As far as I know, this is the final installment of the House Issues (things that have to be re-done) series. We had the "oops, the floor is not safe, lets put in some new beams" issue and the "uh-oh these windows have failed, lets replace 29 windows and toss the three new ones we already installed" issue. This final one is more minor, hence it is only now being mentioned. It was finished yesterday, which explains the timing. In
other words, if I show pictures, and tell you that there has been progress, it might help to know about the project. If I just told you that
Jeff framed in the lower stairs yesterday, you might ask, "Wasn't that done months ago? " Yes, it was. Somebody (not me) realized that the floors downstairs were different
heights. It is all concrete slab down there, but not just one. They poured each of the three slabs differently. The hallway was the highest slab. Then on the right (according to the picture below), it drops down to the guest room/laundry room by ~2 inches or something. On the left (in the picture) is Tim's workshop, where the floor drops ~1 inch. The whole thing was going to be exaggerated because of the stone we put in the great room (yes, that is upstairs, I'll explain). The stone in the great room is ~ 3/4" thick plus the mortar and the board it goes on. It ends up being ~1 1/2" above the
sub floor. In order to make the stairs meet code, they then have to be built up an equal amount. All stairs must have the same rise within a series. Even though the stone for the stairs is not as thick, it has to be built up to the same ultimate height. This left us with a problem. If we followed this approach all the way downstairs, down this hall and to the Front door (top of pic) we could potentially have a 3+ inch drop walking into the guestroom. That seemed like a trip hazard, and we actually like the people that we hope to have visit us, so we weren't very keen on the idea. The solution was to remove the slab in the hallway, and pour a new slab that would work, relative to the guest room. So, Tim rented a jack hammer and he and Jeff removed the
entire slab. The picture below is the dirt floor after it was removed. Sorry, no "before" picture because that is when I was sick with a nasty cold.
Then Salty & his guys poured a new slab. The picture below is taken from the doorway, the opposite of the previous picture. This solution has one "uh-oh we have to re-do something" caveat. Now the rise for the bottom stair is longer than the others, because the floor is lower.
Jeff had to pull out the (brand new) stairs and re-build them.
The dogs We didn't like his first solution...
... so, yesterday he finished the newly rebuilt stairs. Hopefully that is the final set, because Salty & crew are about to tile them with stone.
Just in case you are keeping track of these things and noticed I hadn't mentioned it, the guys got the other beam in yesterday for the "oops, the floor is not safe, lets put in some new beams" issue. This one is in Tim's work shop.
That means 2 out of the three "oops we have to re-do things" issues are finished. The final one ( "uh-oh these windows have failed lets replace 29 windows and toss the three new ones we already installed" issue) is in full swing today. The windows were supposed to be delivered this morning but were not there yet when we stopped by. In anticipation, the guys were pulling out the "brand new, but let's toss them" windows.
This picture is a good example of how/why we can go from 29 to 11 windows. In this bay here, instead of the 9 full windows you see, there will be 3. The two lower and one middle window will be replaced with just one big window. I think it will turn out really nice... stay tuned!
Then Salty & his guys poured a new slab. The picture below is taken from the doorway, the opposite of the previous picture. This solution has one "uh-oh we have to re-do something" caveat. Now the rise for the bottom stair is longer than the others, because the floor is lower.
Jeff had to pull out the (brand new) stairs and re-build them. 
... so, yesterday he finished the newly rebuilt stairs. Hopefully that is the final set, because Salty & crew are about to tile them with stone.
Just in case you are keeping track of these things and noticed I hadn't mentioned it, the guys got the other beam in yesterday for the "oops, the floor is not safe, lets put in some new beams" issue. This one is in Tim's work shop.
That means 2 out of the three "oops we have to re-do things" issues are finished. The final one ( "uh-oh these windows have failed lets replace 29 windows and toss the three new ones we already installed" issue) is in full swing today. The windows were supposed to be delivered this morning but were not there yet when we stopped by. In anticipation, the guys were pulling out the "brand new, but let's toss them" windows.
This picture is a good example of how/why we can go from 29 to 11 windows. In this bay here, instead of the 9 full windows you see, there will be 3. The two lower and one middle window will be replaced with just one big window. I think it will turn out really nice... stay tuned!
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