This Week's Building Recap (September 7-10)

 It was a busy week with a lot of visible progress!

Tuesday: The kitchen cabinets were removed and a chimney was discovered in the kitchen to the right of where the sink was. After some investigation it was concluded that the top of the chimney must have been removed when the upstairs addition was added years ago.

That evening it was our family project to remove the chimney. The inside of the chimney was filled with brick from the top.

Isaiah could not figure out what job he could do and it was slowing everyone else down so we set him up with a computer with the one outlet in the addition that works.

Aliza, Josiah and Anna worked hard with the best of attitudes. They made the job enjoyable!

Masks came in handy! The dust was awful.

Jeremy broke through the middle and the top half fell down. That was a very satisfying moment that we got on video.

Josiah helped knock down the bottom half.

The soot was sticky and thick. Everyone was covered head to toe when we came in at 9:30.

Jeremy got it all cleaned up and ready for the Straight Edge Construction crew.

Wednesday: Continued to gut the kitchen. Plaster is a mess! Even with plywood over the doorways there was a layer of dust over the whole downstairs.

Thursday: It was a very rainy day and the work van got stuck in the mud. The children enjoyed watching Ryan pull it out at the end of the day.

And now we can see the floor system in the kitchen.

Friday:  It was determined that there is a 2.5 inch difference in elevation from the outside wall to the inside corner of the kitchen. A lot of the morning was spent figuring out how that problem would be solved.

We have felt so thankful for the guys who have been working here. This week's work was dirty and labor intensive but they showed up every day and worked hard.