Renovating Denver - One House at a Time

Interior Walls / Air Conditioning / Electrical / Plumbing

It’s all starting to come together. The main walls are up on the first floor. We took down a wall separating the dining area from the TV area. This required a huge header to carry the weight the wall was bearing. Tony brought in these cool old jacks to use to support the weight while they built this massive header. We are also preparing to tear out the concrete pad in the backyard.

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We decided to open up the wall separating the sunroom and the kitchen. This will let more light into the kitchen and allow us to move some kitchen things into the sunroom (like the fridge!). We hired a mason, because it required a steel lintel to support the weight of the bricks above. This will eventually be drywall over, so he used “shit bricks”. I did not know this was a technical term

Work continues on. Our plumbing inspection passed today. The air conditioning and electricity are pretty much done. This week we are building another wall or two, installing closet doors, cutting the opening for the master bedroom French doors, and finalizing our kitchen. More updates soon. Oh and here are some final pics of the deck with handrail - still to come are 3 masonry columns around the beams.