New Roof and Hot..Hot..Hot

Our new roof is finished.

I can't get a picture of the top of the roof but it looks good all the way around. No singles in the yard and no nails or staples that I saw.

This house was built in 1996 and had never had a new roof. The black paper was soooooo thin it looked like a piece of wax paper, except it was black. The shingles were so, so and well worn. The end on the left is where there was a sky light. Poof...gone. The next thing is to get the window in so I can have some natural light in the bathroom (and fresh air) and get the rest of the ceiling out and gone. The new window will go on the left end of the house and is 24" x 36".

I was expecting a lot more replaced plywood on the roof but they only used 3 1/2 sheets. Not bad and most of it was in the area of the skylight and one vent in the center. Much better than anticipated.

When I went over the day after the new roof I was expecting the bathroom to be an oven. Surprisingly it was no hotter than the other parts of the house. The bright sun pouring through the old skylight always kept that bathroom hot. So I am already glad that I didn't have a new one installed.

I did get some more pictures of the interior so you can see what I am facing. I went over today but it was soooooo hot that I couldn't bring myself to start working. There is still so much stuff in the way that I refuse to spend my time moving it around so I can work where I need to.  I am hoping they will move it eventually.

This is the side entry door that gets the most use.

This is the first  thing you see when you come in the back door. The dogs were shut in the laundry room entry area one time and showed their dislike of their new space.


This is just to the right of the door where the litter box was.

This is the laundry room, former home of the litter box. And yes,this is how the house was left.



This is the den, olive green. Very little light coming from the right where the french doors are. The covered deck blocks most of the light.The new bathroom window is covering the litter box area by the back door.

The kitchen area on the center wall without cabinets with the water heater peeking out of its hiding space.

 This is the smallest bedroom. A twin bed barely fit in there with almost no room for a dresser and toys of course. A full size bed was almost wall to wall. So I decided to take the space and switch the closets around, close the door space in the hall and get rid of that really weird angled wall in the living room. Left the wall board on the left until I get an electrician to move the thermostat.

The right wall of this room will become the front wall of the closet in the next bedroom. The new back wall of the bedroom will be just to the right of the window where there is a seam strip. A lovely pepto pink with a golf theme border. This color was here when we purchased.

 This is the other side of the pink room closet wall. There was a closet that stuck out in the room with just enough room to open the door and clear it. A total waste of space. So this wall comes down. There will be enough room on the left end of this wall to make a linen/storage closet with a hall opening.

The other side of the back, corner bedroom.

This is the corner bedroom on the front of the house. The wall board in here is pretty much ok. Some push pin holes but I think that these walls will be my test area to try seam repair. Although if the foam pieces work I will tear out the walls to get more insulation in. We will see. Depends on if my back and knees survive the bathroom ceiling.

The back deck needs some work. I did cut down the weed that was growing through the boards. For now the soaker tub is on the deck until I can get rid of it. Anyone ever sell one on craigslist?

Why is that fence wall on the deck next to the house? That blocks most of the available light to the window beside the french doors. Can you tell that the owner and the neighbor built this?

And finally the two car garage.  The inside walls are finished with particle board and the space is pretty good except for a doggie door in the back. I think they used the garage as a dog house and fenced the back yard.

So there are lots of possibilities in this house. Just have to squeeze them out of hiding. It will take time, $$$ and  lots of patience. I'm hoping I can keep up the pace and not upset SweetiePie too much. Loud noise upsets him and its really hard to demolish wall board quietly.