Framing

One full dumpster load later, and the majority of the demo is done! There's still some demo to take place at the bottom of the stairwell, but that's not critical to the 2nd floor progress. Yesterday the crew started framing the space in, and it's coming along nicely. Another couple of days, and we should be able to see the shape of the second floor take place!

They tore out the upper portion of the staircase wall today, which will become an open railing and the top of the stairs leading to the small bedroom on the north of the house. It's simply amazing how much bigger it makes the staircase feel already! I was standing on the stairs at the bottom of the staircase when I took this picture.

The plaster is off the north and east walls of the bedroom, and all of the vermiculite insulation is gone! Hooray! Hopefully once properly insulated, this room will be much more comfortable in the winter and suumer.

This is the south end of the house. New decking has been laid down temporarily.

This is the one closet at the end of the bathroom, that we anticipate will be used for off-season clothes storage. It's going to be really short (6' at the front, quickly sloping to 4' at the back end) but I figured it would be a good usage of the extra space we have and keep the symmetry of the bathroom with the linen closet that will be opposite it.

This is the view standing in front of the south window and looking north. They have framed the west wall up to the chimney. Joe's closet will have recessed drawers and shelves, thus the need for a short header (that's where his closet will be). Mine is the open space to the north of it.

The north end of the house without much done. The guys discovered that the floor joists in this section have been spliced, and thus need to be rebuilt/reinforced before moving forward. No one anticipated this, so they've been waiting for the lumber to finish it up.

Joe was at the house this morning with the plumber starting running the very rough lines. It's so exciting to see all of this moving forward so quickly. I've been researching fixtures like crazy in the hopes that we can get most things ordered in the next day, as they'll be ready for them soon!