Laundry Room Part III: Update of Ongoing Progress

Well a few months have now passed and our laundry room seems like that project that will just never end (Does anyone remember the deck at our previous house?).  However, we have been making some slow but meaningful progress.  Ralph's came back for this much smaller project to refinish part of the flooring and add new hardwood where the stairs used to be.

Before the new hardwood flooring was added.

The new flooring (left) and old flooring (right).  This is before the finish was applied.

The walls are now up and the lathe is all covered.  This was enough for us to at least get the washer and dryer in place, so we would not have to run elsewhere to do laundry.

The old lathe and the new plumbing and electrical.

The new walls with the washer and dryer all hooked up.

The room also needed venting for the dryer.  Drilling through several layers of wood, plaster and lathe yielded a nice 4" hole to fit the venting.  Seeing as though there is no insulation in the exterior walls it was relatively easy and clean.

The dryer vent hole from the outside. 

If there isn't any insulation, at least there is 3 inches of solid wood!

New dryer vent on the exterior.

Additional progress since the washer and dryer are in place has been slow.  We have been able to paint and place trim on a few of the walls, but still have a bit more than half of the room to do.

The washer and dryer in their new home.