| The first indication of mold |
| Water Soaked Rug |
| More Mold |
| What a MESS! |
| Kitchen with Furniture Piled Up |
| Dining Room Table in the Trash. That wasn't supposed to happen |
| The Remains of the 12' Sofa Base That wasn't supposed to happen either |
| Dining Room and Kitchen The counter top is brand new |
| December 15, 2006 Demolition complete. Ready for Reconstruction |
| Airstream-Adventures Our Water Damage |
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| February 12, 2007 Reconstruction Begins It took Travelers two months to cough up some money. Can you say Insurance Companies suck! I knew you could. |
| Taking advantage of an opportunity to modify the living room. Framing for a 2 foot setback to hold the entertainment center including 2 front speakers and a sub woofer. |
| New Washer and Dryer |
| Two new presence speakers |
| Two new rear speakers note the insulation installed as part of the reconstruction. |
| Two new center speakers in the ceiling. Note the ceiling damage where a plank I was standing on in the attic gave way and I fell through. &%#@%#*& |
| Josie's Christmas Cactus blooms |
| The speaker system will have 10 speakers. The Yamaha receiver is a 7.1 system that has 2 front speakers 2 side speakers 2 rear speakers 1 center speaker 1 sub woofer Thats the 7.1 Plus 2 presence speakers (what ever they are) |
| There be walls here!! |
| Kitchen. The cabinets will go |
| Hallway |
| Living room with setback for entertainment center |
| Master Bath |
| You've heard of the "DOORS" |
| New BiFolds |
| They Open |
| They Close |
| The doors will be stained in Oak |
| We have Trim, too |
| February 22, 2007 |
| March 9, 2007 |
| November 26, 2006 Demolition Begins |
| November 25, 2006 We moved into the trailer |
| When Life Hands You Lemons Make Lemonade |
| Painted walls in the living room |
| New recess for the TV |
| The AC is reinstalled or "We've been RHEEMed!!". |
| Bedroom 3 is a little smaller because of the recess for the TV |
| Josie's bedroom is the shade of green she asked for |
| HOWEVER: Pink is not MY COLOR!!! or is it? |
| Ceramic tile in the kitchen |
| Ceramic tile in the bathrooms. Oddly the bathroom walls are not white as we had requested. An obvious misunderstanding ala my bedroom |
| Ceramic tile for the entryway. We will get a new door, our nickel of course |
| Git along old PAINT |
| March 19, 2007 |
| TADA!!!! Finished... almost. Just a few touch-ups here and there. |
| Our Heroes!! These are the men of Infinity Construction Services LLC out of Lake Mary Florida. From left to right Shane, Rich Foxx and Sean Foxx. They are the contractors. They did a lot of the work themselves and had to drive from Lake Mary to work on our house. They did what they said they would do, they finished when they said they would and the treated us more than fairly AND, Rich always answers the phone on the second ring. No answering machine, no maze of "If you are ... press 1, if you are stupid press 11'. Just good honest people doing an honest day's work. They were the bright light in a very dismal four months of begging, pleading, cajoling, and threatening Travelers Insurance and others. |
| Cabinets are in. Just need the drawer and door for the corner cabinet. Cabinet maker screw-up, But they are perfect. Just what Josie wanted. Albany Shaker. Sean picked them out. |
| A full view of the kitchen. We are extremely pleased with it. The boys did a great job. |
| Josie had a vision of how the wall behind the stove should look. I made it out of peg board and Rustoleum Hammered Paint. Josie did the rest. |
| The hallway |
| The dining room. The table chairs and china cabinet are all a few shades darker. We are not pleased! ServiceMaster screw-up |
| This is the finished entertainment cove with which I am well pleased. Kudo's to Infinity. A new TV Stand waiting impatiently for the TV |
| The hall bathroom with new cabinet, sink and fixtures. |
| Josie's bathroom. New shower tile, tile floors and the same cabinet, sink and fixtures as in the hall bath |
| My bedroom is a nice shade of light tan (Bagel). I can't say that I miss the Pink (Salmon). |
| Quick story. The back splash to the left of the stove was lost by the ServiceMaster guys. Things were happening fast then and sometimes bad things happen. Last year when the counter top was installed, the installers cut out a big piece for the sink. I kept that piece. There was a lot of discussion about what to do about the missing back splash. We gave the remnant to Rich and he cut it to the right size but the edges needed to be laminate too. He was able to separate the laminate from the substrate and recreated the back splash. A minor disaster averted. Well done Rich. Sean helped. |
| DONE! FINISHED! FINITO! |
| The sofa base is done. Only $1500.84. It is perfect. |
| The entertainment center is just what I wanted. |
| The dining room with the 'red' oak table and hutch. We are not pleased with the work they did to 'clean' the furniture |
| The kitchen is just as Josie envisioned |
| Another view of the dining room |
| Hallway |
| Master Bedroom and Bath |
| March 28, 2007 |
| April 14, 2007 |