A lot of progress these last two weeks – Debri removal and demo, and today, finishing the righting of the floor in the living room where it had sunk at the front wall.

I realize these pictures don’t look as though progress is moving forward, but great strides have been made. Bruce has been working his behind off, leaving the house before 8am, and returning home after dark every day. He’s spent many hours supervising, researching online, calling contractors to schedule meetings to get bids on framing, plumbing, windows and siding, supervising, meetings at Home Depot and Lowe’s to get plans in place for the kitchen layout, cabinets and counter tops, and did I mention supervising?

Here are photos of the front wall area where the floor had to be lifted using hydrolic jacks. The big beam that runs across the front is the “new” beam.

On the outside:

On the inside:

Then there’s the bathroom. The floor had to be pulled up because of all the rot, and it was discovered the plumbing was so bad, it all had to be redone (the plumber is all done, by the way). Final plans include removing the window at the alley (1st photo below) and moving the tub/shower along the east wall where the existing window will remain (2nd photo below). It will make the room look bigger and will be more space wise.

It doesn’t look like a bathroom, but here are the “post plumber” photos:

Here’s what’s left of the bathroom floor.

And lastly, some of the old pipes.

Here’s outside the bathroom on the east side by the alley near Bill’s driveway.

Isn’t this all so exciting?

On another note, I found out today one of my long-time childhood friends, Jeanie Campbell, fka Jeanie Graham, has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. She’s been equipped with a “port” and will start chemo next week – every 3 weeks six times. The prognosis is good that she may be curable.

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