One of the first things I said I would do when we moved into the house was to remodel the bathrooms. Both baths are pretty nasty and need to be gutted. There is no historical significance with anything in the baths. As I have mentioned in other sections of this site, I am trying to figure out when they were added to the house.

In mid-August the flat roof over the downstairs bath was leaking so bad, I had no choice but to move it to the top of the to-do list and put a new slopped roof on it. I hated to do this because my intention is to raise the roof on the kitchen and bath to 10' bringing the style in line with the rest of the house. This would be done at a much later date. This meant that all this work on the new sloped roof would be demolished within 24 to 36 months.

This shows how the sloped roof over the kitchen dumps rain run-off onto the flat roofed bath. What you can't see is that the upper roof over the main house also dumps onto this flat roof. A design disaster. I am amazed that no one in the last 100 years has put this slop in place. The water damage is clear as is many patches.

This shot shows the exposed insulation against the upper bath outer wall. Quite a mix of fiberglass, blow-in cellulose and open voids.

Here is the beginning of the 2x8 rafters. If you look between the boards, you can see the lathing and plaster of my office wall.

Here is Tom starting the shingling and flashing. Family help is great.