Thursday, April 06, 2006
Header Headache
Tonight I wanted to pull the old doorframe out of the end of what is now our hall. The door is a lovely 28"er which means every time I went into the master bedroom I had to turn sideways to get my shoulders through. It also has the interesting quirk of not lining up with the bedroom door, making it all that much harder to move stuff in and out. I will post pictures soon so you can see what I mean.
It took longer than I thought it would. The way the wall was layered made it hard to pull what I wanted to remove with out wrecking what I wanted to save. In the end I got it, mostly by jamming the sawsall through the wall and cutting it carefully top to bottom. The doorway really should have a header. It hasn'’t for all these years but, you know. Bouncing on the floor above shows that whatever is there is as solid as ever. Not sure how to work extra support in and keep the hall ceiling smooth. I am not sure if it even needs it since it has been missing for 40 or so years. I will have time to think about it because we are out of the green stuff. Come on e-file!
