Here is the kitchen of Kitty Villa, our rental house while the remodel is underway. Great late 1950s features including knotty pine cabinets, but also low ceilings - I can touch them.
The Dirty Room is almost stripped to the studs. Yesterday the air conditioner came out, and a high window suddenly became a door.
One of the reasons why the back slab has to go: it was never tied into the original slab and has been moving independently ever since it was built in the early 90s.
The balloon test was called off on account of a slight breeze, so we stuck an old gutter up to show where the peak of the bedroom roof will be.
Suburban Archeology: we found 1970s vinyl under the linoleum, then a layer of 1/8" plywood, the original linoleum, 3/8' plywood, all floating on 1" planks set on the concrete slab. The slab is covered by a nice layer of tar, which will be fun to remove.
