No electrical or plumbing yet but a fair bit of progress over the past few weeks. A few pretty costly add-ons to address the structure challenges, but what can do you....
At this stage, the walls are down and all the new beams are in. We had to make a few adjustments to the plan - rather than one steel beam in the main wall, we have two beams made of LVL - a composite wood product- because of the chimney. That sounds like a savings, but it was more than subsumed by the additional beams we had to install in other areas. The add-on was built pretty badly, so having to invest more than we thought in fixing behind the walls and under the floors. It will be level, structurally sound and insulated when we are done - but a bit of a budget killer to get there. Mental note: don't let amateur uncle johnny and his best buddy build your two-story addition. With all the problems cropping up, it has been great to have Herman to manage the options and come up with creative solutions, generally be on our side. The Ikea kitchen sale is on now until April so now have to get that all organized before it ends. We have an Ikea person coming to take the measurements sometime over the next few weeks, help design the cabinets we'll install. I've gotten a ton of great advice so will be acting on that - lots of pull out shelves! I visited the local Rehab store, where companies and people donate old building materials; profits go to Habitat for Humanity. I am hoping we can maybe get our tiles and a few other materials from there. Onward. Snow is melting so spirits are up.
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Dad
3/10/2019 05:49:41 pm
Taking shape. Wish I had seen it pre construction to better appreciate the changes.
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