Plans Plans Plans

Today our designer Chris came back out to see us.  He needed more measurements inside as well as out in our yard.  He and William ventured out to the town office to find out where our property lines are.  This being an old church we weren't exactly sure what was our property and what was town. Some good news and some bad, but I'll get into that...

While Chris was here we sat down and discussed the first draft of the plans.

 

After our chat and redesigning a few things, I am super excited for what Chris comes back with.  

Chris needed some specific measurements from the floor to the ceiling (good thing Will took down the paneling so we could get more specific measurements!  He also wanted to know the thickness of our walls to make sure that nothing we are taking down is linked to structure in any way.  Will cut a small hole to be able to measure.

No wonder people use to complain about the church being drafty.  The only insulation we have is wood chips.  It's actually just a glorified tent!  They have little to no thermal benefits.  But still kind of neat to see (when you know you are going to insulate properly and not have to worry about freezing).

Once Will was finished, Chris dug around in there and got the measurements he needed.

Our contractor did up plans for the front door a few weeks ago and we applied for the permit. We found out that the inspector does not like the plans as they are drawn and wanted more specifics.  Bad news as we were hoping the door was going to go in soon. Good news, Chris said he could do up the plans for the door. EXCELLENT! Now the really frustrating news.  Our side door, like the one we use as the main door, is actually our front door.  And our yard is actually our front yard not side yard (I will go into this in more detail with pictures in the next blog post).  So that means that where we are planning on placing the new door is actually the side of the house.  This is bad/frustrating because the stairs need to be 4 feet from the property line on the side of a house.  This is impossible since that section of yard is roughly 6 feet wide.  We are going to need special permission to build stairs to the door (this could mean we need to plead our case to the town council).  So in short, it could take much longer for us to get that door in than we planned.  Chris took the measurements of the door to make up the plans.

Some exciting news; we should have (hopefully) all the counter tops we will need for the kitchen.

It's slate, and is going to be a project all of its own.  But that will be a blog post for another day.