Another weekend at the house

This weekend I moved our bathroom doorway, which intailed framing a new doorway as it had to move about two feet. We also began what may be a big project - putting in two new joists on the second floor. A lot of the flooring in that area was also rotted so we decided to cut the flooring back to the joist we are keeping. Somehow we managed to pull the old joists up onto the second floor and not let them fall down onto our new kitchen subfloor, windows & door. I'm still unsure how but I guess that's why our bodies ache. We started to repair the brick work near the joists and cut one of the boards to size. Hopefully we'll get in this week to finish the joists. We've also made the call to hire another set of hands to speed up the work in hopes of moving in by the end of the month.

Tropical storm Hanna also brought water into our basement! The water was actually coming in right through our new main drain, and the new main water line is now whistling (a leak somewhere else behind our foundation?) Needless to say the plumber is coming Monday, of course he couldn't come earlier, so we have large clear photos for him!