Recent content by mikefennel

thanks neal. just trying to figure out if i want to go ahead with taking a quarter of this room and turn it into a wash room. would like to get the washer, dryer, and water heater out of the garage. its a plan we've been kicking around.... that door is really illegal. cant have a garage door...

just a little progress...:banana: got drywall up on one side... i used R30 for some serious insulation...

framing done!! :clap:

framing done! :banana:

wuzzat, the 2x4 worked great. had to jack it in but got it to sit well and i just screwed it tight to the board in question.... i got the adjacent wall torn out and built back up under it all. its much better than the termite eaten wood thats for sure... its all looking really good now. today...

nealtw, cant really add more depth. the wall continues to the right....i know there is a door there but were taking that out to make just one continuous wall. im thinking of adding a little foam spray and some high density insulation...maybe top it off with a vapor barrier....

thanks wuzzat and nealtw. i showed some pics to a friend who does framing. he told me dont cut the joist. he thought that where the joist meets the top plate at the wall was not to bad and that if i just sister a 2x4 from the beam to the top plate at the wall that it would be just fine. after...

im not sure how to go about this. the wood here extends outside to the eaves. where it sits in the corner is very eaten away. im going to sister a piece going all the way to the right to the beam. now can i cut it off and replace it. maybe cantilever up about 4' with to the sister board?

i got the beam and roof braced, tomorrow i pull down the termite eaten wood and frame in new...

here is my progress so far. i set up my jet air filter while i took down the ceiling. i found that they did not get in to the joist beams. they did make mud tunnels between the 2 layers of drywall. there were 2 layers because they had to meet the old plaster work for the addition. for some...

ive seen a great tool called a cold fogger. you can use it in conjunction with a mold killer. i dont think you have to buy a pro model. they sell less expensive cold foggers. http://www.concrobium.com/products/concrobium-mold-control-fogger/ anyways it might help treat it without ripping it all...

ill continue the progress of my demo and reconstruction. im sure many of you will like to follow this.

yes they were gassed... after the tenting i had done a complete renovation on a bathroom and saw zero sign of them. im hoping the nest is what you see. it is extensive. as i said im dropping the ceiling but im 80% sure it was all right here..... scary...

omg!!! well im just going to worry about getting the proper paper product wrapped on and get my stucco back on...lol lucky for me it unlikely to snow where im at. and we would be more than lucky to get at least 10" of rain in a year...lol but i will make this a concern and im going to do my...

i agree. this goes to my concern where the garage meets the new addition. there is a bad cracked between the two. i assume they just did not connect them well and the stucco failed. would be good idea to at least take that part down and make it good and water tight. and if im going to do that i...