With the wall decking repair work completed, the entire wall got a layer of felt paper. The sills on these windows are in pretty bad shape. Since it’s made from one continuous piece of lumber, I’m going to try and salvage it. First application of wood filler…
All of the beadboard has been removed. Lots of work went into cutting all of those thin slats of wood to make that corner curved. The bottom section of wall decking had some rotted out places, so I will replace it with new old wood. I also made a new bottom for the inside of […]
With the main wall structure in position, I removed all of the decorative pieces so they can be cleaned up, painted, and then reinstalled. While this is all exposed, I took the opportunity to replace the section of wall decking where the old drain pipe went through the wall. A few pieces of old decking […]
Piling forms removed. New footer set in place. Removed all of the temporary roof braces. So, the roof is now being supported by the wall. View of roof alignment from the outside.
Concrete pilings in place, and filled. Also, some of the new footer set in place. View from the inside. Concrete piling for the center of the front wall.
Not really sure how original this cement work is, but it’s not in very good condition. Lots of rotted out wood at the bottom of the main part of the wall. The bricks look like they may have been part of the original foundation for the wall. Began demolition by removing the woodwork. All of […]
Inside area of the curved wall with all of the bead board and window trim work removed. There is some old tongue & groove type flooring along the bottom of the wall. Makes me wonder if the breezeway originally had a wood floor? Inside the curved wall section. The white powder is from when we […]
We’re ready to begin rebuilding the remaining part of the Southern Breezeway wall. So, time to remove all of the interior woodwork to get down to the bare bones of the wall structure. A picture before demolition of the area where the old drain pipe from the roof went through the wall. A picture before […]