Check in in a couple of weeks and we'll have a flip book of these pictures. The original plan was to keep the original porch roof and build under it. But the porch room tied in to the house low, and the roof was very shallow, collecting seeds and growing plants (we know, green roofs are all the rage now!). And the exterior supports would all have to be replaced anyways from 2x6 to 4x??. The crew figured it was easier to remove the cedar without a roof in the way anyways! But it was a good call to remove and start from scratch. The fascia that was used to hold the porch to the house was nearly gone. . . rotten, due to the shallow room and years of poor roofing and flashing. Fortunately, only the fascia board is damages and the rafters will likely hold a new support for the new porch.
Today (Friday), was the "office" and pantry/laundry addition. Getting rid of this will give us more space with the neighbors, and we just couldn't figure out a good way to use the space anyways. In a small way, we were "simplifying". Ya, right.
Porch (that we never used, is gone. As is the hot water tank, tankless heater, oh, and the back wall. As with other parts of the house, the original lap siding is in surprisingly good shape (where it hasn't been sawsalled to install/remove electrical wiring or plumbing. So this bodes well for not having to completely gut the existing structure, install new studs, headers, etc, before we add new sheathing to receive the hardiplank or nichiha siding.
The backyard looks like a bomb went off. . .
Tomorrow, Chris needs to get in to the kitchen/dining room and remove some leftover tools, a wine cooler and hardware. We kinda forgot that that part of the house would be inaccessible once the additions are off the the holes are sealed up for raising.
Raising should start on Tuesday. . . stay tuned for videos!
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