Windows in - Roof on

The inside of the reno is really starting to take shape. The process of ripping out the old is pretty much complete. On Friday, we crossed another big milestone: framer guys removed the wall between the existing house and the addition. The bedroom is framed and next on the agenda is the two bathrooms. It looks like a huge space when you're standing in the middle of it all.

If we thought it looked big on the inside, that pales in comparison to how it looks from the outside. Standing in the alley, the addition looks like a monster - it doesn't help it is wrapped in white Tyvek (screams to the neighbours "LOOK AT ME"). I'm sure that it will grow on us - we hope it grows on the neighbours, too.

We have great weather in the forecast. The roof isn't quite complete: Hey shingle guy, where are you? You said you would be here yesterday!!!

As if by magic

A few weekends behind us and what we have in the backyard is unarguably a larger-than-life addition. Each day that I return home from work I'm pleasantly surprised at what awaits me. The forecast has been for rain on and off and thankfully it has been more off lately.

Although these photos don't show it, we are at the roof stage. A few more boards to go up tomorrow and then roofer guy can come and work his magic with the shingles. We're close to the "buttoned up" stage. The interior shots are of the master bedroom's east wall (high window) and south wall. Hopefully we'll have some actual windows in the next shots.

We are floored!

We've had great weather this weekend and the framer guys have been busy sawing and hammering. Alas, the fruits of their labour:
They'll be back tomorrow to finish the floor and start getting some wall-action happening...

Day 131 - but who's counting?

As depressing as the title of this entry sounds, at long last, the materials needed to build up from the foundation are piled high in the backyard. That's right folks - joists, trusses, and all things wood.

Framer guys were here for the past two days. The trusses showed up on Tuesday, but the delivery didn't have the joists. Yes! They delivered the material for the roof but not the essentials for the floor, on which they build the walls and then the roof (rocket science, I know). If they were going to deliver anything, why they wouldn't have started with the flooring material is beyond me. Framer guys kept themselves busy with the demolition of the rooms at the back of the house. Thankfully, the joists showed up this afternoon. Tonight, I shall pray to the patron saint of construction that framer guys come back tomorrow. Day 132 looks like it might be a winner.