Since I'm taking so many photos with my phone, it's actually easier to get them into the blog (thank you Google) so hopefully the updates will keep coming in a timely manner.
This morning I took a trip to Home Depot to pick up some pliers (and fabric, haha) and came back to help with more demolition. I sat on a stool and pulled up staples while Eric pulled off more molding and eventually moved into the kitchen to pull up the floor there.
The kitchen is what worried me. We had surface evidence of water damage at the corner of the fridge, where the water is and on the floor below where the drinking water is from the sink/corner of the dishwasher. The floor was buckling by the dishwasher, but was rotted by the fridge.
First step was pulling out the fridge to see if we could move it into the dining room.
That was a no go unless we went through the living room, but we did get the water line disconnected with no flooding! And cleaned up the massive amounts of dirt and dust.
This morning I took a trip to Home Depot to pick up some pliers (and fabric, haha) and came back to help with more demolition. I sat on a stool and pulled up staples while Eric pulled off more molding and eventually moved into the kitchen to pull up the floor there.
The kitchen is what worried me. We had surface evidence of water damage at the corner of the fridge, where the water is and on the floor below where the drinking water is from the sink/corner of the dishwasher. The floor was buckling by the dishwasher, but was rotted by the fridge.
First step was pulling out the fridge to see if we could move it into the dining room.
That was a no go unless we went through the living room, but we did get the water line disconnected with no flooding! And cleaned up the massive amounts of dirt and dust.
The cardboard backing behind the fridge showed evidence that this fridge saw water damage.
The floor damage.
Apparently, this is what our dining room USED to look like. Excuse me while I go vomit.
Kaylee, of course, insisted on helping, and actually did a good job, if slow, on removing the baseboard!
She also took a purple marker to the walls. So she learned about cleaning up after herself and I thanked the Crayola gods for making an extremely washable marker.
The gas stove has been disconnected and we discovered to our glee that the luon did not go under the stove. THANK GOODNESS.
Water damage to the luon from by the fridge
With the subfloor revealed our hearts started sinking. We hadn't seen evidence from below of water damage, but there was a DENT in the subfloor from the corner of the fridge. It was looking more and more like we needed to have subfloor replaced. And that this project was becoming bigger than expected.
So tomorrow I will be calling some contractors to come out and give me an estimate. We need to determine how much of a pain replacing this will be and additionally whether or not our subfloor can withstand the weight of the ceramic tile. Otherwise we may need to completely replace the subfloor.
Joy.
Joy.
Today has been crazy warm, in the mid 50sF and the snow is a-melting away. Our stream has a current for once.
And my barn is flooding. But thankfully not where the hay is and not in the stalls, so it's manageable. But just more reason to keep our plans for spring/summer outdoor projects a go. The drainage obviously needs to be managed and fixed so this doesn't continue to occur.
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