Right now there’s some continued contractor work being done on my behalf while I’m safely back in NYC. Some of this work I could do myself, but in reality, it would take so much longer and, when it comes to the concrete foundation work, I’m happy to leave this to someone with experience. Below are a series of photos in sequence showing the work that was done last week before the early snow storm.
The existing screened porch was demolished and the roof over that section was removed. This section was added some time after the original house was built and for some unknown reason, the made the new roof a foot shorter than the existing one. This project raises the roof so there will be a single roof line when complete, and the new bedroom in the back will have enough clearance to legally be a bedroom. Additionally, a new foundation has been set to assure that this is all stable. The new foundation also helps for the future as we’ll likely build in the porch to complete a third bedroom and add a new porch down the line. This will be years away, but best to do the foundation work when all of this is exposed.
The new porch is fully Tyvek wrapped for a little safety from the winter weather. I’ll cut out the windows and add screens in the spring/summer.