Anyway. Last week I got to frame some new walls in an 1842 brick colonial in Dresden. All these old houses tell quite a story. Its mostly a story of neglect and mismanagement. This particular house had seen years and years of neglect culminating in a roof leak that led to a big insurance claim which provided the funds for a three room remodel where most of the water damage had taken place. This is the living room or parlor framed with new wall on the exterior, new ceiling joists supplementing the existing ones, and 1/2" of plywood strapping on the interior walls. I used the plywood strapping instead of framing new interior walls in order to simplify the trim detail around the existing doors.
Here we have a timber-frame and SIP addition to a home in Harpswell. My friend Andrew cut this frame over the last few weeks and we raised it in two days last week. Today we finished boarding the roof, and hopefully tomorrow or the next day we'll start install the the Structural Insulated Panel enclosure.
This area will become a study/office area. Its not really wide enough to be much else.
This area is going to be the new great room, I think.
The far portion of this will be the entry/mudroom.
Next week I start on a new project with Dyer Ridge Builders that may last into December......
2 comments:
Looks sweet! Another episode of Maine's Got Talent!
Chris, you do really nice looking work! Love your new work shop. Good idea to get the stored lumber off the ground and also out of sight. Best wishes, Cindy H at the U of M.
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