Parsonage Finished!

Hmmm...how is this wired?? Why would you do it like that???

Our to do list...just for today!

Our bargain find at Home Depot....25.00!!!

Bill poking his head through the ceiling in the new hole for the bathroom fan!

Pirate Bill!

It was a busy few days, but we finally got to a point where we are FINISHED with repairs at the parsonage!! Yahoo!!! It was a bigger job than we thought, nothing we weren't able to overcome, but took much longer than we thought. We were simply supposed to do some light repairs, tub caulking, toilet setting, refinish some wood floors, update some fixtures, which is were we got into a very large wiring mess. Lots of burned wires, damaged ceilings, and lots of two prong plugs that were three prong and not properly grounded. The burned wires worried us more than anything, and we got the church involved, since we were sure the house would need to be rewired.

Long story short...we called to get some estimates on what was going to be a big job, and Bill & I put in a bid as well....figuring we'd pull a permit, do the work and save the church a lot of money. (For those of you that don't know...Fir Lawn is our old church--which we attended for 13 years of our 16 here in Oregon prior to Calvary Chapel.) After the first electrician came out--he was not surprised at our "mess", and did eleviate some worry, stating that the burned wires were mostly from the light fixtures with too big of bulbs in them, and that we could have them easily repaired...of course, the plugs were another issue. The second electrician told us the same thing, and both explained how to make a 2 prong plug a 3 prong plug safely, without rewiring.

We had the electrician do the heavy wiring & repair in the attic, and Bill & I took on (or should I say Bill) took on the plugs. No easy task, since we had to find the FIRST plug in each string of plugs....it took us three days to trace all the wires in the house, and get the task completed, along with some repair along the way!

The UCKY burned ceiling & wires

Repair in progress....

A crack fixed at the same time...(JUST FOR YOU BETTY!)

Refinished floors....

Treasures under the stove drawer today that were found when I removed it to scrub the floor....Anyone for cheerios or chips? I even found some denture powder!!!

We have caulked, refinished floors, fixed several cracks in the walls, painted, fixed hot water tank overflows, strapped it down, and replaced ceiling light fixtures, replaced fans, replaced vents & did a lot of scrubbing. The attic had some long lost treasures in it....most of which went to the dump....some were worthy enough for the "recycle" shelf....where some things find a home!

We do have one more venture there....meeting the electrician to finish up something that we thought was repaired....then get our tools out, and check to make sure it's all DONE!! Then...on to the next project. Repair ing & paint a 1951 duplex. Outside painted first and then the interior of a place that has not been remodeled ever!! Stay tuned...that one will be exciting!!