Have you ever enlisted an architect? Ya have now...

It has been a full week since the demo and, although things move slower than we would prefer, they are moving along.

It's a bummer because I have to go into the city every day when I would rather be banging hammers and operating power tools. I'm looking forward to pitching in over the weekend.

Here's what's been happening:

Monday: The week starts out with another early rise on Monday to get to the Home Depot by 6AM to pick up the stuff we couldn't carry home on Sunday. Plumbers come and start to repair the waste lines with the dogs barking the whole time (like the good guard-dogs that they are). Things are progressing nicely.

Tuesday: We now have our trial-period gym membership so we can stay smelling pretty. I did my first visit to the gym at 6AM. I figure I should actually exercise since I am at a gym but I am not much of a morning person. Just imagine me having to exercise before getting any coffee in me... not pretty.

I might not have mentioned earlier but, after the demo we had found some pretty interesting water damage and tom-foolery with the joists. The picture to the left is one joist that has been hacked at with an axe (or so it seems) and used to have the tub waste link jammed into it. Pretty ridiculous.

So, we want to review our plans with the building inspector and make sure we are doing things correctly.

The inspector comes and drops the bomb on us that he thinks the damage to the joists is extensive enough that they need to be completely replaced. How the heck do I replace joists?!! And to make it even better, the joists run further into the house than what we have demo'd which means we will have to pull down the ceiling in the mudroom hallway.

The Bombardier (aka inspector) recommends we talk to an architect. He leaves us with a name of someone to contact. The new architect stops by and, thankfully, disagrees with the inspectors assessment. The plan as of end-of-day is for the architect (my new best friend) to talk to the Bombardier and convince him that sistering the joists is sufficient.

Wednesday: Good news from the architect. He got the okay to go with the sistering plan but the Bombardier wants to see the plans first. Those should be ready for review on Friday. Meanwhile, Jake has fun with the Sawz-all and takes out the closet frame and we are about ready to put in the new subfloor.

Thursday: More plumbing work going on, We can't quite proceed with everything full throttle yet because we don't have the joist issue straightened out. Taking care of other stuff, busy busy busy.





Friday: Electrician Lenny comes by to get that rolling. We are getting ourselves ready for a busy weekend of sub-floor, framing, furring. I didn't even know what furring meant until this week:

fur·ring

1. the act of lining, trimming, or clothing with fur: Furring this coat will take several weeks.
2. the fur used: What kind of furring would you like?
3. the formation of a coating of matter on something, as on the tongue: A heavy furring could mean a high fever.
4. Building Trades - the attaching of strips of wood or the like (furring strips) to a wall or other surface, as to provide an even support for lath or to provide an air space between the wall and plasterwork or the material used for this purpose.

I am learning new stuff every day.

More to come with weekend adventures...