Friday
Burger day
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Week 8 - Day 37
Thursday
Can you believe it is December already? They are nearing the end of the demo and framing. The old stairs to upstairs are pretty much gone and closed up which gives me a better idea of what my space will be like. Will is threatening to kick us out for a few days. There is the last of the point load stuff to be done in the basement, right through the laundry room and the basement bathroom. Oh, and right behind the new electrical panel. So the water and the power will need to be shut off for about 3 days he says. Aaah, I wouldn't put it past him to not let us back in once he has us out of here. Nothing else has worked. Maybe I should get it writing.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Week 8 - Day 36
Wednesday
Old house facts. Things are just going to be wonkie. I am hoping this looks normal when all is said and done.
Old house facts. Things are just going to be wonkie. I am hoping this looks normal when all is said and done.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Week 8 - Day 36
Wednesday
It is all a blur. I guess yesterday a roofer came by and a gutter guy came by to take a look in order to get ready for bids. The guys worked upstairs most of yesterday, but I don't have pictures and I didn't take notes and it is all forgotten.
Will was on his own for half of today. I wasn't here so not sure if he talks to himself. If Will talks to himself in the house and on one is around to hear him, does he make any sounds?
These pics are of the north end of the top floor. The first picture is my bedroom side, the other is the living room. As per code, I can push the wall back to where the height between the floor and the roof is 48". Anything beyond that would be considered new space and we already maxed for square footage for our lot. Hard to tell what is happening here, but when the drywall goes up it will all make sense.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Week 8 - Day 35
Monday
City inspector came by today. We passed and were given the okay to carry on. I wasn't here but I was told that his exact words were that he had never ever seen anything like this. I believe, I hope, he was referring to us living here and not the work being done. hahaha...wimps
City inspector came by today. We passed and were given the okay to carry on. I wasn't here but I was told that his exact words were that he had never ever seen anything like this. I believe, I hope, he was referring to us living here and not the work being done. hahaha...wimps
Week 7 - Weekend
It is all a blur. Someone asked me how I was handling the commotion. The work being done around me doesn't bother me too much, distracting for sure. It is all the other stuff I am worried about. But I will try to keep breathing and we will see. We spent some time this weekend sourcing a few things, just the start of all that.
I have put vapour barrier around my corner in the basement, lots of cold air coming through the windows and warm air escaping. This is a little strange, feels like I am living in a plastic bag.
Week 7 - Day 34
Friday
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| New risers |
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| Comforting to see they have a level |
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| Temp railing around the opening |
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| Starting to look like a deck |
Week 7 - Day 34
Thursday
Work on the new stairs have started. The original plan was to have them come up on the right side of the supporting wall in the middle of the floor. You can see a bit of it in the left corner in the last picture. The stairs have now shifted to the left. Pros and cons to this. Main reason was to solve the problem of the stair well taking up too much room in the main floor living room. It also gives me more usable space around the opening, but the stairs now pretty much come up into my bedroom, so still trying to rethink things. As it has been pointed out to me, this will happen in old houses, compromises come up. It will be good, but sure isn't what I had first envisioned 2 years ago.
I will now have one bedroom, but I will still have use of the spare room on the main floor for guests. With the new entrance they will be able to come upstairs without intruding on Linda's space.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Week 7 - Day 34
Thursday
Snow as promised. The tarp collapsed a bit upstairs with the weight of the snow, but I am an old pro at it now. Since the porch on the main deck has been taken off, the water just comes through the deck, splashes onto the sill of the basement back door and slowly seeps into the basement. No biggie, just propped some plywood to redirect the flow.
It is all about the blog after all. I think I would be disappointed if nothing happened.
Lulu
My cat is getting soooo fat. He is spending more time in the garage and the house is cold, so his coat is really thick and he has been eating like a porker lately. Too cute.
GOLF
I just realized that my deck is the perfect spot to check out the weather for golf. Up high and looking south, that is where the good weather comes from. YES!
Week 7 - Day 33
Wednesday
The heater from Will packs a lot of heat but is noisy, so I didn't want to leave it running all night and it was quite nippy in the basement this morning. Cat isn't too happy about it either. There is nothing like a down quilt, however, and I am not talking about the cheapy ones, but the good stuff from Daniadown. Grey or white goose down all the way, light weight but warm. This is one place you get what you pay for. I don't even notice the cold when I am under that. Just can't stick out any limbs because haa chacha, it's freezing!
It has tried to snow today, the odd little flake, the forecast is for snow in the morning and then turning to rain. Typical Vancouver weather. I heard we set a record for how cold it was today. I just realized I am talking about the weather a fair bit, but did I mention it is cold?
The doors are in so at least and that helps. Power went out in the neighbourhood today around dinner time. My first thought was 'what now?' as the breakers go frequently. By chance I was on the phone making arrangements to go out to eat, so good timing and things were back on when got home at 9pm. Oh, and had to reset the boiler again.
Week 7 - Day 33
Wednesday
They worked on framing the stairs today and Linda's doors are in. Looks like they were always there.
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