We have crossed a threshold, two weeks of non stop construction by skilled men (others) and expert oversight (also others). It is worth a recap and an update. At the end of Day 1 the back of house looked like THIS:
4-4-2011
...and today it looks like THIS:
4-18-2011
To the untrained eye this may not look much different and while this is in fact "true" you can see we've added a construction lamp which is a very big step.
But it isn't all pseudo progress and tripod illumination, we've had a chance to lift up the "skirt" of this old "gal" and take a closer look at what's made her stand for these last 100 years. And stand she has, confidently and tilted slightly off angle the way of many proud Americans before her.
slightly cocked American
So, where the timid may find fault in the slightly off angle.... the Duke stands as a reminder that this country wasn't founded on the straight and narrow and the where the weak-willed may fall back on level and plumb, the confident man furrows brow and slightly tilts.
Cockiness or no... the last 100 years hasn't been kind. Some of the more troubling finds are studs almost fully rotten and laughably small roof rafters. Still, despite obvious opportunity, nothing has ever really failed in his house structurally, it all just sort of settled.
A ledger no more...
Officially zero studs on the east wall contact the plate
The neighbors recently exposed foundation after years of rodent tunneling...(don't worry he knows... and it's being fixed)
Half cocked indeed.
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