A variety of interior framing details were started today. What was originally an exterior window on one end of the family room was opened up, creating a doorway from the family room to the laundry room. This opening will get a pocket door.

Once a window, it’s now a doorway between the laundry and the family room.

A second pocket door will provide entry from the hallway into the new shower room. Some of the pocket door hardware was installed today.

Track for a pocket door.

A portion of the work day was devoted to tracking down the source of a water leak where the roof of the addition meets the roof of the existing house. A plan is in place to fix the problem before it can cause any delay in drywall work. Luckily, the problem was revealed before any finish work was done in the affected area.

At mid-morning, a representative from our flooring sub-contractor came to measure our rooms. They’ll be providing carpeting for the bedroom, hallway, and walk-in closet; ceramic tile for the bathroom and shower; and luxury vinyl for the laundry, quilt studio, and second bathroom.

Another busy day found both the plumbing sub-contractor and a crew from Wesson Builders on site.

The plumber ran new PEX water lines from the existing utility closet to the master bath. These lines will also supply the new shower and the laundry room.

New bathroom water lines.

Forty feet away in the utility closet, the hot and cold water pipes await connection.

New water lines in the utility closet.

The original tub/shower will become a bathtub-only in the renovated bathroom. The tub will sit between the half walls visible on the left.

Half walls that will house the bathtub, looking from the new shower room.

We had originally planned to save our cast iron tub and have it reglazed, but after difficulty in finding someone to do the job, we decided instead to replace the tub. In a minor setback, when the new tub arrived, it had the drain at the wrong end! So back it went, and we await delivery of another tub.