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House Progress

The cellar walls have been stripped, cleaned, etched, primed, patched with hydraulic cement, and painted with several coats of "dry-lock" block sealer. The area where the walls and the new floor meet has been sealed with a silicone product to allow expansion and contraction and prevent any water entry.

A foundation crack necessitated digging a hole 8' deep for access to make a repair.

Large stones uncovered were used to extend the stone boundary walls. Drainage of rainwater has been re-directed away from the foundation with the use of buried plastic sheeting. Future work in the cellar will be replacement of old wood windows with windows which will never rot, and a new ceiling, work benches will be built as well as storage shelving. Several walls will be built to form rooms which will be used for different purposes.

Work is progressing on the downstairs guest room. Sheetrock has been torn out, insulation updated and replaced, new walls built and window trim installed.

Kitchen refrigerator has been swapped out and appliances are all plumbed and working. I now have ice and a dishwasher! counter tops and flooring still to happen.

Rear entry way has been torn apart and is undergoing a total re-do. New lighting and lighting switches are ready for installation.

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handle the Press and not to talk about the video or the White House visit.
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Hi all..... we have been busy,,

Finally, all the lighting for the kitchen is done. We are pleased with the result. Counter tops and the flooring is next.

I have this small, light, inexpensive, trailer kit coming my way for a fun project I'll describe in more detail later..

It is light enough to be towed by even the smallest of cars, and if it works the way I suspect it will it will get a lot of use.


This week I hope to get the cellar walls painted with dry-lock paint and the new concrete floor sealed with a good sealing product as well. I also need to construct some temporary shelving for the trailer loads of stuff I will be moving from my storage unit to the house. Final paint in the kitchen and some touch up work is first though.

I'll try to post a few photos of progress later...

A few pics...

This week more house progress is being made..



Down comes the old kitchen ceiling..



And while that is going on..



The cellar floor arrives..



Nine cubic yards of it pour through the door..



It gets raked flat and allowed to cure..



Much nicer.. and level too! Next to happen here is a cleaning and painting of the walls, and a rewiring.. With a new flat floor to push off of, jacking posts and a couple of walls will be built. That work should level the floors above to the point that flooring can be completed, and in the future, a finished ceiling in the basement.

Back upstairs, walls in the kitchen area are being built and the new lighting wired.. Plenty of plug outlets too..






A new smaller refrigerator arrives tomorrow. The smaller size will allow another short wall to be built in the kitchen area, and the new lower ceiling installed. After that, the floor and counter tops will be finished.

More later....