Someone in their weird wisdom installed a jacuzzi spa in the family room.
In all honesty, the family room was once an enclosed porch, so it’s likely the spa was simply on the porch and they built the family room around it. Well, now that we know the spa works – though it sprung a spectacular leak at the pump… that’s another story… it’s time to put it where it belongs: somewhere other than my family room. Somewhere outside.
However, it won’t fit through the doors of the room (see why I think they built the room around it?) and it means taking out an entire wall…
And so – the weekend project coming up:
Knocking out a wall, a door and three windows, moving the spa to its new home, and rebuilding the wall with new windows (ones that are designed to actually open and close) and brand new French doors…. (and possibly redoing the window with that hideous window AC unit… we have central… hello!)
OOooo I’m all a tingle!
Hey – Good luck with that project. You will want to go through the wall where the A/C unit is. The wall to the left is holding up the rafters above. If you have any questions as you go through your project let us know. The Handyguys respond to questions pretty darn quick and may even use your question on a future podcast.
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Dude, but all of the new windows and french doors sound AWESOME!!! Looking forward to pics!
RE – The Handyguys
Actually, lucky us – the wall isn’t holding the rafters, there’s a big beam running from one end to the other and supported on the ends… everything in the middle is non-weight bearing.
The window AC wall is solid concrete block – so a little more challenging…
But thanks for hte advice and I’ll be checking out the site for sure.
Re – Judith
Oh come on now! You know by now I’ll be taking pics!!!! I may miss the initial demo since I won’t be home yet when the guys start… But I’ll be in there with camera clicking the whole time!
sounds like you have your hands full…good luck.
congrats on the new job…