Great Bones

No, no, no; not the dogs this time. The house, the house has "great bones."

While Bernie was out of town, Laura had our weekly meeting with our builder, John Hammerschmidt. With the walls (and some ceilings!) open we got substantiation for something we'd long believed. The house is very structurally sound. In real estate vernacular, it has "great bones."

We confirmed that we have all copper pipe (yay!) for our plumbing. And John pointed out to Laura that the beams in the living room were 2x10. Some builders of the same vintage used 2x4 for ceiling beams. There's no evidence of dry rot or termite damage in what's open. All these are great early signs that our project scope is accurate.

All that's needed for the demo permit is for the power company to "abandon" the gas line at the curb. That's scheduled for the day after Memorial Day.