I'd like to tell you about how I got angry at my walls.
You see, they would not tell me the things I wanted to know, about the secrets they were concealing.
Water infiltration was being concealed, certainly, but most importantly, what I needed to know was how much window my wall was begging for.
We are replacing an existing bay window with a combination picture unit. This is about as complicated as it gets for average homeowners.to top it off the existing bay is a really old Pella unit attached with an outmoded angle style frame- and the drywall return had metal sheathing that was well beyond the ability of my little handsaw to cut. I have had to do some guesswork (hopework?) to figure out how wide, exactly the studs in my home are.
"Shouldn't they just be 18" on center? Isn't your house to code?" I hear you say.
My response to you is soundless weeping.
For the vertical I was able to find the sill support (which I pray has jack-studs) and (phew) the header. there was a real concern this house would not have headers over the windows- they weren't code back in 1910 when this house was built. I had to punish the drywal for a while to find it- but low and behold sweet sweet 2x4 where I needed it to be and no visible degradation. We'll know more when the siding itself comes off.
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| Note the sweet custom bookshelves! |
The front room was much easier to measure and as an added bonus moving the furniture here exposed 6 cat toys. This is where the fake mice go to escape our tiny predators.
Speaking of the siding coming off- our project begins in 3 weeks! June 6 or 7th is the day, and the 6th happens to be D-Day as you all know! Also, it's my anniversary. Time to completion is estimated at two weeks from start!
Lastly here is a few pictures of our cats making out. Totem! She is old enough to be your mother!
And this potato chip is HUGE. Blizzard authenticator for size reference. THREE BITES! I was blown away.
