Not Feeling Like Work 12/2

We arrived at the cottage late in the afternoon on Saturday. Due to a loss in the family, I really didn't feel like working, but last weekend we left a large hole in the bathroom floor that had to be covered.

Instead of starting on the floor Saturday evening, I re-wired the electric in the kitchen. I installed new outlets, but left the old boxes. I will replace the electrical boxes when we install the new drywall in the spring.


Sunday morning, we finished replacing the floor joists and cutting the new floor. The bathroom floor will be tiled eventually, so we are only laying one layer of plywood.

There are one or two places in the wall framing that will require some work, but that will need to wait for another weekend.

Back to the Bathroom 11/25

This weekend, we removed the balance of the drywall in the bathroom. We also decided to pull up the old floor to level it with the concrete slab that leads to the bedrooms. When we pulled the floor boards, we were treated to a nice surprise.

The floor had been repaired at some point, and someone decided it would be a good idea to replace the joists with 2x4 and some 2x6 boards. These boards were held up with concrete blocks and scrap 2x4 pieces. Trying to figure out a solution to this situation had us puzzled.

Once we settled on a course of action, we got to work. The task took more time than our weekend allowed, so we were forced to leave a large hole in the house.