Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Exhale ...

We can all breathe a little bit easier now. Since getting a hefty foundation scare, the structural engineer came by and said that while it wasn't great, bowing like we have is not uncommon in old homes and would not be worth the investment to fix it. He recommended re-pointing the field stones in the basement and calling it a day. So in came a crew of masons who set to work pulling out all the dried mortar from the back wall (which was frighteningly easy ... much of it came falling out leaving large holes behind). They squeezed in fresh mortar and we are told this will significantly help keep things together.

So the project is back on. And the slider is in! We think it looks fabulous even in this unfinished state. It really makes the deck seem like part of the space now and it is amazing how much more light we get now as compared to the window.

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