It continues...

Well it continued on again today.... one slow step after another... I'm going on two weeks and one day off... and you know what... NOT even tired! I'm excited each and every time we walk in and walk out of the room!Firstly, I'm glad to say that we are finally getting to a point where we aren't necessarily tearing things apart, and more so, putting them back together. I showed you up to date pics yesterday, but really, this is what it looked like, not 2 weeks ago.

Now don't get me wrong, that's a pretty unbelievable sight, but I was glad to see it go. Thanks to great friends that come to Help (Merci JL)

Today however, there is an entirely different scene on hand. FIL(Father In Law) and I Finished all the patching of hardwood with old wood he had sitting around his shop. Here it is in 3 easy steps! I jack hammered the cement slab, REFILLED the cement slab, and then we set down the wood.

Once everything is done, we will resend the entire room and give all the wood the same natural finish. Should give for an interesting look.

You can really see the contrast between the old and the new, but that's mostly because the old is filthy :)

When we were tearing up the carpet (they used to offices for a bank) at the back of the building we found that all the carpets were humid.... very humid... I would even say wet. There had been no vapour barrier set down just below and about 1.5 feet down was the ground. Yay.

So after a few conversations with the building owner (no, I do not own the building, and yes, we are STILL pouring our heart and souls into the work) he finally agreed to pay to have it set down and the floor taken up. I, being a good guy, and not wanting it left to someone who may do a Half-*** job, said we would do it if he covered materials.

Well, turns out, 100 year old joists, covered in 35 year old gravel, start to Rot.... so once everything was opened it was just as easy to convince the Landlord for a little more money and Voila! we're replacing joists tomorrow!

Here is what it looks like now that we've torn them all out... bear with me... you'll understand why I'm going on about these in a few seconds...

Now that you've seen the mess, see what we pulled from the mess...

That's right, these 100 year old babies aren't all in that bad shape... and will soon become shelving and or a centre table for display! Yay! yes, yes, I took the ones that weren't Dry Rotted.

Also spoke with our lovely Neighbour, Dawn, owner of Serendipitea; a nice little tea room beside us, and she is interested in purchasing breads, wholesale purchasing jams and chutneys etc.... could be a nice thing...

Ok that's enough for today... hopefully soon, we'll be talking food... but I doubt it...

I dreamt of home made pancetta last night..... Insane!

Ok no, I really need to go. Jamie Oliver at Home is waiting anyways!

Tomorrow I build a brand new floor! Joists and all!

Wish me lucK! (wow this is long!)

AS