A lot of activity going on this week!

Willie and crew did a great job finishing up the stone wall. He will be back once some new concrete gets poured and the logs get restored to rebuild the stone wall by the front door.

Willie Otterpohl and crew did a great job on the new stone wall. All full rocks, not the veneer stone that is commonly used in most construction today.

The entire living room wall came out. It had a bay window that was about to fall apart and and old bookcase (inside) that covered an old entryway. The living room was actually the dining room for the resort guests at one time. The entry way was how the resort guests entered without needing to go through the fireplace room or other entrances. Unfortunately, the water damage to the wall and window were too much, so fresh lumber went in.

The new wall is already framed out for about 9 feet of fresh windows to go in. The new windows will be centered on that wall, versus the bay window which was pushed to one side, due to the entryway (no longer used) that was there.

Remnants of the living room wall in front and fresh wall (covered by Tyvek) in back. New wall will have about 9 feet of windows.

The existing bathroom is also being partially demolished this week due to water damage. The roofline and side wall will be rebuilt to get rid of a weird jog in the wall and also to build a properly pitched roof on the bathroom. So, we will actually get more height for a future shower and an additional foot of width with the change. Also, a properly pitched roof will help to avoid future water damage.

The last of the old walls come down. Water damage and the need to better construct and pitch the roof over the bathroom were the main reasons to tear this apart.

Also being built is a cricket behind the existing fireplace chimney to divert water away from the masonry and flashing versus today, where the roof (and water) just go right into the chimney flashing, which is not a good thing.

After that, roofing begins big time with old shingles coming off, ridge vents going in, and Grace ice and water going down before new Landmark Pro shingles (Hunter Green in color) go on.