Since my fire, the insurance company had a contractor clean out the burned wood and water damaged material. When cleaning out the burned wood on the kitchen wall they discovered that sometime in the past we had been attacked by termites or carpenter ants. By past, remember the house was originally built in 1911, so that past goes back a few years. The damage done by termites was actually minamal but needed to be replaced.

The Re-construction contractor has now begun his side of the work. The replaced the termite damage while they were replacing the burned studs. They tore out the old “fiber” board (water soaked) walls to the studs then they sprayed everything with a sealing paint.

Things progress onward.

Conrad