Ever since we first saw this place the one thing we had on our mind was to remove a wall between the living room and kitchen on the lower level (where we'll permanently live). This job had been pushed back because of a number of things and also it just wasn't an essential item. We've progressed on the rest of the house enough where it finally made sense to spend the money on this. While we worked on other areas of the house the contractor built a temporary wall to support the floor and wall above, and then began knocking out the studs one by one. I'll let the pictures tell the rest...
The temporary wall is in and a few of the original studs are already out.
The LVL's beams are laminated sheets of plywood glued together. There are two of them and they need to go in one at a time.
One is in, now it's time for the other.
The beam is up, the columns in and the wall is GONE!
There was some other work being done too...Sarah stripped the paint from the front doors...
...and here are the doors after a fresh coat of paint.
And of course we finished one project but started another. We exposed the back of the brick chimney which aligns with the center of the room. It'll take some work to get it nice looking but should be worth it in the end. You can also see the refurbished doors under the tarp to the left that will be installed in the front foyer....AND the nasty carpet is finally gone from this room....only two rooms left!
