Latest status:
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May 9, 2004 Old appliances (washer and drier) put back in; new appliances (stove and refrigerator) installed; new dinette delivered. |
The not so distant past:
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May 6, 2004 | Tile is going in on
two thirds of the bottom floor, and of course we're not supposed to
walk on it. |
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May 3, 2004 | Tilers have been
prepping the floor for two days, and have been sanding and smoothing
concrete. Then they laid down an 8 ft wide strip of black tar and
told us not to step on it. |
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April 30, 2004 | Concrete patio and
side walk are poured. Half the remaining grass in the backyard is
removed and the new sprinkler lines layed down. |
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April 28, 2004 | Granite counter tops
are installed in the kitchen and the stucco crew returns for a second
attempt to match the color of the old house. |
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April 27, 2004 | Painting is done, and it looks great. Upstairs (master bedroom and office) are very nearly done. Knobs and pulls are in the cabinets. |
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April
23, 2004 |
Low point: Doug's birthday today,
and the house is in upheaval as the painters move about, painting in
every room downstairs. |
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April
20, 2004 |
Craig is back from vacation and
things begin to move swiftly again. Walls all over the house are
getting painted. Did I say drywalling is
bad? Painting is bad, too. |
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April
15, 2004 |
Cabinets are installed and the
painters arrive to stain and lacquer them. The master bedroom got
its carpet. |
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April
10, 2004 |
The pace slows as our contractor
goes on vacation. But the cabinet installer soldiers on by
himself. |
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April
8, 2004 |
Biggest change is the kitchen
cabinets, which are doing wonders for our flagging morale. |
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April
3, 2004 |
Spraying and texturizing the
walls is as messy as drywalling. The first weekend we are run out
of our house is the same weekend Keith's dad is in town. Second of
three coats of stucco applied. |
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April
1, 2004 |
Work on the outside commences
again as we get the first of three coats
of stucco. |
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Mar.
31, 2004 |
Absolute messiest
step is dry walling. But we're nearing the end
of that, and the kitchen looks like its ready to be reassembled. |
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Mar.
25, 2004 |
Kitchen demo continues, though
the slab to the plumbing below. Shoveling dirt tends to send dust
throughout the entire house, by the way. |
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Mar. 22, 2004 | And we thought last week was
bad... Kitchen demo today. |
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Mar. 18, 2004 | Furniture under wraps as dry wall
hangers move in. |
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Mar. 16, 2004 | Nothing to see on the outside
because the action moves inside...with a
vengeance (if Vengeance were armed with a jack hammer and nail gun). |
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Mar. 13, 2004 | Lots to see on the outside (new
windows, new doors, new tar paper and chicken wire) but even more to
see on the inside (new windows, new doors, missing walls) |
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Mar. 5, 2004 | And the wall came down: family
room joined to the addition as the former back wall to the house is
removed. |
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Feb. 28, 2004 | The 3 new windows are installed
in the addition. Plywood complete in the second story. |
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Feb. 22, 2004 | More rain! Another restless night
spent patrolling the house for leaks, drips, and lakes on our floors
and above us in the plastic . |
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Feb. 19, 2004 | Rafters on the second story,
plywood on the first story roof, and plastic all around as the race is
on to beat the rain...again. |
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Feb.
16, 2004 |
Another day's worth of work and
the edges are put on the first story roof, plus more inside the second
story that you can't see from the picture. |
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Feb.
14, 2004 |
The framers come in and in the
course of Valentines Day throw up the second story. |
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Feb. 12, 2004 | More framing, and the back door
appears while further stucco disappears. |
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Feb.
07, 2004 |
Some rain damage to carpet we
were discarding anyway, but the process continues as the framing starts
to appear. |
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Feb.
03, 2004 |
Rain! What were we thinking when
we started remodeling in the dead of winter (even if it was San Diego's
mild winter)? |
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Jan.
31, 2004 |
The beam is in! The house
is again secure from collapse. |
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Jan.
29, 2004 |
The I-beam is up, but not yet
secure. Timbers shore it up. |
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Jan.
28, 2004 |
The 27 foot long, 1600 lb. I beam
that will support the house in the place of the back wall has been
moved into position . |
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Jan.
26, 2004 |
Concrete has been poured for new
foundation and slab for the side yard. |
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Jan.
21, 2004 |
We're ready to pour concrete...
Just need an inspector from the city to come give us the go ahead. |
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Jan.
17, 2004 |
Forms built in trenches; Great
Wall of Dancer to keep her safe and out
of trenches. |
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Jan.
13, 2004 |
Exterior stucco removed. |
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Jan.
9, 2004 |
Patio demo. Jack hammering old
patio out. |
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Dec.
28, 2003 |
Trenching finished around new
foundation. |
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Dec.
17, 2003 |
Trenching begun; jack hammering
out current footings at corner of house. |
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Dec.
13, 2003 |
Trees removed; edge of patio
jackhammered; bottom of stucco chiseled. |
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Dec.
9, 2003 |
Patio cover disassembled in 4
hours. |
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Nov. 22, 2003 We’ve lived in the house for 10 years this coming April, and are quite aware of its limitations. The goal of the remodel is to address some of these limitations and grow with our growing family (not growing in numbers but growing in years). We want to live here another 9 years, until Doug graduates from High School and we become empty nesters. |