Here are pictures of the demo and framing back in. The drywall will all be in by the end of this week, and then we’ll be spending the weekend priming it. I don’t believe I mentioned in the previous entry that we are also having the first and second floor hall ceilings redone, too. Since the carpenter will have some time, we might also have him repair cracks in the plaster in three other rooms. The carpenter, Tom, and his son, Anthony, are pretty good guys. We’ve found them throughout the house fixing little things here and there just for the heck of it. I think they just get a little stir crazy working in the small bathroom and need to switch gears for a little while.
When the bathroom was gutted, I took the opportunity to run phone, data and cable lines to the master bedroom and third floor bedroom. I ended up crawling into spaces I didn’t imagine I would fit just to fish some of the line. I’ve made a mental note not to tell the kids where those spaces can be accessed.
We were hoping to find something interesting during the gut, but there was little to be found. Someone in 1949 did a repair job and stuffed the hole with an old newspaper, but it was too deteriorated to keep.
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- Old knob and tube wiring
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- Roof rafters above the bathroom space
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- The old framing for the built-in medicine cabinet
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- Where the old tub was and the new tub will go
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- Plaster and lathe – messy stuff
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- The bookshelf/plumbing access from the hall
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- Tub/shower area with the original arch
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- Sub-floor installed
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- Tub/shower area with the new arch
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- Framing around the window with increased depth for insulation
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- Wiring in progress
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- The arch all framed in
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- The old built-in storage access framed over to allow for cabinetry
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- Framing, plumbing and electrical rough-in
