On April 14, after Palm Sunday Mass we went straight to work on a number of construction tasks.

The first task was to modify the wall between the stairway-area and the master bedroom. That structure needed a significant change from having 2 door openings to one centered opening. We decided that using the original wood, would make things easier as the original wood has the true 2×4 inch dimensions and modern lumber 2×4 is actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch. Aside from the door opening, we also needed to add support for drywall going all the way up to the top of the cathedral ceiling.

This would normally not be such a big undertaking, were it not for the existing walls that we had to tie into. Especially the wall on the south side of the house is particularly crooked. We had to make sure that the door posts were perfectly plumb, otherwise the door will always fall open or closed. So over the short distance of the wall we were erecting, we had to overcome the crooked-ness of the existing wall into the center of the new wall.

After having overcome these obstacles it was time to clear the house of obstacles in the areas where the plumber was going to have to work the next day. Here are some pictures of the upstairs after the cleanup.