Outside Wall Changes

I know it has been a while since my last post, but renovations have been taking over our lives (and we had a week-long trip back home) :-) What have we been up to since then???? Well, we probably completed the scariest part of demo which was removing the exterior door in the kitchen, reframing that side of the house, and moving the window over.

I felt like I was going to have a heart attack, panic attack, and possibly a stomach ulcer all in the span of  about 5 hours! Why so scared? Well, taking down an exterior wall of your house and hoping it doesn't collapse is not a stroll in the park. Also, part of the wall had the corner of the second story resting on the header above the original kitchen window and taking that down was a nail biter! I don't think I have prayed more in my life. :-0

Here are a couple of pictures from that terrifying day!

                                                            Cutting out the window

 Here is a picture of the temporary wall frame Jason built to hold up the house while taking out the     window. 

                                                                        Another view

                             As you can see the second story corner is right over the hole! Ahhhhhh

 

 

 We worked on it well into the night with freezing cold temperatures.

  

 Here is the finished move. New french doors where the original kitchen window was and the window is now moved to where the old kitchen door was.

                                                                    Another view