Okay, so I don't know if I have much to say about this one. I will just let you look at the pictures! Ta-Da! It is the kitchen! Wow! At this point it is at the phase where it gets worse (or bare) before it gets better. Actually it isn't that bad. You can see we have a little work station in one corner (that picture was taken from the closet under the stairs) and we proudly admit we have cooked at home a couple times this past week. The ceiling w
ith all the pipes is what I took while sitting on the couch in the family room. All of those pipes are the upstairs plumbing. With the pipes exposed, it sounds like Niagara Falls when someone is taking a shower. It's almost relaxing-you know people pay big money for machines to make running water noises-it is not necessary for us! =) Today "the boys" (aka constructon workers) put up 2 more walls, that is what you are seeing in the middle of the family room. I saw it and said, "I thought we were getting more space, not losing it!". Mom said, "I like how they built themselves a storage room to keep all their tools!". D
ad said, "I think it makes a great fifth bedroom!". Truth be told, the original wall they are removing is low bearing so in order to prevent the second floor from caving in, they put in "support walls" so they can remove the original wall and install the beam. The beam alone is supposed to support the second floor. You may wonder how a beam can support what two walls has to hold up. I don't know the answer to that one but what I will say is the contractor knows what he's doing! We will gladly live with some extra framing as long as the upstairs never becomes the downstairs! So I guess I had more to say about this than I originally planned!
ith all the pipes is what I took while sitting on the couch in the family room. All of those pipes are the upstairs plumbing. With the pipes exposed, it sounds like Niagara Falls when someone is taking a shower. It's almost relaxing-you know people pay big money for machines to make running water noises-it is not necessary for us! =) Today "the boys" (aka constructon workers) put up 2 more walls, that is what you are seeing in the middle of the family room. I saw it and said, "I thought we were getting more space, not losing it!". Mom said, "I like how they built themselves a storage room to keep all their tools!". D
ad said, "I think it makes a great fifth bedroom!". Truth be told, the original wall they are removing is low bearing so in order to prevent the second floor from caving in, they put in "support walls" so they can remove the original wall and install the beam. The beam alone is supposed to support the second floor. You may wonder how a beam can support what two walls has to hold up. I don't know the answer to that one but what I will say is the contractor knows what he's doing! We will gladly live with some extra framing as long as the upstairs never becomes the downstairs! So I guess I had more to say about this than I originally planned!
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