Oh my gosh! So much has happened this week with the renovation projects.
Yes, projects with an "S". I am going to let the pictures speak for themselves (mostly).
This is where we started 24 days ago
Most of the two layers of siding removed, glass block removed and windows removed from back of the house. That is Nate and Joe with the North Shore Construction crew on the deck.
Both layers of siding completely removed from back. House wrapped (yay, 'cause there's rain coming!).
AND new windows installed. Wow!
Great picture of all the layers. The dark brown is the original layer of cedar shingles. I have seen this pattern elsewhere in Ghent, alternating rows of a small reveal then a large reveal of shingle siding. Can you imagine the time and care it took to put each little shingle on creating a pattern? So sad we can't preserve them but they are riddled with nail holes from the layer of vinyl siding (the cream colored row) and they are very brittle.
Under the original layer of shingles was a layer of paper. Nate and Joe said the paper was only to help keep air from flowing through the boards but basically that was it for insulation in 1922. From the inside to the outside the layers were: plaster, wood lath, the framing studs, the exterior horizontal sheathing boards (no plywood), building paper then shingles.
Then sometime after the shingles were put on but before the vinyl siding was added, holes were drilled in the siding and insulation was put between the sheathing boards and the wood lath. (See the line of circles above the window?) We know it was done in that order because the bottom layer of shingles had the drill holes. So, the top shingle was removed, the hole drilled, the top shingle replaced. If the insulation had been done originally there would be no drill holes in the shingles. But regardless, it saved us from having to add insulation!
Now for the other project. That is the duct for the new heating and AC in the bathroom and closet. There was that long skinny room all the way across the back that used to be a porch, later made a laundry room and master bathroom. But neither of those rooms had heat or air!
This is southeastern Virginia - I just cannot imagine our 90 degree days in August with no air conditioning in the bathroom? Is it just me? The previous owners were troopers, what else can I say?
Windows in the bathroom!
The dumpster was delivered. Nate is supervising!
Joe with Elliott, the dumpster delivery guy with
Bay Disposal & Recycling. OK, I might have
promised Elliott his picture would go viral?
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