Step 17.4 - Starting on the Living Room

We are now ready to start working on the expansion of the living room. Mark and his crew started by building a false wall inside the living room. They lined it with plastic sheet to keep dust out.

Next the old windows and front door and all their surrounding framing came out.

The window and door headers were important structural elements helping to support the roof. With those headers gone, we need a big beam to go in their place. We also have a big ridge beam that needs to go into the top of the garage roof. To lift those beams into place we will need a crane, so that will be our next step.