*to the tune of “On Top Of Old Smokey”* On top of the concrete, all covered in Visqueen… There are the floor joists, as laid by the team. The contractors, they pounded the beams up to the old door… The beams that will hold up the brand-new floor. The floor was all covered with insulation… […]

The more work the contractors do, the more amazed I am that we let the garage sit in this condition for so stinking long.  It’s been amazing to see the amount of crap being pulled off, to reveal that the house has decent bones, but the clothes had all gotten shoddy and yucky. Anyway, in […]

Two days worth of demolition and change. By the time the guys left on Friday afternoon, they had framed in the door with studs, and then boarded it up for the weekend.  This is what it looked like from the inside. The guys were wearing protective gear and masks as they ripped out old yucky […]

FINALLY. For posterity, this is what the garage looked like on Thursday morning, before the contractors arrived. It already looks altered, as several things have happened already – including a foot of asphalt being jackhammered out in front of the garage door, rebar and concrete being set and poured, and the washer, dryer, and freezer […]