Mid July 2012 Progress

Before I get to the pictures just wanted to make note of a few of the issues that have popped up lately. The major problem - that led to a handful of other problems - was that 4 inches of interior height disappeared as they placed the first and second floor joists.
This leads to both code problems and ceiling height problems. First the code problems - we now have 3 windows (that were perfectly fine) that are now not high enough off of the floor. City code calls for at least two feet off the floor. These windows will have to be pulled out and re-bricked into the wall. The visual problems are affected by the disappearing 4 inches plus the old sagging roof joists. The ceiling height of the second floor is going to be a solid 7 inches shorter than the rest of the house. The solution is to redo the roof. Instead of having it slope front to back it will slope the the middle. This will give both the front and back of the house higher ceiling heights.
The silver lining here is that this house will now be 97% new rather than the planned 85% when all is said and done. Hopefully it will now last another 100 years.