We did not spend very much time working inside the house this summer. There were two projects on the main floor that we completed.
The most important event of the summer of the installation of a toilet. We have spend the past 9 months, since we bought the house, improvising in the bathroom department. You had two choices: hold it until you got back to town, or use the great outdoors. And when the girls were out at the house with us, it never failed. They always had to go. So installing a toilet became a must. The only problem with the toilet is location. We installed it in what will eventually become a powder room on the main floor. However, the powder room does not have any walls. So you are completely exposed from all angles. A word to the wise, check every direction first!!
The other big project on the main floor was replacing a beam in the dining room. The large beam above the entryway between the dining and living rooms had settled over the years and it was causing the floor to push down. Josh decided to replace this beam with a new one to help level things out. The beam that we put in was 14'x16"x3 1/2". It weighed a couple of hundred pounds. We actually had to use to separate beams that Josh and I nailed together to give them strength. Lifting it into place took the help of a drywall jack. That really helped make it easier.
There will be more projects coming up in the fall, now that the outside of the house is looking better. More on that next time...
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