Sunday, June 2, 2013

Subfloor, backdoor, steel beams, laundry dreams - Reno day 24


So much progress has been made this week but it has also been frantically busy with no time to blog. Most excitingly the deck floor has been finished and it looks superb. At the same time on the opposite side of the house, the back landing is nearly complete.



Then presto, the laundry subfloor is down and the frames are up. This laundry is  the only new addition to the footprint of Betsy so it is exciting to see it take shape.


This is looking directly at the framing for the new back door and adjacent window. This room will be a laundry/mudroom/entry and it seems will have a lovely view onto the neighbours trees.


This is looking back the other direction through what will be the kitchen, onto the deck. See the schmozzle that is the current junction of the rooflines of the house and grannyflat? And the different heights of the flooring that we discovered last week? We ended up deciding to raise the floor in the laundry and adjacent family room and put the step down only into the end two rooms of the granny flat as it will be less conspicuous there.



Meanwhile, there has been some major destruction in the granny flat, which is almost unrecognisable.




And the new framing to enclose the big sliding windows on the granny flat verandah has all gone in.




and most excitingly, the big steel beam to support the deck roof and bifold doors, is now in position.



When rain arrived at the end of the week, hampering framing progress, the boys made a start on the back stairs instead. Miss Liongirl is proudly demonstrating the new concrete dance platforms.



But it's a reno, so of course it is not all fun and games. Did I mention there are supposed to be louvre windows above the back door for cross ventilation?



 There is just the teeny tiny problem of where the heck are they supposed to fit? That brown horizontal lintel added by the engineers, is of course structural and needed to hold up the new roof. Hmm, time for some more cursing problem solving. Thankfully, we have a few days to work it out while asbestos is being removed from the ceiling in the kitchen.





13 comments:

  1. Wonderful and exciting to see how you're getting on, it's going to be a gorgeous home by the sound of things.
    Sorry for not popping by sooner, I only just seem to have got my computer to behave long enough to say hello. I always feel rude not coming over to people who visit me and who I like to read.
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  2. Looks soooo exciting!!! The thrill of watching your new house take shape must be amazing. Hope you continue to navigate your reno with humour and grace!!

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  3. Just a few months ago, my back yard looked exactly the same. Before you know it, your project will be finished, and everything will be clean and beautiful...and back to normal.

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  4. Wow, it is all coming together! Good luck with the problem solving for the louvres, I'm sure they will be worth the cursing!

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  5. Love the new deck and I'm glad you came up with a good solution to the uneven floor heights. As for the rain - I've heard the next few months are going to be very wet! (Just what we both need.) I wonder if this has anything to do with the Year of the Snake/bad year to renovate thing. Oh, and I forgot to mention your fabulous hand drawn elevations from the previous post. Don't let this talent of yours go to waste! xx

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  6. The deck looks wonderful.
    It seems like it is all coming together so quickly! You can really see how it will all look at the end...fabulous!

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  7. It's looking great, hope the rain holds off for you, the kids must be so excited watching it all happen :-).

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  8. How exciting it looks! Great progress has been made!

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  9. Great progress Mel. I have deck envy!!. What else to do when it rains?....well dance in it of course. I just keep thinking how great it is that your not having to live amongst all the scmozzle.....which is my favourite word ever by the way!. Fingers crossed for good weather xx

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  10. It's going to be wonderful Mel. You'll enjoy many meals on your deck I'm sure.

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  11. It looks amazing. Work is still in Process. I hope everything goes well. real estate gujarat

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  12. Oh wow, that decking area is wonderful. It's going to be such a great space. x

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