Comments on: Just when I thought I was making progress… http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2006/07/just-when-i-thought-i-was-making-progress/ The never-ending adventure of home improvements Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thumb & Hammer http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2006/07/just-when-i-thought-i-was-making-progress/#comment-7 Thumb & Hammer Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:19:32 +0000 http://thumbandhammer.com/sandbox/?p=38#comment-7 Wow! That ceiling must have had quite a sag from all the weight of the multiple layers. Of course, those layers were probably helping to hold the structure up. You gotta love old houses....the older the house, the greater the chances that at least one "genius" did some renovating in the past. Yet there is something fascinating about peeling back the layers of renovations, cover-ups and Mickey Mouse fixes. You should create a Gallery account and share some pictures of your renovation. Cheers! Wow! That ceiling must have had quite a sag from all the weight of the multiple layers. Of course, those layers were probably helping to hold the structure up. You gotta love old houses….the older the house, the greater the chances that at least one “genius” did some renovating in the past. Yet there is something fascinating about peeling back the layers of renovations, cover-ups and Mickey Mouse fixes.

You should create a Gallery account and share some pictures of your renovation.

Cheers!

]]> By: Abe http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2006/07/just-when-i-thought-i-was-making-progress/#comment-6 Abe Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:16:29 +0000 http://thumbandhammer.com/sandbox/?p=38#comment-6 Buddy - I feel your pain. We live in a 100+ year old farmhouse in Elgin, IL and I'm in the process of renovating the rear half of the house. My own grisly discovery: I already knew half of the old kitchen occupied a former side porch. What I didn't know is that, at some point, about 3 ceiling layers ago (maybe 50+ years) a genius sliced and diced 10' of studs from the load bearing wall and didn't bother himself with any beam or bracing... Good times man. Buddy – I feel your pain.

We live in a 100+ year old farmhouse in Elgin, IL and I’m in the process of renovating the rear half of the house.

My own grisly discovery: I already knew half of the old kitchen occupied a former side porch. What I didn’t know is that, at some point, about 3 ceiling layers ago (maybe 50+ years) a genius sliced and diced 10′ of studs from the load bearing wall and didn’t bother himself with any beam or bracing…

Good times man.

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