So... What's up in the Wardle house lately?!
A LOT! Thankfully...
In my last post, I shared with you a photo of what would be a downstairs bedroom/bath area. Below is a picture of the same area, with framing. This happened at least 3-4 weeks ago (September 12th ish). If any of you have ever been through a re-model, or new home build, you'll know that during the last few weeks we've undergone a lot of plumbing and electrical work - which means the basement pretty much still looks just like this!
And while it feels like the basement looks the same, its amazing what work has actually been done. So thankful for the electrician and the plumber...Their work is like the veins in our bodies, without them we wouldn't properly function. So while the work they've been doing is going to eventually be covered up by sheetrock and some paint, the work done by these guys has been amazing. Thanks Gary and Terry and crews :)
This photo (below) is of Brian's "Man Cave," as I like to call it, opened up, ... The New Contractor, took out that hideous hole in the wall which I previously shared. We've come to discover the 'hole' was actually done by the previous contractor to remove an existing electrical feed, which has really caused some (additional) headaches these past few weeks. Not nearly as big of a problem as a few I will share later in the post.
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| Man Cave, as of October 1, 2014 |
Ah and here I am -demoing -(*Sunday, Sept 21st) our bookshelves in the living room. We are personally taking (a few) things out this go around. We have to save where we can, since this is the second time most of this work is being done. If you look in the left portion of this photo below, you will see one of the 3 fireplaces in the house. Rather it be luck or misfortune, we have torn out both of the fireplaces in the upstairs living room/dining room.
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| Demo Shelving September 2014 |
This picture (below) is the current state of my living room. We won't be setting anything back up in this room for a while. Have I mentioned at one point our house was completely done?! See the picture after for what this room looked like prior to gas leaks!
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| Living Room Fireplace September 2014 |
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| Little Mattie, taking a nap July 2014. |
And now for Bad New Part 1:
After the demo of that bookcase, Brian and I took Hank down to the river for a short training session/playtime in the water. When we got back home Brian continued to train Hank in the back yard - to dry him off a bit. I went inside, and I could hear water dripping.
Some of you have heard me tell the story before about our basement flooding (but it was raining when that happened) so no, this was different. It was dripping. A lot of dripping.
I immediately walked into the dining room, knowing I was closer. And there it was.... the light fixture in our entry was Leaking! HOW IN THE WORLD?! I ran to our patio yelled at Brian "come in here" -- he was not quick enough, because I walked back in the living room and could still see him picking up Hank's gear....he thought he'd take his time I guess... I ran back to the patio, this time "GET IN HERE NOW" (screaming). This time, he came running. I guess seeing your wife OK, didn't resonate anything was 'really wrong'
- He had a few choice words himself once he got inside.... What happened was this: earlier in the week our basement A/C unit was installed. In the grand scheme of things, something (or someone) moved a line that was connected to our upstairs unit, and the line was broken. It flooded the living room on Wednesday of that week. This time, (we aren't pointing any fingers here) the line (which we thought was repaired) had come loose, and over the course of time, flooded the upstairs. Again, luckily, or thankfully, it was only in a small portion of the house. We are still determining the fix for this problem. I am sharing a picture of the bubbles that formed that day. (Yes, these are full of water, and would eventually be all over my entry way!)
And now for Bad News part 2:
This one is just sickening. Get ready for it.... You ready? We are now officially taking out BOTH of the upstairs bathrooms! So both bathrooms? Why is that? Well, since the guys have been working downstairs we have all noticed a bit of water here and there (coming from upstairs). How is that? That is because the ONE and only shower we are allowed to use right now has a leak! AND it also wasn't properly waterproofed. I think I'll end up doing an entire post later about our bathrooms.
Our master bathroom (which yes, at one point) was entirely finished.
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| Master Shower before Brian Demo - October 12, 2014 |
And now... Is now entirely torn out! ALL of it! Brian and I did the demo ourselves this weekend. (Sunday, October 12th).
Chuck told Brian and I to expect 3-4 weeks before we could use it again. And when that happens, we will then demo the guest bathroom. (No picture to share here) Trust me guys, we removed a portion of the wall in the guest bath, and water Literally Sprays out when the shower is turned on. This is Great news we found this before any walls or ceilings were put up in the downstairs. Yes, as a result of this issue, it is slowing down our progress in the house, because work has been diverted from down there, to Back upstairs.
Picture below is our master bath, after 2 hour with a sledge hammer (trust me that felt great) and several rounds of wheelbarrow rolling in and out of the house.
Neither of us were really happy during the process - but Both agree, this was a lesson we learned the hardest way possible - Never let family offer help. Just don't do it.
We've now spent double what we ever dreamed
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| Master Shower after (2hr) Demo, October 12, 2014 |
So there you have it, our lives (in the house) as of lately. I plan to do another post very soon, because I have a Part 3 Bad news, that starts sometime this week! And its only something we can laugh at...we hope!
