Lew, I know the kind of do-it-yourselfer you encountered. Our house in Virginia was like yours. It was a small Cape Cod, four rooms and a bath downstairs and originally unfinished attic, that the previous owner divided into bedrooms. That wasn't too bad, but he did a lot of rewiring and re plumbing, and all of it was messed up. I fixed what I could, and hired professionals to do what I didn't know how to do.
News Flash! In the time between my last post and now, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced more counties to the Stay Home List, and Butler County was added to the list. So, now I can't go buy lumber or hardware for the foreseeable future. I knew it was coming since our county borders Allegheny County which initially was the only Western Pennsylvania county on the list. Oh well, it is for the best. Kim just told me one of our church members who is a few years older than me is in the ER. He experienced a cough, fever, and shortness of breath, prompting his doctor to sent him to the ER.
I need to use up some of this old lumber anyway, so I'm going to do some figuring. I can rip some of these wide boards into more manageable dimensions.
Lance, that is what is so great about following topics on this Forum. I get a lot of ideas and information by discussions others are having.
