Lots of things happening simultaneously, or, if not exactly at the same time, then sequentially 'just in time'! While I worked on that big pile of salvaged beams, Michael & Charlie framed a new floor in the Ell. The screen porch was enclosed, and with all the walls in place (I hurredly installed the electrical in the exterior walls - 300' of cable in 3 days!) the spray-foam folks came and did their thing. Then, the T&G pine for the ceiling went down - with 4" of rigid foam over it. Now, working inside would be much cooler in the summer's heat!
Soon, I was informed that the North wall of the brick side was in imminent danger of failing and falling to the ground. So, bye-bye wall! A heap-o-bricks at bottom center of the rear wall is the back side of what was apparently the original Rumford fireplace. Unfortunately, there was no real foundation under it - or the rest of the rear wall. Undermined hydraulically over the years, there was no real way to save it.
New Floor, Old Skin
in the Ell
The porch, enclosed
Spraying the Foam
The pine ceiling
Cool North Breezes! (It would stay like this through the winter)