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the_siobhanLJ archives say we did the support beams in 2008.
Those piles of dirt in the picture are from holes dug in the basement floor to sink the new support posts. The holes themselves are covered over with slabs of plywood so that we didn't accidentally drop ourselves into an open grave on our way to the bathroom early one morning.
The support beam going in. Since all the plaster was coming out anyway, Charlie had licence to hoist the house up as fast as he wanted. It cracked every wall on the main floor.
And for a bonus: the drain to nowhere. This is the drain from our kitchen. Charlie decided to replace the rusted out pipe and discovered that it didn't actually connect up to anything.
At some point we had decided to put in a support beam on the main and top floors as well. The narrow dark hallway on the main floor was a waste of space and it prevented what little light that came in the windows from getting into the whole space. So we enlisted some help to tear out the hallway to make room for Charlie to build.
The back room. This would have been the dining room originally.
we left the back wall and ceiling. The dividing wall was stripped down to the beams.
We left the arch because it was a handy place to stick power outlets and light fixtures while we saved up for the next stage.
So that was our living arrangment for the next two-three years. We had pretty much the entire space covered in plastic because the exposed wood and plaster ends just constantly shed dust and bits of rubble. We got complements on our Dexter-esque decor.
Our living room-slash-bedroom-slash-guestroom.
Looking into the office from the living room.
I'm pretty sure Axel is playing a video game there.
I didn't take pics of the top floor, but it made sense to open up that space as well. The original design was a square landing on the top of the stairs that had doors opening into four different rooms. That seemed like a complete waste of space, so we knocked everything out and put in yet another support to allow us to open it all right up.
This weekend I'll post pictures of what we've done since.
Those piles of dirt in the picture are from holes dug in the basement floor to sink the new support posts. The holes themselves are covered over with slabs of plywood so that we didn't accidentally drop ourselves into an open grave on our way to the bathroom early one morning.
The support beam going in. Since all the plaster was coming out anyway, Charlie had licence to hoist the house up as fast as he wanted. It cracked every wall on the main floor.
And for a bonus: the drain to nowhere. This is the drain from our kitchen. Charlie decided to replace the rusted out pipe and discovered that it didn't actually connect up to anything.
At some point we had decided to put in a support beam on the main and top floors as well. The narrow dark hallway on the main floor was a waste of space and it prevented what little light that came in the windows from getting into the whole space. So we enlisted some help to tear out the hallway to make room for Charlie to build.
The back room. This would have been the dining room originally.
we left the back wall and ceiling. The dividing wall was stripped down to the beams.
We left the arch because it was a handy place to stick power outlets and light fixtures while we saved up for the next stage.
So that was our living arrangment for the next two-three years. We had pretty much the entire space covered in plastic because the exposed wood and plaster ends just constantly shed dust and bits of rubble. We got complements on our Dexter-esque decor.
Our living room-slash-bedroom-slash-guestroom.
Looking into the office from the living room.
I'm pretty sure Axel is playing a video game there.
I didn't take pics of the top floor, but it made sense to open up that space as well. The original design was a square landing on the top of the stairs that had doors opening into four different rooms. That seemed like a complete waste of space, so we knocked everything out and put in yet another support to allow us to open it all right up.
This weekend I'll post pictures of what we've done since.
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Date: 2012-01-27 11:35 pm (UTC)It looks like Axel is playing Civilization to me.
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