The latest update we have!

We are getting very close to putting up drywall for the kids' bedroom on the third floor! We have all of the nails out of the 2x4s, and Cliff is now running electrical through the walls (there is currently knob & tube wiring), and ordered the insulation. We decided that he take this trip alone today since dealing with the possibility of being zapped is there, and not having the kids running around during this time would be ideal.

Well, this is a close-up of those "2x4s" with no nails in it. And why yes, there is a chimney hiding behind there!

This is one of the bigger nails we pulled out of the wood. It is not round, not like you see these days. So...I kept it! Kind of like a souvenir.



This is how we left it more or less, yesterday.

I poked my head, and camera of course, out of the window and took a lovely pic of the outside. Those are slate tiles, and water piling up from all the rain we have had lately!

Now, what we are throwing around is the idea of keeping the beams exposed for the ceiling rather than covering them with drywall. We want to put a coating of sealant over them of course so nothing falls on their heads from the wood. There will be insulation on the roof so we will not be losing any heat/cool as the year passes on. I'll get a better picture of the ceiling next time.

AND while Cliff was inside the house washing up, I hooked the Highlander up to the trailer by my lonesome. I didn't bend or break a thing! I had to try and see if I could do it, we don't live in the dark ages anymore. Well...the secret to my success is the back-up camera in my SUV. Shhhhh!

7.3.2013