So happy the day is finally here. We are finishing up the upstairs insulation.
If you have been following along then you know that last time we had a closed cell, spray foam installed to all upstairs exterior walls and parts of the gabled ceilings that act as walls.
This was to help weatherproof as well as insulate.
The Queen had a great many holes and gaps to the outside elements.
Just since we did this part, I noticed how much more waterproof and draft resistant she was during our recent rainstorm
So glad we did this, but it was expensive.
Now on to the rest of the upstairs insulation
It was time to have a crew come in and add the R13 Batt Insulation in the rest of the upstairs walls.
It will be difficult to get used to not being able to see through the walls
I am thrilled and amazed how The Queen looks so much more like a house again with a little fluff in her walls.
You can really get a sense of the ceiling again
I did decide to vault it in the Master Suite but it wasn’t much of a gain
But it did make the room seem so much larger and airier
I can’t wait to finish this master bedroom, it will be an oasis
Here is a shot of the hallway all filled in with fluff
It’s oddly quiet
Sort of muffled sounding, Now that the fluff is in the walls.
Here’s another shot of the hallway
looking the other way
The room on the right is being left alone for now
I would like to push it out to make it another master suite
Or a true rental
That is the room they have been renting out since the turn of the century
It amazes me that it is only 7 feet deep.
I believe it was originally meant to be an upstairs summer porch.
If you look closely, you can see how that room still has the very low ceiling in it.
Below, is the new En-Suite bathroom.
You can no longer look thru the wall into the other bathroom that backs up to it!
This is the new water closet in the master bathroom
I was a bit against it at first
But now I am glad I put it in. It will feature a beautiful antique Eastlake door
Of Course
I have 2 of these matching doors, 1 for the water closet
The other for the walk in closet
I found these 2 beauties in TEXAS
YES I AM A DOOR FREAK!
It will also have an antique, frosted etched glass, wheel cut window
That will allow the light from the beautiful, large, bathroom window to filter in
while retaining the much needed privacy
Here is a shot of the original bathroom
With the ceiling raised up and both types of insulation installed
It was nice to gain all of this head room where originally there was barely 6 feet of height.
The original ceiling came just over the window opening
Can’t wait to get this old bathroom put together again.
Here is one of the upstairs bedrooms that originally had a stove in it to heat the room.
There is so much that has been going on in The Queen.
I don’t really show all of it, but I should.
Poor girl has ducts and pipes and wires everywhere
This is the closet in the Guest room. What used to be built in drawers on the right, is now Air Intake Duct number 1 of 2
On the left of the closet you see a duct traveling to downstairs.
I had to give up about a foot of the closet space and the drawers
But that was much better than having soffits or a chase running down the wall.
More shots of a bedroom
And another one
Don’t mind the random antique bathtub in the room, lol.
I need to have it refinished and it will go back into the original bathroom.
Well, I have to say, this part of the job went very quickly
They were done with the entire upstairs in a matter of hours.
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