Insulation

Like marshmallows.............

Electrical

Its been a while since I have posted, not even showing off the windows and doors yet. We hit a slow patch with a couple of weeks of rain delaying the roof, with water in the basement and the living room. Very unpleasant. Now moving quickly again, we have roof, electrical, and heat, with plumbing in the new space soon to come.

Closing In

Bo can now look out the kitchen window, and image what the new space will be like.

The 'Formerly Pink'

Perhaps you are wondering by now about the descriptor in the web address for this blog. For almost 50 years, the small ranch and large garage were very pink. Mary, the former owner, now deceased, would not have it any other way. The match for this color at Ace Hardware was 'Brighton Rock Candy'. When I was patching over some thrown egg splots the first fall, the neighbors were panicked that I was not changing the color. When I finally did change the color to yellow, I left the outside spigots pink.

More Walls

The structure takes shape.

Framing

The framers have arrived. Starting to take shape.

WOOD

Two days after this wood delivery, we are still waiting out the rain, before rough framing can begin.

SLAB

A very exciting big day!!!

8.16.10

Ready for the slab, which we hope to get tomorrow.

After 49 years of service, making way for her replacement.........

Walls

Finally after a brief hiatus, the workers were back to create foundation walls.

Excavation

Foxholes.

Heavy Equipment

One of these tomatoes is already gone.

Demolition

After nearly 3 years of planning, the renovation to the house-formerly-known-as-the-pink-house is finally underway. During the week that these very first demolition steps were taken, my company had a big layoff, but luckily, I kept my job.