Jon and I thought it would be nice to have a simple site to keep all the various pieces of life in one place! It started as our wedding website, but now, a place to put some house updates… we will post some updates and pictures as we go!
So many things
We are long overdue for an update… I blame life getting in the way. The visually dramatic phase has finished, but so much has happened since we last posted! As mentioned previously, all the water pieces have been completed, and now all electrical has been finished! Surprisingly, the placement of the potlights was one of the […]
We got water! (and some other stuff)
Most of this week was spent on framing and HVAC. Bigsy the framer was here Monday through Friday working away, Tuesday and Wednesday the HVAC crew was here cleaning up the Octopus of temporary vents and piping and making everything permanent. We discovered that our cold air return needed to move, again, the plan on […]
Look Ma, we got walls!
Apologies for a very delayed post…. I was in BC last week for work, and that put me a little behind with the updates…. anyhoo…. We have walls!! At least the start of them! The carpenter, whose nickname is “Bigsy” started mid-week and has been working steadily ever since. I feel for the guy as […]
The end is in sight!
We have reached the point where we finally can see the end product! Early in the week, the team had the gravel delivered. Wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow, the entire basement was covered to create a layer between the sand and future cement. The gravel also was used to hold the weeping tile in place that runs […]
Sand Castles and Pipe Dreams
We are now the proud owners of a 840 square foot sandbox! This week the team jackhammered and removed the entire concrete pad in the basement. This phase actually went quite quickly, and was not as dusty as we had imagined. The team started early Monday morning and worked into the afternoon jackhammering the old […]
Making Headway
The final beam was installed this week. This one was to span the support at the back of the house and bottom of the stairs. This work went a little faster, I beleive size helped with that. The same process was followed, scaffolding was put into place, temporary supports were put up to take the […]
New beam, meet old beam
This was an exciting week for progress on the basement!!! On Tuesday, the second beam that will span the width of the house was installed and properly aligned. The two new wood and steel beams were first put in place by temporary scaffolding and then the construction team spent Tuesday cutting out the old beam […]
Let the beams begin
This past Wednesday the beam installation started….. and stopped…. This work is the most important, expensive and time consuming portion of our reno. As mentioned earlier, we are getting three steel beams installed. Two will span the width of the basement, and one will cross the bottom of the stairs, supporting the back of the […]
Slowly Getting Started
The basement reno officially began on Jan 3rd. The first step was to prep the basement for the new steel beams that will stretch the width of the house. These beams are important for a few reasons: first, it holds the house up, secondly, it will create a large open space which is currently broken […]
Let the Renos begin!
Hey folks, We are starting our basement reno!! When we bought our house, we knew that a reno would be coming sooner rather than later regarding the basement, after a few almost starts, things are finally moving!! Our more than a century old home has a very original, and slightly scary basement that is ready […]