Sheetrock on the hallway side is done. Wiring inside the new wall is nearly finished also.  We need to add a two studs in the wall to create a door jamb for the Dutch door at the end of the hallway, then the inside of the wall can be drywalled.

Short day this past Sunday, but me and Rob had other plans.  We finished the subfloors and finished the wall between the dining room and the hall including the doorway/header.

We also got the sheetrock in and hung a few in the hallway.
I'll take photos next week when we get the mud & tape on it.

This weekend Rob and I finished the subfloor except for 2 pieces that need custom fitting around the cast iron radiator pipes, and we completed the dining room wall except for the header over the doorway.

We then sprayed 5 gallons of mold/mildew inhibiting primer on all the new construction to protect it.  We sprayed in the basement as well as the first floor.  As there is no functioning HVAC in the house yet, it gets quite hot & sticky in the summer months.  So we thought it would be best to err on the side of caution.

In the basement:

In the dining room:

In the hallway:

Check out this before(2016) and after shot:

I'm pretty sure that we're ready for drywall now.

I forgot the camera today, but Rob managed to snap a blurry cell phone photo of the new dining/hallway wall that got built today.

The temporary wall will come down next week so that the last of the  plywood subfloor can be installed.

I'm going to buy the sheetrock this week, so that should be exciting! Stay tuned.

3/4" tongue and groove plywood subfloor is going down throughout the kitchen, hallway, and dining room.

Today Rob and I removed all of the floor joists except the two nearest the exterior wall.  We then installed all new 2X8 joists throughout the hallway and dining room.
 
     Next week the plywood subfloor should start going in.

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Ok, I got a new computer which is twice as fast as the old one and pictures now load in seconds rather than hours.

So let me get this blog caught up to current.  Two weeks ago My buddy Junior went up and helped me demo the dining room. We removed two walls and what was left of the hardwood floor(it was actually quite soft). We nearly filled an 18 yard dumpster with all the wood, plaster, lap, and sheetrock.

We had a little room left in the dumpster so we emptied all the clutter out of the master bedroom and gave it a good sweeping.  The floors are in real good condition but they do need to be mopped.

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