Rebuilding the Ugly Duckling

Off the rear of the house is a small utility room that houses our laundry machines.
These small 6’x7’ rooms have been the “Ugly Duckling” of the house. It was covered in cheep plywood, with some really ugly battens….
The lower room was reframed by our contractors because a new floor was required for the new living room.
There was such an extensive amount of dry rot, they reframed the walls as well.
On top of all this, the upper floor is out of level by almost 2 inches… Although we had no plans to reframe the upper utility room, when we pulled the windows out to keep them from breaking when we tried to level the floor… SURPRISE! More dry rot.
So, we had to reframe the upper room as well.

Up to Day 90

So, there has been a lot of waiting for the city, and for PG&E, and a billion other reason we are past our target date...
But what construction project isn't.

Anyways...
The plumbers came back and continued to work on our new street connection for the sewer...
There is an inspection today, then the street excavation begins!

Getting Closer

Next Up, More concrete, plywood, and my failed attempt at building stairs.

Playing Catch-up

Yeah....
I don't really have any excuses for why I haven't posted... so lets just get back into it.

The last set of pictures showed that the concrete was ready to be poured at the front of the garage.... and it was.


Next up was the rear section of the garage...
We were responsible for brining in gravel, plastic, and sand...








The goal was the place the gravel, plastic, and sand at an even elevation to ensure the concrete came out correctly...

More tomorrow...