Frozen washing machine

[jessmarimba]

Sheila - haven't pulled up the current plywood floor yet, but it looks like it is framed underneath (and not concrete like it appears from outside the house). I'll get to that this afternoon.

I'm probably not messing with the wall behind the appliances, since asbestos siding over wood siding over wood panels (whatever the 1920 equivalent of plywood was) stuffed with newspaper is probably as insulated as that is going to get without mold issues. I'll cover the plumbing back with plywood and add a little insulation under that and probably do blown-in insulation on the exterior walls this summer.

And the only article I can read is on a celebration of St. Louis's 100-year anniversary (it was incorporated in 1822).

[OakLeaf]

the only article I can read is on a celebration of St. Louis's 100-year anniversary (it was incorporated in 1822).

How very cool! That's a great silver lining.

[jessmarimba]

New update:

I believe this room to be an unpermitted addition. Based on the fact that A) I know building permits exist for this property back to at least 1914, and I have copies of all of them and B) the construction is beyond awful.

Half of the exterior walls have no foundation - I can stick a prybar through to the outside under the walls. If I can solve that problem, I plan to just lay in a brick floor over sand. Otherwise...I have no idea what's next. At least I know where the rot came from in the corner opposite the washer.