One of the areas where we splurged was on the Simpson basement and closet doors. They make a fantastic five-paneled door that is an exact match to our existing doors in the rest of the house. More than just about anything we did, these add to the authentic feel of our remodel.

You can also see that much of the rewiring is done in this picture.

Prior to the installation of this vent, the bathroom had only had an electrical wall heater installed in the 60’s.  Before that, there was NO heat at all.

We installed the duct through the floor, then we let our heating contractor run a duct over when he installed the new furnace.

We removed the chimney to create space for a bigger pantry closet and a chase for heat ducts to the upstairs.  This was possible to do, because our new furnace and tankless water heater duct directly out the side of the house, making the chimney obsolete.  Our friend James pitched in once again to help take us take it down.  He worked like crazy with the cold chisel and sledgehammer, while Julio carted the bricks out to the backyard.  They were able to get the whole thing down in only 2 hours.  The old mortar helped a lot, as there wasn’t much holding the bricks together.