While we wait for the plumbing and venting to be finished  we have moved on to the old kitchen.

After ripping off the bead-board and drywall from the outside wall we pulled all the old insulation out and put Roxsul in.    There was no insulation in the bottom half of the wall.  Since the bottom was not touched the only stuff there was what could be pushed behind the plaster walls.  No wonder it was so cold in that room.

We still chose Roxsul over spray insulation.  In our opinion if you ever have to go back and fix plumbing or electrical having  spray insulation will be a nightmare.  Besides the cost of the product makes us chose a product we can install ourselves.

It is still amazing to see the building in its original hand hewn log state.  Sometimes we think it would be nice to leave a wall exposed but that will not be possible.

Now that we have the room partly done we are moving on to the bathroom upstairs and leaving the old kitchen the way it is for now.

The walls were wet here like the ones in the dining room.

Just stuffed it down as far as they could.

Such messy work.

They added to the original house to make the ceiling higher while adding the second floor.

E/B