Living room before... two layers of rotting floor, main beam under right center wall needs replaced. The center wall must be torn out. Door will be moved closer to south wall.
One layer of flooring removed.
Plaster removed from ceiling. Second floor main beam exposed.
Lots of ceiling plaster and lathe.
Plaster and lathe removed from wall. Inner wall boards exposed. This wall is coming down.
Wall gone. Beam underneath exposed. All floor joists get supported.
Beam removed.
New beam made out of six 2X12s bolted together.
Putting in new sub flooring.
New wall going up
Sheetrock new wall.
New "old" reclaimed lumber floor stained
New tongue & groove ceiling and better fan.
Living Room almost done. We can at least "live" in it now.
Still have crown molding to do. Dominica will finish stained glass pane some day I hope.