Florida Room Renovation
Shortly after buying our house we knew
that we wanted to renovate the Florida room. We
wanted to extend our heating/AC unit into this room so
that it would be usable more consistently. We started
in mid-January with the demolition and preparatory work.
We removed the vinyl siding that was on the wall toward
the house and around the laundry room. We
insulated the outer walls and installed a number of
electrical outlets. We also put up nailing strips
so that drywall could be attached to the outer walls,
which were made of aluminum studding. We put up a
partition across where a hallway had been and put an
archway in the wall in the laundry room. The door
that had been on the laundry room was removed and sold
and the door that had been at the back of the house was
removed and replaced the one that had been on the
laundry room.
Nick Forbes, a former E-K student who
has worked as a drywall finisher for over ten years now
lives not far from us in Florida. We called him in
and helped him hang the drywall and then got out of his
way when he taped and finished it. After that, two
coats of paint went on. Casing, moldings and trim
will come next.
The following pictures show the
progress.
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