As I mentioned on my 365 blog, today saw the framing go up for the pantry closet. It’s nice to see some con-struction after all the de-struction of this week.
The contractor also got a good start on the preparations to place a beam in place of the load-bearing wall that we’re removing.
All in all, the bones of the house are in better shape than we were expecting. We did have the excitement with the asbestos-laden old floor (we decided to leave encapsulated in place), and it appears the plumbers in the previous kitchen remodel decided to just cut a section out of every single 2×4 in a 6-foot section of the outside wall. But no rot, no insects, no horrifying wiring disaster. All told I count ourselves lucky.