Ceiling Coming Down - Siding Going Up

The Christmas break has arrived at Zelda. Brent finished working mid-afternoon on Saturday and headed back to Holly Springs. This week he demolished the old ceiling in the keeping room and began stiffening the ceiling or the second story floor joist. He has finished installing all the required 16 foot joist which was a job working by himself. There is still some blocking to finish but he was able to install the headers between the dining room and keeping room.

Some good news in the remodel. Brent has decided that both of the front room ceiling are sturdy enough to support the two (2) rooms above and we will leave the original ceilings. That means the original bead board ceiling in the dining room will stay. We could not be more thrilled. It turns out that the front two (2) room ceilings were installed with 1x6 boards that were tied directly beneath the floor joist which stablizes and strengthens the floor. Unfortunelty, the bedrooms above the keeping room and "Murphy" room had the wood floors nailed directly to the floor joists with no subflooring. This has required the stabilizing beneath the floor joists.

A huge improvement in the appearance of the outside of Zelda. Ray Jr and family have been installing the cement siding on the back of the house. It looks great and once finished and painted it will look fantastic. There is a picture of Ray Jr which his dad stated, "He always wanted a lofty position."

Merry Christmas from our family to yours.