A new day, something new to see at the house.
Today was the day they REALLY broke the arch open between the family room and the kitchen. We really enjoyed seeing their work earlier in the day. Bogdon explained that because the opening in the (heavy, load-bearing) wall was so wide, we needed not only a girder, but an entire steel frame around the whole thing to spread the load and support it. Such fun! Said frame has been ordered, and may arrive tomorrow.
Our afternoon visit was unexpectedly exciting: we were upstairs and heard quite a racket coming from the attic. What could it be?
We found out soon enough when two men in hazmat suits emerged from the attic carrying portions of one of the two water tanks that we'd found in the attic. Come to find out, these tanks had asbestos linings and therefore required remediation. Joy! I had been wondering in the past few days when they would show up for the removal, so I was actually happy to see them. I will admit, though, to finding it rather disconcerting to see the whole suit-up for a few rather small items (in the context of the removals I had heard about through my earlier work)...particularly given that they had to break up the tanks (and I don't know that they used HEPA vacuums afterwards!) before removal just to get them down the stairs.
In any case, they're gone now!
Love,
Alexandra
P.S. We now have Jimmy working with us because sadly Umberto hurt himself yesterday: six stitches and a fractured finger. He didn't let Bogdon tell us yesterday because he didn't want us to worry...
Today was the day they REALLY broke the arch open between the family room and the kitchen. We really enjoyed seeing their work earlier in the day. Bogdon explained that because the opening in the (heavy, load-bearing) wall was so wide, we needed not only a girder, but an entire steel frame around the whole thing to spread the load and support it. Such fun! Said frame has been ordered, and may arrive tomorrow.
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| This morning. Jimmy is our new best friend! |
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| Look at that smile! |
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| This afternoon! |
Our afternoon visit was unexpectedly exciting: we were upstairs and heard quite a racket coming from the attic. What could it be?
We found out soon enough when two men in hazmat suits emerged from the attic carrying portions of one of the two water tanks that we'd found in the attic. Come to find out, these tanks had asbestos linings and therefore required remediation. Joy! I had been wondering in the past few days when they would show up for the removal, so I was actually happy to see them. I will admit, though, to finding it rather disconcerting to see the whole suit-up for a few rather small items (in the context of the removals I had heard about through my earlier work)...particularly given that they had to break up the tanks (and I don't know that they used HEPA vacuums afterwards!) before removal just to get them down the stairs.
In any case, they're gone now!
Love,
Alexandra
P.S. We now have Jimmy working with us because sadly Umberto hurt himself yesterday: six stitches and a fractured finger. He didn't let Bogdon tell us yesterday because he didn't want us to worry...
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