Normandy Park Restoration

The old oven vent and plumbing pipe holes in the kitchen were long overdue for patching.  Both holes were originally round, but the larger one needed to be cut square to patch it properly. Here it is with one replacement piece installed. Here with the wood pieces installed.  At this point the backside has been filled with Great Stuff foam and 2" of solid foam for insulation, on both the large hole and the small one.  In the image above you can see the first failed attempt to just use great stuff, but it would not stick and fill the area properly without the solid foam for support. And here it is with one coat of paint on it.   There is some fresh paint on the beam, the rest of the beam will need a full coat as it's only had one coat on it.

 Trying to get parts of the house completely done.  Got everything except for the mirror installed in the 1/2 bath. Here is what it looked like when I moved in And this is what it looks like now

 Working on the exterior trim for the back window-wall. Have a few more to go.  All of that will get caulked, and then painted the same dark color as the interior. In the 2nd photo you can see I have the steel plates loosely in place where I'm going to build the corten style edge.

 All of the windows are in, and I'm starting to sand and paint the trim.  Exterior still needs some cover trim, and is still the primered white color, that will all be painted to match the same dark color. I added some Costco LED string lights to and existing circuit, and strung them between the rafters outside.  Not sure if I'll keep them or not, looks a bit messy when they are off, but it's pretty when they are on. Also finally patched the original stove vent hole, and the smaller plumbing hole in the ceiling.  Filled it with foam so that it was properly insulated and then glued and nailed in replacement wood after cutting the rough round hole into a clean square hole.  The plumbing hole I just filled with a round plug I filed down to fit. That will all get filled, sanded, and then painted.

All main windows installed now, only the 2 on the end still need installation. Here they are before installation. Now installed, sealed on the outside but only held in by temporary pieces while the caulk cures.