Well it seems that when we pull down a ceiling or wall we find a little something that tells us about the history of the house and the previous renos done. This has been true when we pulled up the floors, we found old news papers dating the place back to 1896, with time lines in 1938, 1944, 1946 and now 1961. In the kitchen we found out why some of the second floor joists were short and didn't go to the wall separating the dining room and kitchen, and that a second joist was installed. The wall wasn't originally in that location. As well today I installed a support beam in the basement under the wall between the bathroom and living room, providing support for the tiles we plan on laying. We don't want the gourt to crack.
The dining room lino that was under the small 3 inch floor boards, it looks like there was a wall or something splitting the room in half???
News paper works well under the lino.
Nice looking old pine boards we'll use for the fourth room upstairs.
Felt paper was used under the boards in the kitchen, leaving them very stained. I hope I can save them.
You can see where the original wall was separating the kitchen and dining room.
A look at the new support beam in the basement.
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