Week 22

Last week I said that the next steps were "sheetrock, installing the tub, & removing the old tile in the kitchen." I'm excited to report that those things all happened this week!


Monday

Sheetrock went up downstairs:

And on the back wall in the garage, making it a firewall:

The bathroom got sheetrock, as well, and the tub was also installed:

The purple sheet rock is moisture-resistant. The spot where there is no sheetrock is where a tile backsplash will be installed. The front part of the platform the tub sits in -- made of wood recycled from other parts of the house -- will be added closer to the finish of the project, when Mr. Bunkport is doing all his fun carpentry work.

The bathroom vent was connected up to the great outdoors:

The electrician also put in the new outlet for the washer & dryer:

One step closer to laundry!

That writing on the wall behind the copper pipe was there when they removed the interior wood to install the pipe. It's someone's subtraction problem -- the way the "2" is formed, it makes me think that it was written by someone from my grandmother's generation. Mr. John Davila, perhaps?

Tuesday

Sheetrock went up in the sun room:

And on the ceiling in the kitchen:

They also ripped up the old tile floor & removed a sleeper floor that had been fitted over the original floor to even out the (extreme) slope:

Wednesday

Sheetrock work continued on Wednesday, & these cement board panels went down in the kitchen:

These are part of the moisture barrier that will protect the wood underneath.

Thursday

The sheetrock passed inspection:

And the guys got right to work taping & mudding over the seams. Here is the bathroom:

The ceiling downstairs, including the soffit for the bathroom fan:

They also finished enclosing the partial walls in the kitchen:

Friday

More progress in the kitchen, including finishing the ceiling:

And they also started setting the back stairs into concrete:

This is one of the concrete blocks that the stairs were resting on before:

This looks much safer:

Meanwhile, the yellow rose bush is in bloom again, despite living in a pile of construction materials and yard tools for months:

Saturday

A very large gentleman came over & spent about 5 hours putting more mud all over the sheetrock & the strips of metal on the corners of the walls. Almost done!

Next up: sheetrock gets finished, tile floor gets installed in the kitchen, and light switches & outlets get installed.