Renovation update

Thought I would catch you up on a long overdue update. June through November gave us very little time to work on the house. Just few hours a week, sometimes not even that much. End of Nov and December though have proved to be fruitful months. We have added a living room to the house. It is roughed in with wiring and drywall is completed. A little sanding and it will be ready for painting. The boys bathroom is almost finished. A large chair accessible shower is in place. The sink, toilet and shower have been plumbed for drainage. I hope to finish the supply lines for water this week and try to finish up the electrical after that. A friend has been helping with the electrical. After that we will be gutting the bathroom in the main hallway downstairs. Much of the floor underneath is dry-rotted and will need to be replaced along with new vanity and shower. An exterior window in the laundry room needs to be removed and replaced with a doorway. After that there is list of small things that need to be finished. These include - yes, more drywall, trim in the new room and other areas where we had to remove it, some more sanding. Somewhere in the middle of all this (over the next couple of weeks) the window guys are supposed to be installing new windows. After that we should be pretty close to being able to prime and paint. After the painting is finished we will install the hardwood flooring, sand and finish on site. The carpet people will install carpet. Also during the winter months we may try and clear some of the dead-fall and overgrown brush in the wooded area. There is all sorts of junk lying out there that needs to be drug out and thrown away. So there's plenty of work to be done still. I work most evenings on the renovation after I get home from the office and usually every Saturday. Thanks to a few of my friends who are good at construction work we have been able to get a good bit of work done over the last 5-6 weeks. If you are skilled at trim work or construction I could use your help.

Shalom,
Thomas

PS  I'm adding to my husband's blog.  If anybody has a little free time tomorrow (1-15-2011) late morn or midday (not sure yet) Mr. T will be unloading (not installing) a lot of wood flooring at the new house. If you can help, let me know and I will let you know when he starts the trip home tomorrow.  Blessings, Tina

Renovation update June 25th

Hello friends,
You are probably wondering what's going on with the house. Well, I have had a few busy weeks with a lot of nights and weekends being occupied. We are also in St. Louis for follow-up procedures with Micah. So you can see we are in between things. We are in the process of getting a living room added. In a few weeks we will need help with painting etc. I will try to keep you updated. Again, our deepest gratitude for all of you who have given so much of your time and energy to help us get work done on the house.
Blessings
Thomas

Renovation update

Dear friends,
I have not updated this blog in a while because of some uncertainty in our planning. Many thanks to those who have come several weekends in a row to help get some major work done. What a blessing you have been to us!

Work done so far -

• The entire flooring for the house has been gutted and disposed of.
• All the underlayment, which was made of particle board has been pulled up and disposed of.
• All the defective decking has been replaced
• All the underlayment has been replaced with new underlayment
• All the walls have been wiped down and cleaned of dirt and pet you know what!
• Almost all the rooms have had the first and second round of holes being filled.

What needs to be done -

• All the rooms need a light sanding, dust wiped down and then checked for further mudding or hole repair.
• All the crown molding, chair rails and baseboard need a light sanding

Once this is done we need to spray and backroll all the rooms that can be sprayed with Kilz primer/stainblocker. Then we will spray all the trim that can be sprayed with the trim color. After that we will roll paint in all the rooms. I will need some assistance with backrolling and brushing as we spray.
Our immediate goal is to get the upstairs painted. There will be some construction going on downstairs while this is going on. After that we will move downstairs. I usually work every evening after work and on Saturdays. A tentative schedule is on the calendar.


Blessings
Thomas