Kitchen

When the strip pine floor in the kitchen was removed yesterday, they found a large section of charred subfloor. Apparently, there was an extensive fire near the fireplace. You can clearly see that the support beam in the fireplace is missing about half it's timber due to fire, I suspect the damage found was probably all the same fire.

We found charred floor joists in the family room floor in 2002 when we replaced that floor. It was an extensive fire there as well, from the fireplace to the front wall. The fire explained why this was the only room in the building with a modern (1950's) floor.

Good thing these old houses are totally over built.

Here is a picture of the kitchen taken last week after John and his Dad removed the cabinets.

Kitchen. Click to enlarge.