On February 20th (2/20/2020 for you numerologists out there) Diane and I celebrated our 27th Anniversary. Thank you very much! Back to the routine blog business; I've been busy with car maintenance, building freestanding closets (pics to shown at a later date when there are some) and bedroom remodelling. Before pics of the bedroom and adjoining office are below: What you'll notice from the bedroom side are the two large closets. The bigger one is for Diane and the smaller is for me, naturally. From the office side, note the stubby wall near the hamper that's about 18 inches deep (such photo composition!) On the window side is a shelving niche that probably used to be a window before this whole bedroom addition was put on, circa 1985. We decided to take out the closets and the dividing wall between the rooms and create a loft feel to a large master bedroom. So first thing first is to remove the closets and the wall, bit by bit. The entire wall you see is to be removed. The old structural system was a metal pole sitting on the window sill frame. :( In the shot above, the closets are gone and only the structural framing of the wall remains. On the left side is the original exterior stucco from before they built this addition. Below is a pic of my first I-Beam! It's a W8-10, if you're so inclined. Here, it's in my shop waiting for a cleaning and finish treatment. 10 feet, 10 inches of Tim Allen grunting and screaming, "Oh, oh, oh," like an apeman! After putting up some temporary framing to support the ceiling and installing new framing to support the beam, Dane and I wrangled it into position. I will say, it fit like a glove! the top plate was level and flat, and each set of posts were the same length - exactly! You can get a sneak peek at the back of Diane's closet in the next pic, it's made of mahogany to match the wood from the bathroom.
My government loves it! Now it's time for drywall and texturing.
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Roy
3/1/2020 01:45:50 pm
OH, OH, OH! That's one impressive beam you've got there, Tom! Almost a shame to have to cover it up, but at least you'll always have pictures and the knowledge that it's there.
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