Boggin Damage

If you have seen the new animated movie, Epic, you will understand the reference to "boggin" and rot.

This is what is left of the rotted sill that the living room and existing bedroom have been sitting on. Leonard has it jacked up, removed the rotten wood and is adding a new beam.  

Kitchen No More

Let the framing begin.

The old kitchen is gone.

 The old kitchen is now...

reduced to rubble.

Concrete

 The irony - the hardest work will never be seen.

 There was some extra, so a pad was poured in the driveway.

 

Luther and Sabrina left their paw prints in the pad.

And Leonard's newest toy, his laser level.  He loves getting new toys.

What They Will Become

 Our Master Suite will include a lovely sitting area and windows to view the woods.

The "office" space will house many doggy related things.

A Long Week - ready for concrete

 The digging commenced...

 And we had a mud pit...

 The drainage stone.

 The forms are now in place.

 And drainage tile...

 Vapor barrier, rebar and mesh are in place.

Now the concrete can be poured!

Stone

The stone arrived today.

Renovations!

 When we bought our home 10 years ago, we did it for the seclusion of our property and not the structure.  Our house is very small.  But that is changing!  The building permit is in hand.

This was our lower dog yard.  Since Leonard will be adding on to what was the kitchen (the white door where the dogs had access to and from the yards) he had to make a secure way to let the dogs into the  upper fenced yard.

This is the access run to the upper yard from our patio.  It kinda reminds me of stock chutes in a cattle yard.  Leonard put gate latches on some of the upper panels in this "chute" so he can bring in equipment and materials to the work site.

This shows the corner of the house and what used to be the stump of our long-lost poplar tree.  He will be adding on 6' to this corner.  This will become our new bedroom.  Our current bedroom is long and narrow (cumbersome) but it will make a fabulous galley kitchen. 

This is the view of the run from the opposite direction.  You can see part of the trunk of the poplar.  This tree had died last year and we were very lucky to have had it cut down last fall, two days prior to "Super Storm Sandy" hitting the area.

Next week, Leonard will start excavating!  Stay tuned!