Today is the day

THEY ARE STARTING ON OUR HOUSE TODAY!!!!! WOOT WOOT!

Since the last post I wrote about them gutting the upstairs and evaluating from there.  It turns out there were a few “uh-oh’s” in the roof as Rooster had suspected.  So it will tack on a little time for that before they can start the build out.  There will be like an 8’ft square section of the roof that will need to come off to fix a few beams for structural soundness, and then they will start rebuilding the upstairs.

While the roof and beams are being fixed the guys will sand down the studs.  Most all of them got charred but just on the edges, nothing to compromise the structural integrity of the wood so it’s safe to sand it off.  This gets rid of the odor and will keep it from permeating through the new sheet rock to be put up.  It also saves TONS of money since you don’t have to buy new lumber.  Then Cornerstone will come in and nutralize the home.  It sounds similar to what a bug bomb would be…?  They will come in tomorrow and fumigate the house.  No one can go in or out and no doors or windows can be opened for 24 hours.  Remember, since we are renters our insurance only covered our possessions, so when the crew came they didn’t clean anything that was part of the house, just our things in it.

After the studs are sanded and the house is odor bombed, we will be full speed ahead!!  I am so afraid to even say it outloud.  eek!