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Feb 21, 2009 
Since I’ve been lacking on the posting and picture posting recently, I thought I’d give you an outdated update.
Did I mention we found mold? On this wall right here:
The poly was put up to keep it from being disturbed. The guy doing the drywall said that it would be easier to put up new drywall than to patch up the stuff that was there, so I spent an evening tearing it down. 75% of the way through, I happened to look at the lathe in front of me. It all had a shade of green with black blotches here and there. Ughh, mold. I stopped there, grabbed a spray bottle with some bleach in it and wet the areas exposed down and called it a night. The company that did the initial water cleanup came in and took down the rest of the drywall and had the drywall guy put up the poly until they could bring in the big guns. This was a Friday. On Monday, a guy came over with a pump sprayer with some nasty chemicals. Our drywall guy ended up leaving early that day as his nose and ears were burning after smelling the stuff all day. I don’t blame him, it was pretty wicked.
Here is the chimney side:
If you look close, you can see the location that the stove’s exhaust used to be on the chimney about a foot and half below the ceiling (that little white circle to the left of that middle stud).
On this wall, you can see where the plaster was yanked down that I believe I mentioned in a previous post:
It was in pretty bad shape, the contractors were wanting to just put a layer of drywall on top of it, cutting the height of the trim around it in half. So I volunteered to take down the only plaster left in the room. On a different note, the paint that is falling off in the rear entry way looks like a flying bird…
Now, we found a really interesting thing when taking down a lone piece of insulation:
There is a little door, all framed in above the ceiling. This happens to be in our son’s closet, under the carpet and linoleum. Any guesses on what this could be? My best guess is just a place to hide valuables (house was built in 1928 – a year before the stock market crash).
Stay tuned for post-drywall pictures and more information about our basement bathroom!
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