Well the biggest show stopper for me were the three vertical posts between the two bays that offered some structural support to the roof but was an unnecessary obstacle for indoor activities. They were definitely done as an afterthought, likely when the roof was redone several years ago. The middle was was actually holding it all up with the two other ones added just because.
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| Engineered Beam Installed - 6-25-2021 |
To clear up these obstructions, an engineered beam needed to be installed to support the weight of the middle of the roof. Once the center was supported against the beam, the old middle support post got chopped off and you could see it was immediately holding all the weight. The contractor removed a bit off the bottom of the other posts and it didn't even sag a little showing just how generally useless those were to begin with. Thankfully all the walls are cinder so supporting the beam ends was very easy.
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| Center supported |
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| Engineered Beam Installed |
One other thing that bothered me was the really dilapidated window at the back that didn't open and blocked too much light. I had that removed and replaced with a new double hung window. It was a weird size but someone apparently ordered one very close in size and cancelled so that took care of what we needed but still had to fill in about 1" on the side. No big deal, minor cosmetic thing. At least it's functional now.
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| Old cruddy window |
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| New window |
Now I can finally open the window to get some fresh air in but it's a little too visible so I used some Kyrlon frosted glass semi-transparent paint to fix that up really easily. Still lets lots of light in but not as directly visible.
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| Windows frosted for a little bit more privacy |
I know these are relatively minor things but it makes such a big different to the usability of the space. Now I can get something done about the floor. It's decent but has seen better days. I should have an update for that in about 2 weeks.
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| Much much better! |
