Knock Knock

Here's a flip book look at the progress on the inside of the house.

It started with tearing everything out and taking the walls...

and floors down to the studs.  A plywood sub floor was put in and 2 x 6's (maybe) were lined up to make sure the 2nd floor stayed upstairs where it should be.

  

Framing of the new walls started.  Downstairs there will be a small powder room on the left and a wall next to the stairs that runs from the basement to the 2nd floor.  A temporary staircase was built so we can run up and down inspecting progress.

And, yipee!!, insulation.  Up til now it's been absolutely freezing inside.  It helped when the doors and windows were installed, but only slightly.  Ridiculously cold.  Once the insulation was in it actually held in the heat that was pumping out of the furnace in the basement.  So toasty.  Finally, drywall.  It's sad to see all that exposed brick and wood go away. Drywall is for squares. But exposed insulation isn't really a great look and freezing to death without insulation is for the birds. So drywall.  Next up is priming the drywall for paint. My car was in the shop and in the waiting room there was a xeroxed copy of "Angie's List's Top Picks" from 2008.  My mechanic was one of the top picks, another was a local painter.  So I have an appointment with the painter this week to get a quote on priming and painting the interior of the house.  He sounds normal so I'm hoping for the best.  Actually his company does a lot of work on the north shore so really I'm hoping he's not crazy expensive.