Work on the kitchen continues...

Well, still more snow has arrived!  The kids had a half day of school and we are home for the rest of the day and maybe another tomorrow.  Our crew has been working hard this week on the kitchen, building it back up after "gutting" it. 



Looking down the driveway at the "fork"...



Our snowplowing company brought in
some serious equipment to do the plowing today!

This is the pantry where they put in a new supporting beam (see
the picture below which shows the new header). 
Like many old houses, when you open them up you find all kinds
of "fun" new issues.  In our case there was some serious rot which
needed to be addressed and the area by the mudroom had to be
jacked up.  This has turned into the better part of a 2 or 3 day job.

Here is the new beam in the area that is being supported in the
picture above. 

This is the door which will go into the area where the half bath and
coatroom will be off the kitchen.  Mike and his team were able to
salvage the old sliding door (shown here) which went into the old cooks bedroom.
You can see that they've cut the door into what will be the front foyer although its
not that clear from the photo.




Looking from the kitchen down the hallway before
leveling the floor...

 

Looking down the hallway after leveling the floor.
The crew also replaced the rotted sill and floorboards
near the kitchen door on the left.