To start this week, our flooring guy has kicked out all of the other contractors so that he can install and prep the floor boards on the first floor. Similar to the 2nd floor, we tried to salvage as much of the floor board as possible, but many areas were simply too water damaged. Half of the living room, the office area, the kitchen and back area all had to have new floor boards installed. Once the floors were installed, our contractor sanded the whole floor to get it prepped for staining. By the end of the week the floor was all prepped and the stairwell to the 2nd floor received a new coat of stain.
Millwork continued for a few days this week as well. On our main floor, we are trying to bring back more of the old wood work that made us love this house in first place. During demo, we had placed many wood interesting piece we thought we could salvage into the garage. Now our millwork contractor is taking his time finding old baseboards, window trim, and other details and matching them into the house. This week, we brought back three of the stained glass doors and got them installed. Two of the doors will still need the glass repaired at some point, and holes drilled for door knobs (they were originally swing doors), but I think its great to see them back in the house.
Also this week, our millwork contractor installed both 2nd floor bathroom vanities as well as the wood decking on the back deck. With the decking installed, I think we can consider the back stairwell / deck work complete!
Our tile contractor kept doing his thing this week, this time focusing on the basement master bath. He’s building this tile work up in phases, having to make sure the wall tile is complete prior to the ceiling tile getting installed. There will be a rain shower head in this bathroom, so we have to put tile on the ceiling.
Next, painting and staining is on-going on the 2nd floor this week and is nearing completion. The big noticeable difference now are the stained window trim as well as the stained dining room ceiling beams.
Finally, our metal contractor came back to install the front fence. We had given him a sample of the original cast-iron fence and asked him to replicate the details for the new fence. Though the new fence isn’t full cast iron, the added detail brings back another piece of that house character that we liked so much.
IT STARTED ON SAWYER 