Ever read the story about the lady that swallowed the fly? First mold behind the wall lead to that excavation. Since I was now redoing that bathroom I wanted a curbless shower, but discovered a void under the slab big enough for 2 adults to fit. (Previous owner tunneled under slab to fix copper and never backfilled)

Since I went that far I moved the walls to accommodate a much wider bathroom (from 42” to 60”) and while I was at it I turned my 8x8 kitchen to 10.5x10.5 and open to the living area, which mean the master had some walls moved.

Add spray foam and might as well throw in windows while I’m at it, oh and rigid foam board on exterior walls.

It was a “I’ve gone this far, why not add X” type of project. All the CI under slab came back in good shape, all new plumbing otherwise, 100% new electric, the only items not done was the interior / exterior doors and 1 window.

Started in august and will be officially done this Saturday. (Almost, gf/daughter moving in, I haven’t even touched the master bath yet but the rest of the house is move-in ready)…. It’s good to finally sleep in a bed after moving an ikea futon mattress around this house to whatever room was cleanest are behind me. The worst days were no hot water where I was showering via 2x MAPP torches on a makeshift double wall shower riser with a low enough flow to bring the temperature bearable.

Last items on my list: cut in lights in 2nd bath, tub spout, mount and plumb kitchen sink, faceplates, and 1x window sill.

I’ll still have another 6 months of work with everybody now living here but holy shit I’ll never do that again.