My Renovation: Major Progress

It's been a long time since I've had an update. I went through a long spell trying to find some motivation. I was being sapped by a sense of non-stop demolition work and I think it was getting to me never seeing much progress as far as new construction. Well, about a month ago I found some motivation. I've been spending nearly every day off at the house working. I leave work at 7am after a 24 hour shift and head straight to the house till around 8 to 10 at night. It's been a bit back breaking. Making some great progress now though. 90% of the demolition is done, at least all of the major stuff. Over the last few weeks I've been working on getting the framing done in the bathrooms. I had the wall between the two bathrooms, a linen closet, the bathtub framing (it's a drop in tub), and a couple pocket doors to frame. Those are all done now. My plumber, who has been a huge help on everything else I've been doing too (he's a general contractor and very knowledgeable), is just about done with the plumbing. All the copper water pipe is in, most of the sewer/drain lines are in and in the next couple of days the gas will be done. Soon I'll get going on the electrical and some sheetrock. There is much left to be done.

This was the kitchen when I bought the house

The other half of the original kitchen

This was the kitchen mid demolition. Down to the dirt. There was some pretty bad rot near the window where the kitchen sink was

The kitchen after I put in new subfloor

This was the guest/hallway bathroom when I bought it. The tub is just to the left of the picture. Pretty small.

the tub

This is the entire master bathroom originally. Love the blue, eh?

Both bathrooms near the end of demo. My friend Joe, lending a helping hand.

A bit out of order, but mid-demo in the bathrooms

Blowing out the wall between the master bedroom and both bathrooms to get rid of more rot. That was the end of it. I managed to get every last bit of mold and rot out of there, which is what started this whole project.

Support in for the subfloor in the bathrooms

Bathroom subfloor in.

To the right is the opening for the pocket door into the master bathroom

Looking into the hall bathroom. On the left is the framing for the drop in bathtub. All the wood you see will be covered in tile.

View into the hall bathroom looking toward the front of the house. The tub is on the left and the sink is straight ahead. Through the wall is the master bathroom.