Stripped

Mold remediation happened.

I present to you our stripped house with minimal snarkiness.  Because we're despondent.

Might need to replace those studs.

Hard to see, but there was mold underneath the butchered header.

There was no insulation.  On the bright side, you can see the ... bright side from our new vents!

Duct tape isn't always the right tape for the job!

That's a hole in our closet.  There is nothing there on the outside.

Our garage roof line in pencil!

The outside sheathing is a curious mix of foiled polyiso and plywood.  There seems to be no rhyme or reasoning behind the choices and areas they were applied.

Now for the other part of stripped... our wires :/  If only I had space for a thousand sad faces, I would put them all here to convey the extent of our spiraling despair.

Boom, right in the kisser!

Ain't nobody got time for sheathing.

Make yourself at home, little mouse!

Just a little bit of charring, not a lot!  And fusing, not a lot!

I've decided that the house is cursed JUST ENOUGH that we have to rebuild everything ourselves and pay for everything ourselves, but not cursed ENOUGH that it's burnt down or fallen down and the insurance would pay for a brand new house.

Oh house on Dequindre with the asbestos siding and outhouse in the backyard, you're looking mighty fine in my daydreams.

We ran Cat 6 and coax through the first floor.

We also caulked the windows with Great Stuff.  Funny thing about Great Stuff, it takes more than the salesperson at Home Depot thinks.  A lot more.  It also messes up the gun when left in there without a pressurized acetone cleaner.  

But at least I got a cool gun shot!

And this.  Nothing is more satisfying than OVERDOING IT TO THE MAX.  At least we're adding to the house instead of stripping.  Kinda.

To sum up Milly, I quote a friend: "I wouldn't know all the wrongs that hide underneath stuffs!"
We're going to need an electrician.

Task: Run Wires and Caulk Windows
Saturday: 9.3 hours of despair.  Utter despair!  Won't someone think of the children?
Total: 9.3 hours
Total to Date: 110.55 hours