A little progress

If destruction looks like progress, we got it going on in spades!

This is the dumpster this morning, after the bathroom gutting with a few bags of poopie leaf bags (another story) tossed in.

So, after some renters bugged out in the middle of the night 20 years ago, the disconnected water line for the ice maker flooded the kitchen. All of the stunning, original hardwood floor boards cupped. Dan drove from San Antonio where he was stationed at the time to San Angelo over a weekend to repair it. That involved cutting out as much as he could (around the cabinets) with a circular saw, tossing down some plywood, and covering it with linoleum tile. Here you can see he's pulled up the linoleum and cut out the plywood. Now, how to get the rest of the hardwood floor (2" to 3" around the cabinets) out so that we can install a level pergola floor?

Here Dan has cut all the way back to the base of the cabinets (with his new 

oscillating whatchamagig saw), ready for a new backer board and floating pergola floor. 

Also, there were apparently issues in the corner behind the fridge at a later date, and the "handy" man covered the damage with concrete patch and laid another layer of linoleum sheeting.  Here the bandaids have been removed to show the damage. Will shore that up before putting in new flooring.

After seeing the pecan shells, Dan was sensitive to finding evidence of a mice infestation. He found one... but, upon closer inspection with glasses, it was a steel wool pad.

 In the kitchen, Dan also cut out an access point for the plumbers to assess whether our design was possible or not -- design post coming soon. 

Here is the fun in the hall behind the bathroom/laundry room. Unchecked leaks for months! Beams supporting the house on joists were rotted, somewhat repaired, the plumbing workmanship barely passable. The house sunk almost 1/2 an inch here, cracking walls in the dining room.

After some clean up:

On the other side of that wall, in the bathroom/laundry room, the floor looks like this:

After some clean up:

 Here we (i really did sledge out part of it!) are tearing out the tub and 

exposing bathroom water damage. Halves:

Now quarters:

Destroyed in quarters because it really is that heavy:

Again, mister "handy" was not. Squishy floors, unsupported pipes--including a lead pipe splitting under it's own weight. Only the beginning of exposing the water damage under the tub -- the electrical lines in contact with a pipe rusting from water leaks! EEK!

 Then Dan ripped out the tile and all the subfloor so he could see the extent of the 

f'ed upness and discuss it with our plumber neighbor (handy, eh?). Clearly, when Dan installed the floor, he never intended it to come up:

While Dan is in Destructo mode, i'm washing the kitchen cabinets on the patio.

Reward -- Pork chop dinner!

 

Bonus: Three more wallpapers!

 

Next: Design discussions and random thoughts.