Progress

This week they completed the first floor framing and inserted beams in the ceiling of the existing house to hold up the second floor without walls/posts. Everything not framed in this picture is going to be glass. The wall in the back will come out this week.

This is a picture of the inside of the first floor of the addition.

Window/Door view from inside (about where edge of island will be).
New beam in ceiling to open up the space between the kitchen and former dining room.
No wall!

Framing!

This week they started framing the downstairs of the addition and they did a lot of demo inside. I didn't take any pictures of the demo because its not much to look at. I really enjoy standing in the new room and imagining it. Vlad made it easy on the framers, the whole rear wall is glass.

Here is another shot of the framing going up.

Way in the back of this picture you can see one of the new beams that will (hopefully) hold the place up. Next week we'll get a few more beams and then they'll build the second story.

Lindsay and Seneca studying for the bar. Lindsay is teaching Seneca the rule against perpetuities. Bar is Tues/Wed this week.

Floor framing

Here are a couple of pictures of the floor framing going down, and one of our makeshift kitchen (since I've had some requests). The mini-fridge will eventually go in my "man cave" (which Lindsay says is the basement).
This will eventually be the sub-floor for the new living room/Kitchen

Our current makeshift kitchen

The floor joists. They used a manufactured wood product because "the architect likes it." Apparently is is also quite straight and holds up better over time.

More floor. This will be covered in plywood in the next couple of days, and they will put a moisture barrier in the crawl space.

Lots o' progress

Last week we saw a lot of progress. First, we moved our stuff out of the back 1/2 of the house and built a makeshift kitchen in the living room. (for you naysayers, we have actually cooked two meals on our new hotplate). Then they ripped up the old dining room and kitchen, removed walls, cabinets, appliances, etc (down to the studs). Turns out most of our walls had absolutely no insulation. Another surprise find: our contractor found a little note from the last remodelers dated 1983 and two bud lights in between two wall studs in the kitchen. At the end of the week they built forms and poured concrete for the walls, and then backfilled dirt.
Looking at the kitchen door

The note left for us in 1983 along with two beers! Too bad it wasn't a bottle of pinot...

Looking toward the dining room from the kitchen. They took out the wall in between but put up some temporary supports until they get the beams in. The white venting is our heating vent for upstairs (covered in asbestos).

Backyard foundation and walls

This extension of the foundation will support the angled upstairs master bedroom