22 February 2017
So we have continued to dig the holes we need for the new piers under the kitchen and dining room. 16 single holes and 1 double hole all together.
Our building inspector came by and checked the holes when we were done and they met his approval. So now we're ready to pour the concrete pier footers. I've made arrangements to get that done next week. This marks a sort of turning point in that we will actually building back part of the house instead of removing or demolishing. Yay!
We came across more pottery sherds while digging the holes and cleaning up the crawl space floor. These for sure must be 100 years old or older since we found them down in the dirt from digging or under some of the stacked stone piers that we've removed. The piece in the lower right corner has some pattern on it. I think it would be fun to go to Replacements and see if we can find a match.
I also demo'd the old fireplace hearth. We needed to replace some of the wood support, and I suspected that the original hearth was brick like all the other hearths in the house and not just a slab of concrete.
And it appears that my suspicion was correct. I think it will be fun to rebuild this.
Amy and I also started attacking the two upstairs rooms that had "recent" wall and ceiling finishes added. The center room had acoustic tiles on the ceiling and grass wallpaper. I was afraid that the acoustic tiles had been glued on. But Amy ripped a couple down and found that they were just stapled. Good news! But the wallpaper is going to be a pain to remove. Bad news.
The right front bedroom also had acoustic tiles on the ceiling and vertical masonite siding on the walls with artistic touches of spray foam insulation.
After we started removing the masonite siding, we discovered what we think is the reason the siding was put in. It appears that there was a large bee hive in one of the walls and they removed it by cutting a large hole in the bead board. Rather than try to repair the hole, they just covered all the walls with the siding.
I also found a large wasp nests. Fortunately no longer inhabited.
So we have continued to dig the holes we need for the new piers under the kitchen and dining room. 16 single holes and 1 double hole all together.
We came across more pottery sherds while digging the holes and cleaning up the crawl space floor. These for sure must be 100 years old or older since we found them down in the dirt from digging or under some of the stacked stone piers that we've removed. The piece in the lower right corner has some pattern on it. I think it would be fun to go to Replacements and see if we can find a match.
I also demo'd the old fireplace hearth. We needed to replace some of the wood support, and I suspected that the original hearth was brick like all the other hearths in the house and not just a slab of concrete.
And it appears that my suspicion was correct. I think it will be fun to rebuild this.
Amy and I also started attacking the two upstairs rooms that had "recent" wall and ceiling finishes added. The center room had acoustic tiles on the ceiling and grass wallpaper. I was afraid that the acoustic tiles had been glued on. But Amy ripped a couple down and found that they were just stapled. Good news! But the wallpaper is going to be a pain to remove. Bad news.
The right front bedroom also had acoustic tiles on the ceiling and vertical masonite siding on the walls with artistic touches of spray foam insulation.
After we started removing the masonite siding, we discovered what we think is the reason the siding was put in. It appears that there was a large bee hive in one of the walls and they removed it by cutting a large hole in the bead board. Rather than try to repair the hole, they just covered all the walls with the siding.
I also found a large wasp nests. Fortunately no longer inhabited.
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