch but we were out working...

I told him to get off, came in 3 minutes later and he was right back up there... the little s#!t...

Wall number two after a short manditory break (the drill died)

It was a tricky one to measure because of the angle but together we got it figured out!

This door is 30" which is 6" wider than the previous door and it is actually and exterior door which the other was not, this SHOULd make my house more efficient!

This is the window opening on the patio, not framed... I made a mistake, I didn't flash this opening correctly because it was exterior, I figured why...

And there is mold because of it.... not bad but not good either... I thought about completely replacing this section of roof but settled on spraying it with a few different cleaning solutions (reccomended online) to see if I could kill it then go from there...

Turns out it has worked pretty well so I think I am good to go forward and just get it sealed up correctly this time... 🙂

James cutting the opening for the window...

I wanted to show this just to show the wiggle 🙂 He asked me not to post it 🙂

And the door jamb, instead of buying a whole new sheet of plywood we opted to frame the wall 3/4" longer, this lets me save 35 bucks... and its not structural at that point, just matching the height of the other floor...

James finishing up screwing the sheathing in, it's probably good I'm not allowed on a ladder...

The window opening!

Right near the end of sheathing!

And I didn't forget to add the nailers this go around either for the drywall, I totally forgot those the first time!

Denver thinks its acceptable...

Mothers day with James's mom

And shes wiped out!

Sad destruction!

Some bugs had to go...

Hazel loves the slide, the bigger and windier the better...

James gave her a bubble bath, she wasnt a fan of bubbles but when she sees this she says 'hat'

We went for a little walk at the park and ran into Abe

James gave a little proof that I do actually work instead of just take pictures, there are like a grand total of maybe 7 action shots of me working, probably all taken by James, I promise, I DO work! 🙂

I want to get the big preggo belly with a toolbelt on, alas I have no toolbelt anymore!

This is how Hazel shops.

More fun at the park!

Little ole lady Hazel!