Plodding Along

Another week has passed. This whole joist debacle gave us a good hit to the schedule but we are back on track now and making progress. Since nothing too exciting happened last week, we are just going to give you guys a quick summary. I am sure more fun will come now that things are moving forward again.

Sunday: We left off our last posting with us cutting out the old nasty subfloor. By the time we got it done, we were pretty tuckered out and left the actual removal to Sunday. It's time to rip the darn stuff out. I was so exciting to start banging out the old floor. But then, as I balance over two joists with hammer in hand I make the dreaded mistake and look down (see image looking down the floor). Beneath me in the garage is a pile of old rotted wood, sharp rusty nails and as I imagine looming tetanus or death. Turns out that is enough for me to freak out and leave the tough stuff to Jake. He's my hero.




So, we now have the floor out and have cut the new subfloor to a perfect fit. We cant actually attach it to the joists yet since we need to do all the joist work first, but we have done what we can.







Monday: Our favorite Irishman stops by in the morning and takes the tetanus tower of trash away so we can keep working, Jake gets the plans approved by the code enforcement office so we are good to go.

Tuesday: The plumbers and electrician show up and take out the plumbing that runs through the joists and we get a couple carpenters to stop by to look at the work. We are waiting for their bids.

Wednesday: By 10AM we get our estimates and with some back and forth, we have picked the winner. With a moment of sanity, we enlisted them to just take care of the entire garage piece of the project. That will save us from having to hang double layers of drywall on the ceiling and single layer on all the walls as well replace the steel door. I think this decision just might also save our sanity.

The electrician comes by and starts doing all the wiring in the garage. While we are at it, we add a couple sconces to our exterior which will be nice since we have such a puny little light by our door an that's it. I am very excited about that.

The carpenters show up and bang bang bang, boom, crash, bang bang (with a background of bark-bark, bark bark bark bark, bark-bark-bark). We get our joists fixed up nicely. Just a little more work to do tomorrow and we are ready to attach the subfloor and keep things rolling. We are very excited. Here's what the joists look like now., much improved.


Thursday: Wake up with a chipper mood, things are moving forward. Just need the carpenters to finish things up and we are rolling. I go and buy some doughnuts and coffee for the workers, ready to roll... uh... not so fast... do dee do... do dee do.

Turns out the carpenters arent quite available to wrap things up today. Very frustrating but they promise to be here first thing in the morning.

Meanwhile, the electrician Lenny wrapped things up in the garage and will do the bath electrical next week.



Friday: As promised, the crew returns in the AM and the joists are now done. Phew. It's time for Jake to glue and screw in the subfloor. I should mention that today it is approximately 25 degrees outside (feels like 11) and Jake is not very fond of the cold weather. But, he is a trooper and gets the job done.

Coming up this weekend, blocking in the tub.