A Safe Place to Sleep Part 1

 Sometimes the best things happen because things don’t go well. 

A year ago the plan was to paint the ugly back room and make it the guest room. I spent hours painting the chip board walls and removing the carpet. It was bright and airy, a perfect temporary fix up. Then we discovered that the drop ceiling was hiding the ceiling cave in. So we changed plans and started demolition.

At first we were going to just remove the plaster but we knew there was no insulation in the walls.

So the lath came down and we decided to take out the closet. 

Then we discovered the original wide planked pine floors. So of course if we are gutting the room I wanted to go all the way. So we removed the floors and changed the position of the bedroom door. The molding came down and it was almost time to insulate.

Our time line for the room was three months start to finish. That was changed when we added more demolition to the plan. Not only did it add more work it also removed hundreds of pounds of more waist. So demolition took about two months, then finally it was time to insulate. Since our house was built over 100 years ago it is missing a few modern building requirements. The main one is there is nothing between the siding and the house. No vapor barrier, no plywood, and for sure no insulation. At least now we have insulation in that room!

The best part is when you insulate you can see the post and beam construction shine brightly. We were lucky to get the insulation up before the cold weather happened. Meanwhile we stripped the radiator and painted it with heat resistant paint. But before we moved on to the next step I had my Achilles surgery.

Stay tuned for Part 2