Reno Update #1
We have finally bitten that bullet and taken on the renovations to our basement! We met with the contractor on Sunday and signed the contract to get things going. (As i am typing this there is a ton of jackhammering and sawing going on and I am wearing earplugs!)
Anyways, things started on Monday when the guys came in and started work on the many cracks we had in the basement. It was a long process but they injected epoxy mixed with some other stuff that hardens and seals the crack. The cool, yet weird and disturbing thing is when they filled the crack you can see it coming out on the exterior of the wall...yikes! But they say it helps seal the cracks even more.
Anyways, while that was happening, the carpenter has been busy taking some walls down and creating/fixing the others. So far he has done a lot of the demo that he need to do prior to getting at it. he has taken down the load bearing wall from one of the bedrooms (which will eventually be the washroom and has put up the framing. he is now starting to fix the exterior frames so we can start to get some insulation in there.
We also have someone today jackhammering so the plumbing to the new washroom can be tied in.
One hiccup so far in this project is that they had to take down some of the vents in the basement in order to put the beam for the new washroom. We have to replace our furnace because there is a crack in the exchanger. But before the furnace guy can do that, our chimney has to be fixed first because it's crumbling to pieces and he wants to get that repaired beforehand so he can put in a chimney liner. So things are kinda stalled for a bit until we can get some quotes on those two things.
Oh the bad thing this past week was getting home at 0300 hrs in the morning and they get here at 0800 hrs and start pounding and cutting! Short o sleep but I've been able to sneak in a nap here and there.
Wackie
Anyways, things started on Monday when the guys came in and started work on the many cracks we had in the basement. It was a long process but they injected epoxy mixed with some other stuff that hardens and seals the crack. The cool, yet weird and disturbing thing is when they filled the crack you can see it coming out on the exterior of the wall...yikes! But they say it helps seal the cracks even more.
Anyways, while that was happening, the carpenter has been busy taking some walls down and creating/fixing the others. So far he has done a lot of the demo that he need to do prior to getting at it. he has taken down the load bearing wall from one of the bedrooms (which will eventually be the washroom and has put up the framing. he is now starting to fix the exterior frames so we can start to get some insulation in there.
We also have someone today jackhammering so the plumbing to the new washroom can be tied in.
One hiccup so far in this project is that they had to take down some of the vents in the basement in order to put the beam for the new washroom. We have to replace our furnace because there is a crack in the exchanger. But before the furnace guy can do that, our chimney has to be fixed first because it's crumbling to pieces and he wants to get that repaired beforehand so he can put in a chimney liner. So things are kinda stalled for a bit until we can get some quotes on those two things.
Oh the bad thing this past week was getting home at 0300 hrs in the morning and they get here at 0800 hrs and start pounding and cutting! Short o sleep but I've been able to sneak in a nap here and there.
Wackie
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