Carter made another site visit to the house today and took a lot of photos. The well and septic system was connected to the house yesterday. The electrical service is ready to be attached to the grid. Insulation and drywall starts tomorrow.
Below is a view of the wall between the bedrooms on the second floor. You can see the grate and opening that was in the floor between the rear bedroom and the Parlour below. The grate will go back in but the opening will be closed over from below. It isn't needed for heat transfer anymore and it's best to not have it operational for privacy and sound transfer.
The double windows of the front bedroom on the second floor.
This is the junction box for the ceiling fan in the rear upstairs bedroom. It will be suspended from the King Post Truss that will now be exposed in the room. The strapping between the trusses will be removed. I plan on finishing the trusses with a dark stain.
Bracing reinforcement of the wall between the new Parlour and stair.
This was the Dining Room. I'm calling it the Butler's Pantry now. Its function will change to be command central for the systems of the house, and a connecting hall from the Dining Room, Parlour and Kitchen. To the right of the window will be the built-in china cabinet that was in the old Parlour.
This corner closet under the stairs will be expanded. The wall will be brought out to the edge of the door to the kitchen at the far left, and a full height door will be put on it. This will be a coat/ storage/ vacuum closet.
Below is the old Parlour window at the rear of the house, which will now be the Dining Room. Stacked in the corner is original hardwood flooring that will be re-installed in May.
The west wall of the old Parlour, now the Dining Room.
Lumber stacked in the new Parlour, for the reinforcement of some of the old walls and framing of new ones.
The kitchen cabinets are ordered and under construction. They will run along this wall below. The window signed by George Lowe when he built the kitchen will go back into the opening, which will be above the sink.
The east wall of the kitchen
Carter delivered the bathroom cabinet that his brother Kerras made, as well as the antique newel post for the stair to the basement.
Looking into the main floor bathroom. That is the marble counter for the cabinet.
This window is to the right of the cabinet. The double slipper claw-foot tub will be centered under the window. You will be able to soak in the tub while looking out over the field.
Looking out the new back porch you can see the sewer line that now connects to the septic field.
View from the back door over the septic field. Is the outhouse leaning? Hold on little guy. You get restored next.
The poor old garage is beyond saving and will have to be completely replaced with a new building.
This is the new back hall. The door to the bathroom is to the right, and the doorway to the kitchen is at the end to the left. The skylights will let secondhand light into the kitchen through the George Lowe window. The shingles will stay and be repaired and I'll paint them yellow ochre to match the color that the house was when I was little.
Looking into the room below the kitchen. You won't have to duck to go down there anymore.
All of the plumbing lines are in place.
The radiant heat boilers and tubing in the Mechanical Room below the new Parlour. Looks pretty complicated.
The Pex lines running up through the house
The only bit of wainscoting in the kitchen that hasn't moved, with all of the light toggle junction boxes above. That little closet will get adjustable wire shelving inside and will now be dry goods storage.
Looking into the new little kitchen porch, which is a little bigger than the original. The old wood box will be put back but will now hold the recycle bins.
The plan was to reuse the old original tongue and groove door on the porch, but Mike discovered that it was held together by the paint, and not salvageable, so he recreated it, and reused the original latch. Beautiful!
Shingling is complete!
The well is now connected to the house too.
The craftsmanship is just incredible
Poor thing
The electrical service. It will be mounted on the new garage, whenever that happens.
The new driveway and the stack of sandstone that used to hold the house up.
Carter stopped by the storage unit in Montague and took these photos of the "stuff", trying to find the built-in cabinets, which happen to be at the back. He left them there for now.
He put the poor old porch door back in the unit. We can find a use for it.
Thanks so much Carter. I sleep better when I see the progress, and a lot has been done in a short time. Now I'm looking forward to seeing some drywall!
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