Steady progression...

All interior wall and ceiling lath and plaster removed upstairs. Revealed some shoddy roof framing we might have to fix.

Just a skeleton upstaris.

Sunlight coming through.  The old front porch roof was on the other side.

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Just the lath remains to hold everything together while the siding is installed.

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View out of the front door.  We haven't exactly decided how to get this enormous amount of wood to the hole yet.

We had a relaxing Sunday afternoon by the fire roasting some hot dogs and marshmallows.

Our friend Clint got 30 more bantam chics.  He brought us 7 of them in some color patterns we don't yet have.  They're calling for a low of 40 tonight so I moved them in the barn, hopefully they be lively in the morning.

Supposed to be getting the roof put on this week so we'll have some good footage of that for next time.

More Critters

Have to brag on my the dog runs I built. A couple friends from work helped with just about all of it except the block and the metal roof.  It still needs gravel.  I have the doors already made, just going to hang them after the gravel is in place.  Sorry, I got carried away there.

The buck and doe rabbits were given to me by a friend at work and big moma had seven babies the first week of August.  They are all colored like wild rabbits except for one orange one.  They now eat like vacuum cleaners.  I'm going to put them in a ground cage this weekend. 

 The chickens were hatched last Spring.  We let them out in the morning and put them up at night.  Last week we took four of them to the Washington Co. Fair to the 4H show.  We cleaned up in the open class with a Grand Champion, and two Reserve Champions in addition to a first place for each chicken in their respective class. 

Still have to finish enclosing the 10'x10' shed on the end.



The only orange one in front is Hammie.



Front left to right:  Cash, Stub Toe, Joe, Crow, Red, Snowflake, Flapper, Robin, Tyson, Peeps.  Not pictured: Jackie.

Finally Getting Started

A year and a half after initial purchase we have officially began the remodel.  The first phase consists of removing old siding, replacing it with OSB, then new siding and windows.  We are going with insulated vinyl siding in a 9 inch width.  We thought it would be better in the long run versus hardie siding, mailny for maintenance. As the exterior is started the plaster is being removed from only the interior walls inside the house.  The exterior walls will be stripped only after the OSB is in place on the outside.  After the plaster is completely removed everything should begin taking shape.  I'll create a new post for that, I'm tired of typing now.

Aluminum siding removed, original wood siding is next



Aluminum siding removed, original wood siding is next



Front porch gone, que JD...



OSB is replacing original wood siding.  This process gets creative as the house isn't exactly square.

Chimney exposed upstairs.  Would like to remove to allow more space in rooms.

I think they're getting excited about having their own rooms.  They'll both be scared to death the first month sleeping by themselves though.

Bare stairs.

Looking from kitchen to dining room.  This wall will be spanned with an LVL beam to open the rooms to each other.

Pile o' plaster and lathing.



Looking out master bedroom door to stairway.



Bud began excavation today.  You're looking at the future patio which will double as a drainage swale.

Ha, this is a good story.  The roll off dumpster companies don't want to haul 4-5 tons of full dumpster back across our bridge, not to mention they cost a fortune to rent, so we are piling up the non-metal trash, digging a hole, pushing it in, burning it and then burying it. Hopefully we don't hit bedrock 2 feet down...

They use the truck to haul the trash to "the hole".

A little something left by the workers in the front yard.  Man they need to hydrate more.