WEEK 2

MONDAY, 11/15/10 – We start the week by emptying the closet once again.  Isaak is by himself, no helper today.  The helper has not returned from his road trip.  Mmm?  Isaak spends the day working on the living room ceiling.

When we get home the all the plaster is completely gone.  The bays of the walls have all been vacuumed clean of insulation.

Always clean when we get home!

The A/C guys have started on the ductwork. 



These two vents are coming through Wayne's closet.
One for the living room and the other will go into the kitchen.



Of course we have to clear the bed and put everything back in the closet.

TUESDAY, 11/16/10 – The GC’s helper has returned.  Hooray!  Today they start to rip up the old layers of linoleum.  The 3” wide strips of subfloor have to come up too.  It appears the floor joists were built up 3/4” in order to raise the subfloor even with the wood floors in the living room and dining room.

Hooray the old yellow floor is gone!!!

A few old beer bottles were found in the floor joists, but no other surprises.

The ducting has been completed throughout the house. The attic is looking like a space-aged silver octopus has moved in, and the air handler has increased another 6 feet in length.  Wow it’s looking bigger than I expected.  But the A/C guys did a great job leaving us room in the attic for storage.

WEDNESDAY, 11/17/10 – We do not have to empty the closet this morning!  Not much happening today. GC is running errands and picking up materials for the week.  A/C crew is here.  All the registers are installed throughout the house. 

It was a cool floor!

THURSDAY, 11/18/10 - Helper left alone to demo bathroom floor, while Isaak is taking the second trailer of debris to the dump, only 6200 lbs!  Our vintage tiled bathroom floor is gone.  Wish we could have saved it!

When Isaak returns he finds his helper on the floor of the living room saying he has hurt his back.  Ouch, we know what that is like.  However, the powder room floor has been removed completely and the debris stacked neatly waiting for the return of the trailer.  The helper goes to the hospital and the doctor tells him to take Friday off.  Mmm, another long weekend; I think I see a pattern developing.

Now you can see into the crawl space below, and where the walls are rotting.

Top right hand corner is where the sill plate is crumbling.

FRIDAY, 11/19/10 – The remainder of subfloor is completed, the radiators removed, and all the old powder room piping gone.  I get a phone call after 3pm from a/c guy saying that he cannot get into house since the contractor has gone for the day.  So I close down the office, put the dogs in the car and head home.  Yes, I forgot to mention that Fred & Roxie get to go to the office everyday since we are in the demolition phase.  They are loving the daily car ride and very happy to be away from the noise.

5:51pm Friday November 19^th…the A/C is blowing!  Big time!  Whoo hoo!!

Power feed and plumbing to the air handler

It works!!!

SATURDAY, 11/20/10 - Wayne and I spend our day shopping for tile.  At Virtue Tile in Summit (http://www.virtuetile.com/) we find the perfect backsplash for the kitchen.  A small brick tile with a fantastic molding. 

We still need an accent tile for the powder room shower so off we go to another great tile source Apex Tile Gallery in Parsippany. (http://www.apextilegallery.com/) We spend a good part of our afternoon there,  and Wayne finds an accent tile that we are truly excited about!  Hooray...We can check off tile from our “to do list.” The only things left are lighting and plumbing fixtures!