Surprises!
Even when I find a space (three, actually) between rafters full of squirrel nests, I still don’t get mad at the animals. What is wrong with me?
I found those yesterday. We’ve been finding LOTS of interesting damage, which (among other things) is setting us back with our timeline. Like this pipe, that was cut, but left open to the outside, and let water run down our master bedroom wall. Also, carpenter ants did some work on that beam:
Steven and friends cut out more of the wall and replaced the header and studs today. We’re also replacing a bit of wood in the attic that was damaged by animals.
Those rascals.
It’s good we’ve taken the ceiling out to take care of this now. I’d rather get it taken care of, than have it get worse down the road!
We also removed a damaged part of our dining room ceiling, which I forgot was on our scope of work until Steven reminded me. There’s so much going on to keep track of!
Ceiling removed behind plastic. Excuse the mess on the table!
Poor Data. He keeps trying to run through the dining room (we have a full path through all our rooms on the first floor) and getting trapped in the plastic! Er… just a few more weeks like this Data, then we’ll have our house back…
Themocracy
Poor data indeed. That made me laugh poor baby but I bet it’s super funny
Data looks SO pissed. I love it – there’s nothing like a mad cat look.
You are really nice about all of the critters in your house. I like squirrels, but OUTSIDE. In my attic? They are my enemy. 😉
Heh. He is not happy he can’t run around the house like he used to!
Yeah, I really cannot believe how much damage they did. And I wonder if the people who lived her before let it happen or if they were already gone before the squirrels moved in.
Aha, Kim, you animal-lover! Are the second owners of the house? Are the shoddy wall-backing and cut pipe problems from when the house was built or something added on? That’s disappointing to find, I’m sure!
Hee hee. We are at least the third owner. I think these problems are from the previous owner not caring for the house. It went in to foreclosure so I wonder if they let it go to sh*t.