Day 5 and Day 6 remodel progress

I am just going to start off by saying that I am ready for this to be over.

Day 5 was supposed to be plumbing day; however, the plumbers thought they found a crack but didn't have their jack hammer to break out some concrete to look further. So that ended day 5.

Today is Day 6. Plumbers are here and there is no crack! Drywall is being hung and progress is being made. I will update tomorrow on everything that was accomplished.

On a negative note, we had our furniture in a storage pod out front. With the rain we had, we decided to inspect the furniture. One corner of the pod leaked....right onto my 1916 Edison disc phonograph! We have a professional coming to look at it today to assess the damage. UGH!

Remodel Day 3 and 4

Hey everyone! We are on day 4 of our remodel. Nothing too exciting going on right now. These two days are just electrical work.  Day 5 is going to be a big day, more demolition and some framing and drywall going up. We have a soffit in our kitchen that we just learned was pointless so it is coming down! Very excited about having our kitchen ceiling a foot taller! It will match the rest of the house!

On a positive note, I found before pictures of our house! Once it all comes together I will post it.

Remodel day 2

Day 2 was so very loud. It started off with what they thought was just the demo of a  basic wall. This was for the extension of our pantry by combining our laundry room with the pantry. They break through the drywall and find that there is a full on slump block wall behind 4" of framing. The poor guy sat there with a sledge hammer for what seemed like forever! We didn't know there was block wall back there because it was framed up on both sides. So loud. They also closed up an exterior door that was off our laundry room. I guess it is important to share that several previous owners ago the addition was used as a hair salon. The addition is now our master with private exit which is right across from the laundry exit. Great progress today. The good news is that they fixed my door bell that hasn't worked since we moved in.

 

Remodel Day One

Day One:

Oh my dust! Walls are coming down and the house stinks!! They have successfully took down the pony wall. Now they are working on the wall that separates the formal living from the family room. I know that sounds strange but our house was built in 1971 and what is supposed to be our family room/ dining area is just long and narrow there isn't really any room to arrange furniture. So the plan is to make it all one large great room. It will all be more on the formal side of things. We have 5 bedrooms and we turned the 5th bedroom into a retreat where I store all my craft supplies and have two of the best recliners ever. This is where my hot glue magic happens.

Here is a picture of the inside from our front door. I forgot to snap pictures before we took out the floor. It was a floating floor system 20 minutes start to finish to get out. There was carpet too and that came out pretty quickly. We did this a few days ago to save a buck.

 You can see the dividing wall in the above picture. That is gone now!

Already looking better don't ya think?

Here are a couple shots from the kitchen with no more pony wall.

As you can see my cat is trying to figure out what the heck is going on. We are moving the pony wall to the opposite side so we can get some more cabinets in and have it flow with the rest of the cabinets.

It has only been one day and I am ready for it to be over. So much noise and dust! The workers have been awesome and cleaned up before they left. So far way better than our bathroom remodel.

Time for a remodel

My hubs and I have owned our home for three and a half years now. When we bought it we knew some things would need to be fixed up. We already remodeled the master bathroom about 2 years ago. We hired a contractor based on a referral of a friend. What started out a two week job ended up taking two months because the contractor got a job with a big company so our job became a side job. It wasn't a good experience for many reasons.

Since our history with remodels was small and not great I am a little nervous about starting the next remodel. It is much larger scale than the bathroom. It is all the main areas in the house. Walls are coming down, floors are being replaced, counter tops, windows the works. The biggest part of the job is combining the walk in pantry and the laundry room. The laundry room is in the garage just on the other side of the pantry wall. This means no washer or dryer for 4-6 weeks!! Dust, dirt and debris? No problem!! Hauling my laundry to relatives every couple of days? No fun!!

Please everyone cross your fingers for us. Demo starts tomorrow!!