Every Kitchen Needs a Floor

Hardwood

Glass Block meet Cemet Wall

The mix goes goes on the wall.


The looking glass is ready for Alice to Shower. (the glass block window is in the bathroom).

Save the Bath for Last

Never really gutted, the bathroom gets closed in.


Why yes, that is double thick on the exterior wall. It helps hold in the heat, which is helped by an in ceiling fan/light/heater.

Glued and Screwed: The Drywall Situation

The delivery before the storm means, fifty 12 foot sheets need to be carried in that afternoon.


But so the hanging begins on the coldest days of the winter. But then the hanging begins. Who framed this house?


And don't even think Ray did this all by himself. Timothy provide some drywall expertise and some interesting stories along the way.

Why is insulation pink? Because of the rash.

Roll up your sleeves... on second thought don't.

Lights, Camera, Electric

Look at me now -- all new copper wiring; 13 new recessed cans; wired for 4 dual control ceiling fans (and or lights); wired for high efficency accent lighing to fill catherdral ceiling; cable, telephone and potential high speed access in every room; and speaker wire running to all 4 corners of the house.

Window in the bathroom

Above the waste and above the waist.


That window will provide almost as much ventilation as my current half bath.

Odds and Ends and Odds

Patch the leaking 2nd Floor drain pipe. Now with more patch than pipe. Also frame out the bedroom (another nececity I hadn't planned on).



Then another unplanned necessity. Replacing the floor in the closet under the stairs -- oh, and hte ceiling under the stairs too.

Trap Door and Basement Steps

Trap Door, yes. Steep steps, yes.


View from basement (near the basket of lotion).

What's a tub like you doing in a place like this?

Just turn it on.


6 foot long, 36 inch wide, 10 jet, Jacuzzi tub w/in line heater, filled 1/2 and tested:


Now that's one happy plumber!

Slab!

Simple. Truck pulls up to the back window. Dumps it in. Done. Well...


Who's this clown?


Donald and Ray finish it off smoooth.



Now that's smooth.