Demo Day & much more...

After glacial progress, everything happened at once today!

First supervisor Todd and Russ and his framer crew showed up and adjusted the window openings 2" longer and 2" less wide to fit the new windows.

Others started framing in the lanai (I thought initially it would just be a aluminum screen porch under roof... nope - full framing, including a 4 ft. wall in preparation for summer kitchen - will have natural gas, water, plus infared grill, refrig, etc)... Fran likes the view...

We had to cover everything inside due to dust from removing kitchen wall - last views of the old kitchen wall - in the one on the right, they have already removed the sliding door and old kitchen window over the sink:

 


More framers started removing the kitchen wall - they put up a plastic sheet inside the house to protect from dust, etc.  Then they had to cut away the edge of the old roof, build a new wall and major beam to support the old roof :

 

Then they started cutting old wall away a section at a time... note the electric lines and outlets formerly buried in the old wall... the outlets are still live :).

 

Window installers showed up and in an hour new windows!

 

Building supervisor Danny showed up to "assist" (not what the crew said <grin>) in final stages of the wall demo -  note that a new set of framing was also constructed above the old roof while all this was going on.  Included was a new shelf (above the main beam) for Fran to put decorations, etc.... runs almost the entire length of the room:

Interesting views of new opening ...

Demo from kitchen side

Can now see front door !

Wall now removed... view from new room.  Note the framing above the wall - this will be a dry-walled vertical wall above the entrance from old kitchen to new room - volume ceiling will extent almost 14 ft to the peak:

View from the inside near front door... compare to initial pics above before the wall was removed... we'll be living with a plastic wall for another week until dry wall gets installed...

Thursday, we think electricians come back to finish rough electrical and move all the swinging electric lines, plus new round of inspections ...

Fri should be fun - Tony the furnace guy comes to remove the old furnace from the laundry room and move it above garage, plus Greg the granite guy starts measuring for new granite and cabinet in the kitchen.  Not sure who else might show up... 

Starting to look real ... when the plastic comes down will be able to see golf course from front door viewing over the sink through the new windows and screened lanai...