Progress made...

Subfloor is in, the front doors are gone, the guys built a temporary wall to support the roof while replacing and extending the beam over the (former) front doors. We'll gain a few inches of height and will also get a nice exposed beam in the ceiling. They also "sealed us in" after finishing with the beam and we have a temporary dark stairwell - until we open everything up again.

Had a big blue tarp to cover the living room when they were cutting up for the new beam, but it was not really needed. It'll be dustier when I start taking down the drywall tomorrow evening.

The guys did a really nice job and we were also lucky in having a sunny day - but change is on its way...

I cleaned up the site, collected all the scrap wood, and covered everything up with tarps for the weekend rains. Normally not done, but the drier I can keep this, the happier/better off we are. Evening was spent cleaning the inside of the house as well and it is pretty sealed up behind these large pieces of plywood.

I also put a large fan in the crawl space to dry that out. Just after half a day, it has made a significant difference. Not at all planned from the beginning, but we'll get a really nice 4 feet tall storage area underneath. Perfect for all the "stuff" that is taking up space in the garage and basement (lumber, firewood, mower, wheelbarrow, tires, boating stuff, etc).

So one can now sort of start to see what it'll will look like. Getting rid of the doors and putting in the nice beam really felt like (and was) siginificant progress.