tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54297297373988887242024-02-20T23:32:59.325-06:00Five Points Renovation and RenewalThe ravings of two kids and a dog, hell bent on renovating their home in the Five Points Historic District.rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-64820187722046954002016-01-07T13:54:00.000-06:002016-01-07T14:23:27.643-06:00Downstairs Bathroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello 2016! You may think that we fell off of the face of the Earth, however, we have just been big time blog slackers the last couple of years. Even though we haven't posted there has been lots of progress on our house in 2014 and 2015 and we are looking forward to a productive 2016! It is our goal to make at least one blog post per month this year, so let's jump right in to a project that we finished in 2014...<br />
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Our house has one bathroom downstairs that was down right horrendous when we moved in...<br />
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This lovely bathroom had it all: seashell sink, painted cast iron tub w/ only two feet, velvety curtains, faux finished sconces, gold AND silver colored hardware, and wallpaper boarder just like at Nana's... (yikes!). Rick refinished the antique cast iron bathtub <a href="http://fivepointsrenovation.blogspot.com/2011/02/mini-project-cast-iron-tub.html">a couple of years ago</a>, and is the only thing that we kept in the bathroom... Everything else had to go ....<br />
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The bathroom was demo'd all the way down to the studs. We put up new drywall, bead board on the ceiling and lower half of the walls, custom hexagonal tile floor designed by Rick, new medicine cabinet mirror, new toilet and sink, and a train shelf for a bit of storage. Here's the finished bathroom!! </div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09549939231704903119noreply@blogger.com0Huntsville, AL, USA34.7303688 -86.58610369999996734.3126318 -87.231550699999971 35.1481058 -85.940656699999963tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-45083067329293541432014-01-11T18:46:00.005-06:002014-01-11T18:47:59.432-06:00MB Eye Candy: Episode 3 - 99% MB Reveal <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I could continue to drag things out by focusing on each little piece of the reconstruction process, or I could continue to go on small tirades about how old rehab projects creep along like cold molasses. However, I will not do that! I have a finished room and you gotta see it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started the whole upstairs project back in December 2012.. I documented the beginnings! <a href="http://fivepointsrenovation.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-break.html" target="_blank">Christmas Break 201</a>1. It is now January 2014 and I'm still not finished with the upstairs.... Granted, everything I'm doing is a total gut job, down to the studs! That's a lot of trades to master guys! I am kind of bummed about how long everything takes, but you gotta fill up your time somehow right! The results make it all worth it anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have second thoughts about this project all the time, believe me I'm not super human no matter what you may think : ) I also continually apologize to my wife.. whether mentally or aloud.. for maybe smooth talking her into this old house hell.. ha! I think I misled myself also, as to just how much actually gets accomplished when you have to work full time and a major renovation turns into a kind of cruel hobby. So, this is my public apology to my wife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Sorry babes! Please accept this peace offering, a comfortable place of solace where you can go to kind of escape the constant banging/swearing and onslaught power tools! It is draft free, well insulated, and very cozy... it just needs some furniture!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I lost a lot of my before/ during pictures when my computer decided to die.. So here is a pic of in the master from when we moved in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="text-align: center;">TaDa!! Gotta paint the doors but is pretty wrapped up! Yay!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, mostly to make myself feel better, here are the progress bullet points from 2 years of banging around upstairs.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Master Bedroom - 99.9% Complete</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Master Bathroom - 80% Complete</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Master Walk-in Closet - 0% Complete </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Attic - 90% Complete</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Upstairs Hallway - 70% Complete</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guest Bedroom - 0% Complete</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guest Bathroom - 50% Complete</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guest Walk-in - 70% Complete</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've still got lots of work to do... :*(</span></div>
<br />rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-51987385809739036282014-01-02T15:03:00.003-06:002014-01-02T15:03:34.375-06:00MB Eye Candy: Episode 2 - Double Hung Restoration<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So happy with the double hung windows after I restored them. It was a lot of work, but worth it. Old windows were made to last.. and hopefully these will stay intact for another 100 years. We've got outdoor storm windows that helped keep the original windows from totally rotting out over the years of neglect, but some were still pretty messed up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let me get on my soapbox for a minute.. Old historic windows are definitely worth saving. The difference in return on investment alone is huge when you compare the cost of rehab versus the cost of retrofitting in new windows. Seriously, people have done the analysis on both cost and performance. A tightly sealed single pane double hung window with a storm performs almost as good, if not better than some modern double pane windows. So, rather than tearing out the old and installing some expensive new ones that will probably need to be replaced in less than 15 years.. put some elbow grease in and fix'em up! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See, our windows were in pretty rough shape... One of the previous owners had a tiny dog or something that gnawed away the inside detail on some of the rails.. thanks anonymous annoying tiny rodent dog hybrid...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can't see much in this pic, but it took a bit of work to free the windows from their entombment in 100 years of paint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I managed to free them all without breaking the old glass... but I did end up breaking two pieces when started to clean them up...replacing that old stuff isn't cheap, even if you find an old window to salvage from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They cleaned up nicer than I expected. Remember to properly ventilate and wear a respirator... old paint is really nasty (read: lead and toxic fumes when stripping with heat) Unfortunately when the outside storms were installed, I believe they cut the outside parts of the rails and probably ruined the trim...Thanks anonymous cheap storm window installer...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not an original idea.. I stole it from Dave Bowers (See my resource links below). Just slapped a box together and pumped a wallpaper steamer into the back of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The window steam oven sped up my restoration process tremendously!! The old putty came off like butter after sitting in it for a few minutes!! It even helped with some of the outer layers of paint. You have to be careful and not gouge the wood after, the steamer makes it soft until it cools and dries out. It is also good to coat the inside, where the new glazing will meet the wood, with boiled linseed oil.. it helps with the glaze curing process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Historic windows were designed so that individual parts could be repaired or replaced if damaged.. and I took full advantage of that fact. I had to pull some of them completely apart to rehab correctly.. Most new ones really can't be taken apart and must be replaced as a whole unit... or very rarely, sent back to the manufacturer for repair. Just part of the out with the old and in with the new mindset that too many of us have become accustomed to... and also the adoption of cheap goods that really can't be repaired at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used SAMSON brand sash cord as replacements. It seemed an exact match to the cords that I was replacing. Also, I had to use small Fletcher diamond points because of how thin the muntins were and how steep my glazing needed to be. I looked for them forever, and then I found them at my local downtown hardware store, <a href="http://www.lewtershardware.com/" target="_blank">Lewters</a>! BigBox 0, Mom&Pop 1. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Found this felt weatherstripping at Lewters also.. gave me an idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I needed to weatherstrip my old double hung windows because they were loose and rattled in their channels.. I didn't want to put the plastic or rubber stuff on them, as it would wear out and crack up in a few years. I didn't want to modify the windows anymore and install the metal channel weatherstripping. I also couldn't source it that easily, so I decided to use the felt! I tacked it on the backsides of the parting strips and interior stops that met the sash. I also put it on the backside of the interior meeting rail and the on the upper top sash and lower bottom sash. Presto! It worked out so well!! It snugs up the windows and seals the windows up better than expected. A cheap and minimally invasive weather proofing solution. It also blends in very well.. doesn't look out of place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sealed up the sash weight pockets pretty well also, leaving room for the sash weights. You can remove the weights and install spring loaded pulls and other things.. not cool in my opinion. Also, a tip I learned from watching <a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/biography/0,,420219,00.html" target="_blank">Tom Silva at This Old House</a> retrofit lots of windows.. You can <a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20057396,00.html" target="_blank">seal the gaps between the wall and the jambs</a> with metal duct tape. Just another trick to really sealing the old windows as tightly as possible. Ultimately, windows are just poorly insulated holes in a wall.... so every little bit helps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Definite improvement from what we started with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.doublehungwindowrestoration.com/typical-restoration-process.html" target="_blank">Double Hung Window Restoration</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/OldeWindowRestorer?feature=watch" target="_blank">Dave Bowers makes it all look easy!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/information-center/sustainable-communities/green-lab/saving-windows-saving-money/#.UsLktvt0lZ8" target="_blank">Save Old Windows, Save Money, Be Toasty</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability/energy-efficiency/weatherization/windows-doors.htm" target="_blank">National Park Services Opinion</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.presnc.org/Preservation-Answers/Historic-Windows-Resource-Page" target="_blank">North Carolina compiled some resources</a></span>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-8548380216724957882013-12-30T20:17:00.000-06:002013-12-30T20:27:11.337-06:00MB Eye Candy: Episode 1 - The Reddish Golden Pine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...just kidding.. Only the Master Bedroom is 100% complete. I can't believe that I can actually call something 100% complete. As promised, I must post lots of things about any project that reaches that elusive milestone. I can't roll it all up into one post, so I'll let it out all nice and slow. In the first part of this saga, we'll start with the beautiful restored heart pine floors. Although, I believe we've leaked some photos of the finished floors earlier.... here is the real story. Let the pictures roll!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought the original floor was intact under all those layers, but little did I know that I was missing about half of it. Yeah, this spot was all rotted over in the corner also.. <a href="http://fivepointsrenovation.blogspot.com/2012/07/corner-from-hell.html" target="_blank">remember the corner</a> that I had to rebuild from the ground up. I really don't know how this corner of the house was hanging on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Installed it all and did lots of sanding and filling... Heart pine really gums up your sanding paper FYI. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is full of awesome resins... I had to cross sand with 60 grit a couple of times. I then hit with 80 and 100 and 120ish after filling. It was lots of sanding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I dug around a little bit to actually figure out how I should refinish this stuff. Props to the <a href="http://heartpine.com/brochure-downloads/" target="_blank">Goodwin company for uploading some good literature on their website</a> that pointed me in the right directions. I left the woods natural color, which will redden over time and used the <a href="http://www.bona.com/en-US/" target="_blank">Bona flooring products</a> with some great results. This is the rundown on the finish... Screen between coatings and plow on the finishes. The school of thought is that the oil base sealer brings the rich tones of the wood out and the higher gloss poly adheres better to itself, while the satin topcoat knocks the sheen off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The difficult stuff is mostly over and all that remains is really finish work </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The brick will be exposed like that in the finished room.. I think it is so cool!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...So... I'm tearing the windows out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just kidding.. I'm not really tearing them out..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think someones dog chewed on this one.. or <a href="http://fivepointsrenovation.blogspot.com/2010/02/blame-game.html" target="_blank">SQUIRRELS! DAMN THEM!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh and a big sarcastic "Atta-boy" to the idiot that installed the storm windows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Way to care bro, every insanely long screw you put in busted the casings... You are a pro.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So after disassembly.. the windows are not in too terrible of shape, but replacement glazing and liquid wood will be needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I guess I owe you guys a post! I need to get back into the habit..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am of the opinion not to post until I get something completely finished, which is harder than it sounds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since projects in old houses tend to balloon into 5+ other projects.. everything seems to rely on the next! IT NEVER ENDS!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Project 1: Operation Finish the Master Bedroom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.1: Patch the wood floors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 1.1.1: Clean up the wood flooring saved from earlier renovations (<a href="http://fivepointsrenovation.blogspot.com/2011/10/layer-game.html#more" target="_blank">Remember My Rant!</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">**Create a whole new Project (See Project 2)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.1.1: Figure out effective and fast way to clean up the wood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.1.2: Purchase tools needed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.1.3: Build jigs needed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.1.4: Purchase replacement parts for new tools because wood is covered in concrete</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 1.1.2: Install wood flooring in bedroom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.2.1: Level floors because wood isn't installing well</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 1.1.3: Install wood flooring in hallway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.3.1: Tear out old wood flooring in hallway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubSubTask 1.1.3.2: Install subfloor in hallway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.2: Repoint Chimney</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 1.2.1: Scrape mortar from chimney</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 1.2.2: Patch big hole in chimney</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 1.2.3: Water chimney like a plant</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.3: Install drywall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.4: Refinish wood flooring </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sub Task 1.4.1: Old nails and stuff</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.5: Install trim</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.6: Prime and paint</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 1.IT NEVER ENDS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Project 2: Operation Take Back Garage!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Task 2.1: Make some room in the garage to actually work!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 2.1.1: Make some shelves to organize the Garage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 2.1.2: Build Garage organization accessories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 2.1.3: Organize the Garage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SubTask 2.1.4: Postpone Operation Take Back the Garage realizing the house is more important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway! Things are all downhill from here! Well.. at least for the master suite (not including walk-in closet which is still our bathroom). Here are some pics of flooring debacle..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of it cleaned up really well.. Some didn't. I kept the good pieces once down, sanded, and finished it will look really nice. Each piece was 2 passes in a planar and 2 passes on a router on each edge.. That is at least 6 passes per piece! Do the math on 3" wide boards for about 200sqft.. yeah it took a while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember the corner from hell? Even after I rebuilt it, there was still some sag in the floor.. I put in a couple of dead runners and everything leveled up nicely!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This stuff was brittle and warped from its previous install.. understandable considering it was installed, oh lets guess-timate... LIKE 100 YEARS AGO!! It didn't go down without some effort, but better than I had expected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of you may be wondering why I didn't blend it in and try and stitch it together with the floor already in place.. Well, I've long since lost most my perfectionist tendencies since this house came into my life. Also, if you think there is any chance in hell of making this stuff line back up.. you're terribly mistaken. The old floorboards aren't like the ones milled today. They didn't have the manufacturing tolerances that our milling machines have, and they didn't have to worry about them interleaving because one individual board spans the entire house!</span></div>
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<br />rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-56633454775977894092012-12-23T17:47:00.000-06:002012-12-23T17:47:28.361-06:00Happy Holidays!! <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hi Everyone! I hope that 2012 is wrapping up (pun intended!) well for you! Christmas time is one of those phenomenons that brings out the good, the bad, and the ugly in people. Hope for you that it is more good than bad or ugly. Rick and I finally finished up Christmas shopping today, Christmas Eve Eve, aka, Festivus. We are about to sit down to our Festivus meal and laugh about all the ways we were disappointed this year a la Kramer and Frank Costanza.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rick is on the home stretch of the upstairs renovation. This is so exciting for us and I could not be more pleased or impressed with my husband's (still sounds weird to say husband) handy man freak of nature abilities. Here are a few pictures of what he's been up to lately.</span><br />
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We almost did not put up Christmas decorations this year because almost all of our rooms are in some sort of renovation phase. However, Rick talked me in to it, so here is Christmas 2012 at our house.<br />
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We spent Thanksgiving in Phil Campbell, AL with Rick's family. Dexter is a huge fan of their yard in the Fall. He loves to run really fast through the leaves<br />
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Best of luck to you in the new year!! We wish you and your family a great 2013!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09549939231704903119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-79050798297025746952012-07-19T22:17:00.000-05:002012-07-19T22:17:01.211-05:00Mini Project: Flower Box<br />
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<br />rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-70065575486889184252012-07-15T18:09:00.001-05:002012-07-15T18:11:33.863-05:00Corner From Hell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hey peeps! Long time no post! So... it has been a while since I've posted anything. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The computer breaking was a bummer, because there were some really good pictures that I was saving for future posts. They all were lost.... didn't have a really recent backup. Lesson learned. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are still smashing away on the upstairs. It is a beast of a project and the heat isn't really speeding things up. The attic is also getting revamped in parrallel, so that adds to the workload. I've cleaned up all the old ceiling boards and am ready to get some replicas from the lumber yard to replace the damaged ones. Next on the agenda is to insulate above the rooms under construction, put the attic floor down, and get the A/C unit up and running ASAP. Then, finishing up the walls and floors comes after. Once that is finished; windows, chimney rework, bathroom tile, fixtures, and finishing touches are soon to follow. After all that, the master bedroom, master bath, and upstairs hallway will be finished! yay... but that is still a ton of work. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moving on... I've slapped together a few pics (the ones that weren't lost when my computer died on me) of the corner from hell. Enjoy. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stripping layers of old wallpaper off of the old bead board ceiling! This job is boring, and my arms become noodles after an hour. I bought a wallpaper steamer and that made it go quicker.. but standing on a ladder holding a steamer that drips scalding water on your head.. not very exciting. The end result is encouraging though! The old bead board is cleaning up nicely! When it gets primed and painted it will look great. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cleaning these things is a messy job though.. They are loose so that means a century of old coal dust in the attic rains down from behind the wallpaper when removed. It continues to pour out if the board is moved in any way. I will have to tighten these boards up and also go up in the attic, bag up all the loose insulation, vacuum the back of the boards, and then spray foam everything to get a nice tight seal. Lots of work.... and the thing that haunts me lately is being up in the attic during summer... yuck.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, what I'm calling "Phase 1A - Upstairs" is completed... almost. Since I have almost roughed in the old jungle room all the way, I've moved into the master bedroom to start ripping it out and getting it ready for rough in. "Phase 1 - Upstairs" is the complete rough in of the jungle room and master bedroom.. electrical, plumbing, framing, and insulation. It is all really a giant jumble of mini and major projects that can't be completed without finishing parts of the others.... Old houses are annoying that way...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-crash</span>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-75022261796398627632012-01-20T11:49:00.001-06:002012-01-20T11:49:43.007-06:00Link: Nightmares XXVI<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I love these articles on TOH.com. I've found some dumb things in our house, but nothing really like these DIY goofs. Enjoy the link. </div>
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<a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20561409,00.html?xid=googlegadget-012012-TOH-home-inspection-nightmares-xxvi-mainlink-1" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="">Home Inspection Nightmares XXVI</a>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-28114354311245033032012-01-03T11:06:00.003-06:002012-01-03T19:42:05.998-06:00Christmas Break?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who said anything about taking a break!! Last year about this time, I was hunkered down in the dirt under the house. I was able to get a jump start on <a href="http://fivepointsrenovation.blogspot.com/2010/06/heat-stroke.html">the huge foundation project</a> during that years break. The dungeon project took me a long long time to almost complete.... yes, there is still more that needs to be done down there. Now, lets not waste time on renovation memory lane fretting about what is in the past, under the house, and in the dark. Lets look ahead to new possibilities and, most importantly, the aftermath of the current "Christmas no-break."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you may have guessed... my beyond-DIY prowess was focused totally on upstairs. I haven't blogged about it lately, but stuff has been going down up there. Remodel plumbing/framing is no joke folks. Remodel anything in a turn of the century home is no joke either. I'll just leave you with pictures and picture comments until I can find something to rant/obsess about in another post. Oh! Major shout out to the folks who made this project even more possible with their contributions of Home Depot gift cards! Every ounce of monetary value was drained from the cards over a few short days of crazy construction madness. Seriously, if we didn't have to work and had a constant supply of those amazing gift cards, these renovation projects would scream by!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was initially planning on just foaming the entire stud bay, but I figured out that it is actually pretty costly. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, Plan B was to flash and batt.. 2" of closed cell foam and the rest fiberglass batts. The DIY foam kits are pretty neat, but they are still costly. Plan C, which turned out to be about 4 times cheaper than Plan B, was to cut foam board to size and foam it in place for an air tight seal and then fill the rest with fiberglass. You have to do this pretty methodically to get good results and a strong seal. All the plans achieve basically the same results and R value, so it just came down to cost. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Plan A- $$$ - Foam fill everything </span><br />
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<br />rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-84592974456904474112011-11-15T10:25:00.001-06:002011-11-15T19:16:52.763-06:00Coal Dust & Electricity<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I can't imagine a time where entire cities ran on coal. All the steam boilers, smelters, and fireplaces being shoveled full of this burning black rock. Everything, everywhere all dusty and sooty. The city still essentially runs on coal, it is just burned in a central location far away where no one has to think about it and piped in as nice clean electricity. Anyway, to my point.. Old houses used coal fireplaces for warmth. That translates into today as lots of coal dust and soot pouring out of all the demo areas. I've got the upstairs quarantined pretty well, so fortunately it isn't an issue. I just had hoped that I would be rid of the stuff once I finished wallowing in it under the house. Guess not. </div>
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle though! Here is the floor all stacked up pretty and nice. It still needs to be cleaned up some more, but it is a start. We will be able to patch the master with this and some other rough flooring spots in the house.</div>
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Old heart pine flooring like this isn't cheap either! All cleaned up, this stuff can retail for around $4/sqft, so you're looking at about 1k worth of flooring material. Big props to The Axe for her crazy nail pulling efforts. </div>
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I found a fun little surprise under the floor. Guess what the red light means...</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob_and_tube_wiring">Knob and tube wiring</a> has gotten a bad rap over the years. It was actually a pretty good system. It only started to have problems when introduced to rodents, insulation, and time. Rodents chew through the insulation, exposing bare electrical wire. Insulation, if placed around the old knob and tube wiring, contributes to overheating and that causes the insulation around the wire to fail, crack, and fall off... exposing the bare electrical wire. If you throw father time into the mix then you have yourself a nice house fire! The same things can happen to newer electrical wiring if not installed correctly. Moral of the story, expect to find knob and tube in an old house. Also, don't rely on a home inspector to find things like this. They cannot see through walls... yet. My advice is to study up, walk through your inspection with your home inspector, and ask questions if you have concerns. </div>
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My stuff is in pretty good shape, but it still has to be ripped out according to code. Also, I've seen evidence that someone has tried to hide the fact that the knob and tube was still being energized. The guilty party cut it a little over a foot back from the electrical boxes and tied it into some newer wire (no junction box, of course) which was then put back into the box and wired up to the fixture. That is why I didn't notice it when I rewired some fixtures earlier on. For shame, person/contractor who took this shortcut, for shame. Renovating these old houses isn't easy, but that doesn't excuse shortcuts and shoddy work. The bad news, this stuff runs to most of the overhead lights in the house. Yay....</div>
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<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(construction)">Balloon framing</a> was possible only because the old guys had readily available large and long pieces of lumber. If someone wanted to balloon frame a house today, they would have to use mostly all engineered lumber or steel materials (the old guys cut most all the big trees down). I guess you could pay a fortune for the large pieces of lumber. The reason balloon framing is a problem for me is because the subfloor is my wood floor. There is no subfloor on the second story. Also, the vertical studs run from the bottom of the first story all the way to the roof with the second story joists nailed into their sides. This makes my plans a lot more difficult. So, new game plan. I'll have to really tear into the structure in order to add support for the second story bathrooms. That will involve ripping the dining room up pretty badly to get some jack studs and headers in to hold the new beams that have to stretch across the room to support the added weight of walls and tubs and such. I'll also have to add support to the floor joists at their studs. My father had a good idea to use bolts which would take more load than the nails currently used. I've got to cut into the framing some more to get a better idea on exactly how I'm going to go about this. Hells Bells!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway.. Lets talk about plaster and lathe! Good ole horse hair plaster. I wish this stuff was in better condition and by that I mean that I wish someone hadn't tore it out or installed drywall over it! This stuff is great and actually added to the structural integrity and thermal mass of the house. It was also very labor intensive to install and there are very few skilled craftsmen still around who can actually install it the original way. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can see how thick this stuff is. Why in the world would you want to get rid of it and replace it with drywall? In the pic below, you can see the backside of a piece. The ridges in the plaster are the places that the plaster would squeeze through the gaps in the lathe. These ridges are called plaster keys. A plaster wall can fail from a few different things. The lathe, usually cheap wood, will start to deteriorate. A weak plaster mix could cause the keys to weaken and break off, thus losing your mechanical bond with the lathe. House movement, seasonal temperature changes, or moisture can all affect a plaster wall. Even though plaster may look rough, it is not that hard to repair, and is usually the best alternative. </span><br />
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There is still some work to be done to get everything all sealed off. I absolutely do not want any of the dust from the demo getting into the rest of the house. Demolition makes a mess, especially if you are ripping through 100 years of funk and taking everything to the studs. Lead, asbestos, coal dust, hair plaster.. my kind of fun!! I'm actually really excited for this project. We'll turn the "closet room" into a master bath, guest bath, and small guest walk-in. The master bedroom will get all tricked out and the chimney brick will be exposed. The master bath will turn into a great big walk in closet and the rest of it will be opened for the eventual open stairwell. The attic will be closed in for conditioned storage and new insulation, wiring, and ventilation throughout the upstairs. After it is all finished the upstairs will be transformed from a 3 bedroom, awkward shared bath, no storage nightmare, to a nice master and guest suite with all the amenities and plenty of storage. </div>
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Now for the flooring layer mess.... ( negative attitude warning )<br />
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I am trying to stay positive about the renovation and keep a happy blog vibe, but immediately I found something that just really got under my skin. Like always, one of the previous owners really really screwed things up. Three out of four rooms upstairs have some kind of flooring sandwich over the original hardwoods. The guest room (blue room) just has carpet and pad over the hardwoods and that is awesome! The wood is in such good shape. I can't say the same for the other rooms. I'm guessing, but I think the bathroom goes as follows.. tile, hardibacker, linoleum, something, then hardwood. The master bedroom may be.. laminate, osb, something, something, hardwood. I had to know more so I tore up a corner in the other "closet room". I took some pics of the layers and I kept my cool all the way to layer 5.. then I lost it. Seriously! Self Leveler?? Over the hardwood!! Luckily this rooms flooring has to all come up, but I wanted to salvage some of it to fill in other places or patch things up with. We may be able to clean the wood up after it is removed, but it will take a while. I just hope it is a little better in the rooms where I want to keep the floors intact. </div>
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1) Carpet - This was a kids room upstairs so I'm ok with this carpet.</div>
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2) Carpet Pad - Gotta have it for carpet so still ok. </div>
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3) Linoleum - ?? Upstairs bedroom.. not a wet area.. Linoleum? I even be ok with it if it was extremely old when this stuff was all the rage, but it is fairly new linoleum. </div>
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4) OSB - This is where I started losing my cool. You usually don't use OSB under linoleum because of the rough surface. The unevenness of OSB can be noticeable on the surface of your linoleum. Not to mention all the screw holes into the flooring below. Honestly how rigid does this flooring installation need to be?? The only thing going through my head was, "Please don't let this be glued down."</div>
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5) Self Leveler - What! I went bonkers! Self leveler! Seriously! Like the finished wood surface wasn't smooth enough to lay the crap OSB on!! I hate you previous owner who did this. I hate you. This was totally unnecessary. Did it really sound like a good idea to smear cement all over the wood floor? I would have rather you glued the OSB down if you were that concerned about your precious linoleum. Now I will have to spend a fortune on sanding paper or planer blades or something to get this off without ruining the wood.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-5421368872739554512011-10-02T18:04:00.002-05:002011-10-02T18:04:53.703-05:00Mini Projects: Chair and FenceHey my peoples!!<br />
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I've been tinkering around with some mini projects as an excuse to play with the router. I do have an ulterior motive for the mini projects though. It gives me more time to build up my tool infrastructure in preparation for the upcoming big upstairs renovation. I've still got to build a big router table and table saw setup for all the finish work that we will be doing up there. If I had my way and lots of time, I would build the furniture also. I am still leaning toward building the vanity and built in cabinets though.. we'll see. Anyway... On to the mini project pictures!!!!<br />
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Mini Project: Adirondack Chair<br />
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This little guy (actually it is a pretty good size and super comfortable) let me get a poor mans router setup going. I just needed to round over the lumber. Overall, it wasn't that difficult to build. It took me a little over a day to finish, the worst part was painting. I used a solid outdoor stain, and that stuff is super easy to put on. Best of all, you don't have to sand when you need to reapply! Every few years just clean it well and brush on a new coat. I made patterns because I plan on making a few more to set out back. I may play with the seat angle, but everything else is great. If you want to try your hand at building one, you can find the link on the Popular Mechanics website. <a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/woodworking/2919751">Link to Adirondack Chair</a><br />
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Mini Project: Mini Fence!!<br />
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Anyone that has visited our house can clearly see that our backyard fence is ready for the grave. We've had a design that we love (and so will the historic committee) for replacing the fence when we are ready, but that will most likely not be until next spring or so. In the meantime I found a way to test out the design and see how it looks for real.<br />
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There was some ugly lattice fence in the front close to the A/C units. It was rotten so I donkey kicked it a couple of times and everything but posts came down. (Little did I know that the post were set in concrete deeper than they were tall.. AH!! RAGE Ensued!!) I think you can see the crappy little fence in one of our older pics.. The fence was only one panel about 5 feet long and there was a gate on it?? (not pictured) Why? Too far to walk around??<br />
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This was a little more difficult than the chair.. all the staining! This time we used a semi-transparent outdoor stain for all the same reasons. I liked the way it turned out! It is like a white washed look. A word of caution.. ALWAYS check any stain and get samples prior to using.. it never looks like you thought it would. The fence is basically a 2:1 scale from what the bigger fence will be around the back of the property. We'll probably put some kind of landscaping at the base of it later to soften the transition. Overall, the design worked out well and this will give me something to show the committee when getting the real fence work approved.<br />
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Thats all for now. I've got some old windows from my sister that I am planning on working into some kind of old cold frame/ dresser for outdoors. It will be cool. Right now the schedule for the upstairs demolition is set for sometime after Halloween. It is scary just thinking about all that demo.<br />
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We picked this old sewing table up a while back at a local thrift store in an inexpensive attempt to furnish our empty house. I think it originated some time back in the 60's or 70's judging from the lima bean inspired color of the sewing machine. Vigorelli was (perhaps still is?) an Italian sewing machine manufacturer that made machines for heavy duty materials. Unfortunately the sewing machine on our table made a better door stop than a sewing machine. So off went the machine and now we have a charming little entry way table! Check out our handy work on this cutie! </div>
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<br />rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-1486478929399482052011-07-07T21:58:00.005-05:002011-07-08T13:46:52.692-05:00Title BoutI know most of what I've been blogging about lately is boring old foundation stuff.. but there is hope!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I've had the opportunity to go all out lately under the house. I'm so close to being "finished" with the tough foundation work. Some of you may be asking.. "Why is he putting so much work into the foundation?" or "You can't see it, who cares.".. Well you should know that if I didn't care about the house and was just trying to flip it or do some surface renovation, then I wouldn't be putting near as much work into it. Because of all the nice tile and wood work that I plan to do in this house, I have to complete the foundation so that I am not putting cracks in my finished work after the fact. Another reason for all the work is that this foundation is 100 years old and has never seen any repair. It was in awful condition.. until I came along and saved the day!! Seriously, to prove my point.. think of a brick and mortar wall... You would think, as you are imagining this brick and mortar wall, that it is solid and strong and very capable of holding up a house.. well.. If I can tear them apart with my hands then they have failed. I posted a video showing just how weak and fragile the foundation walls have become. Remember this is a portion of the wall that the back two stories is/was resting on... Enjoy.<br />
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</div>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-41523040249710265172011-07-05T19:50:00.001-05:002011-07-06T19:30:46.181-05:00Quickie - Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"... for nervousness or nervous exhaustion, sleeplessness, hysteria, headache, neuralgia, backache, pain, epilepsy, spasms, fits and St. Vidus' dance."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ~ from Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine label<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zSVT4cMCx5Q/ThOsvTxtMrI/AAAAAAAAAUk/I5K-8_TBF-c/s1600/DSCN0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zSVT4cMCx5Q/ThOsvTxtMrI/AAAAAAAAAUk/I5K-8_TBF-c/s400/DSCN0148.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Toiling away under the house is getting old... luckily today I found a little piece of the past. I did some brief research and read that Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine was a "potion" from the 1900's. It was a sedative thought to calm the nerves. In addition, the company later went on to invent Alka-Seltzer. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div> If you will notice my black, soot covered hands. Thats pretty much what I look like when I come out from under the house after a long day. I'm trying to stay motivated, but working under the house is just not fun. I need to replace a long wall of old crumbly bricks before we can start working on the bathroom. After this one last push, hopefully I'll be able to stay out of the dungeon for a while.<br />
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</tbody></table>Dexter and I really enjoyed the calming and restorative effects of Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine. I think its addictive.rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-61563491623278709882011-07-02T15:49:00.003-05:002011-07-06T19:31:12.872-05:00Impromptu Demolition ...er... "Exploring"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello there!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you may know, I forecast that the foundation would be mostly "finished" by now. Well... I'm behind schedule. I found a little rot, as you can see below and had to rip out and replace a lot of that. After clearing out all the crap insulation (chipmunk winter retreat bedding) between the floor joists, I was able to see the extent of the damage. Instead of throwing out all kinds of insults to whomever tried to "fix" the problem.. I will instead try and offer a few smart ass tips directed towards them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Smart Ass Tip #1: Don't attach a new replacement joist to a rotten joist... you won't get the support you need. Also, it is just a dumb idea and a sign of lack of knowledge in correct framing practices. In addition, think about the word replacement for a while and learn what it actually means.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Smart Ass Tip #2: Don't put untreated wood next to a slab, and expect it to last. It will rot. Also, not a good idea to pour a slab porch and basically let the slab hang in the air supported by the aforementioned untreated wood.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Smart Ass Tip #3: Do things correctly the first time, please. If you don't know how or don't know where to start then seek the advice of someone who has experience in the matter. At least use your head and a little common sense.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some of the replacement work.. It is very hard to work from the bottom. I got the support beam in and replaced the joists and some of the wall baseplate. I will not be able to get to the rest of it until I go into the walls upstairs. </span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Enough about the foundation already! Feeling a little burnt out so... I went exploring! Since the foundation is nearing its end, and the next project on the list is the master suite.. We will need to live on the first floor for a while. I decided to get the downstairs closet ready to support our influx of clothing from the jungle "closet" room. The A/C return and chimney are enclosed in the downstair closet.. so I took the opportunity to do a little poking around. The closet, like everything else in the house, was quickly cobbled together with little regard for aesthetics or practical function. I just started cutting little peep holes in all the hollow walls just to see what was going on.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The old bead boards made up the original ceiling! Cool! We plan on replicating that look (sans dark stain) in a few places in the house.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just wanted to check out the state of the chimney so.. I started hacking away!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I swear I could build another house with all the extra shit that is nailed in every corner of this house. Honestly, this is all random wood, nonstructural, from out of that closet. I am seriously at a loss of words on how someone puts things like this together in their mind. </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sadly, I am certain that most of original plaster in this house is not in any condition to be repaired. All the keys are gone and it is badly damaged from the drywall being installed over it. I would save the old pig and horse hair plaster if I could. I've got some time off from work so hopefully I'll make some more progress on the foundation and move upstairs before long. New forecast... upstairs demo in August. Slow and steady!</span><br />
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</tbody></table>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-38028173308674431602011-04-17T14:07:00.001-05:002011-04-17T14:08:20.481-05:00Quickie - Dungeon Update<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll confess.. I missed my goal of having the foundation complete by the end of March. However, I didn't miss it by much! The last beam is in (apologies to my lower back) and I'm currently leveling the remainder of the house. Yay.. still a lot of work to do, but the majority of the back breaking labor is finished! Now I can focus on the new master suite!! Ooooohhh Ahhhhhh! You cannot understand how much we are looking forward to cleaning up in a shower with properly functioning hardware! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those of you who didn't know.... </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our house was held up by logs (see below) </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<a name='more'></a>Not only was our house held up by logs, but sometime after the logs were installed... or maybe around the same time.. who knows.. someone decided to try and fix the sagging floors. While it was a sad attempt, it was better than nothing. They put in a couple of steel poles to try and firm up the floors, and they even poured somewhat of a footer for the steel poles! I know!! What an amazing effort!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was taken back when I discovered that an actual footer was poured for the poles, rather than just resting them on the dirt or a field rock, as was the case for the logs. For a split second, I thought that maybe I could use these old footers... then I laughed at that thought because that would mean that some repair work in this house was actually done correctly. Long story short.... If I can dig up your footer and throw it into my footer as fill rock... then you fail completely on foundation support. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-36968670325445769602011-02-27T20:01:00.001-06:002011-02-27T20:25:18.957-06:00Crack House!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After a lot of thought on how to turn our home into an income producing property in order to qualify for federal historic restoration grants... we've decided to temporarily transform this place into a crack house! Great idea right!! I know!!! I'm so excited!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ok, let me explain... It all started a long time ago...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><a name='more'></a><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cedar logs and field stones were essentially all that was holding the house up! The foundation was in need of some major attention... when you try and sit at the desk and your chair rolls towards the wall... this is a problem. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fine... our house is not a crack house, but you'll understand what I'm talking about in just a second. I'm still in the dungeon working on the foundation. I've also managed to stay on schedule for finishing it up around the end of March, however, Spring is moving in and I've been getting side tracked by yard stuff (Pecan tree trimmed up, making a second attempt at a green lawn, planting a small garden!). I need to clone myself. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4-HSHFzqLpc/TWr1LvuGdyI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/jNY4K6V8cAs/s1600/DSCN0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4-HSHFzqLpc/TWr1LvuGdyI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/jNY4K6V8cAs/s400/DSCN0015.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> This is how I am addressing the problem... </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">3' footings, 12x8x16 piers reinforced and filled, new 6x10 engineered cross beams! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Say What! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> I also had to get Mr. 20 ton to help my collection of screw jacks out...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Also, one of those steel support poles has been decommissioned (bent to hell) by the house.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IRAaS-v4sCs/TWr11rx4dLI/AAAAAAAAARE/DxrY_m4ZYDU/s1600/DSCN0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IRAaS-v4sCs/TWr11rx4dLI/AAAAAAAAARE/DxrY_m4ZYDU/s400/DSCN0036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Some of these cracks may not have been as major if I would've slowed the jacking process down... but I don't have that kind of time!! ha!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Fun Fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Our house was built close to the same time that the Titanic met its end.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> Also... we have ghosts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KfbL0K5CK20/TWr4TL3S4XI/AAAAAAAAASA/JIdqI03yNLw/s1600/DSCN0061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KfbL0K5CK20/TWr4TL3S4XI/AAAAAAAAASA/JIdqI03yNLw/s400/DSCN0061.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-16314966693188386082011-02-21T21:12:00.001-06:002011-02-21T21:17:54.886-06:00Mini Project - Cast Iron Tub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A miracle has just happened! I was able to escape the suffocating confines of the dungeon long enough to finish up a mini project that has been ongoing since we moved into this house a year ago. I know... why did it take so long to finish up a mini project? Well, I don't have an answer! It just tucked so neatly away in the garage... Also it made such a great makeshift table to pile things on that I couldn't bear to finish it. That, and the fact that you have to throw your back out in order to move the blasted thing! So, if you haven't guessed by now, I'm talking about the cast iron tub!! I believe it made a cameo on some earlier pictures of the house...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Fugly Fact #1: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">The PVC plumbing and plastic fixtures on the supply lines were spray painted silver... nice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">...although I didn't have such hard feelings when pricing some nice tub hardware</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">I've still got to pick out some hardware for the tub (monetary donations?) and figure out where the final resting place will be. We can't decide between the downstairs guest bathroom or the upstairs master bath. Don't worry... you haven't missed any renovations of the upstairs... I've been too preoccupied with the dungeon and will be for the next month or so (new pics coming soon!). When the time comes, and if the decision to move the tub upstairs is made... pray for us... or for super human strength to whomever the tub lands on as it violently crashes down the stairs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y98qaGgizNs/TWMTLNxD4xI/AAAAAAAAAPo/R9-KKFAboNM/s400/DSCN0852.JPG" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I found these cast iron feet on ebay for a steal! I thought they had a cool old greenish patina, but it was just paint.. lots of it. A recurring theme in this house, might I add, is to paint everything with at least 50 or more coats of paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I could live with a few coats.. but seriously it is ridiculous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Fugly Fact #3:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">There were only two feet on the tub when we moved in. They were painted gold and there were only two of them. Apparently bricks were the best choice for replacing the missing legs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I'm not surprised by the things that I find in this house anymore. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJautucfCac/TWMTZ6phRYI/AAAAAAAAAPs/S6E0NuYbkYU/s1600/DSCN0858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJautucfCac/TWMTZ6phRYI/AAAAAAAAAPs/S6E0NuYbkYU/s400/DSCN0858.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> Here is the tub when we got it out of the bathroom and onto the operating table. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">See the blue paint.. yeah I think the entire bathroom was once painted that color.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sd-SdrReKqU/TWMTspsvA4I/AAAAAAAAAPw/7DcrRRQmIIk/s1600/DSCN0864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sd-SdrReKqU/TWMTspsvA4I/AAAAAAAAAPw/7DcrRRQmIIk/s400/DSCN0864.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> Here are the feet after stripping, cleaning, grinding, and base coating them.<br />
I like the claws. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gvDhLdeNnY0/TWMT7SL7kGI/AAAAAAAAAP0/56va_Uvg6RY/s1600/DSCN0866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gvDhLdeNnY0/TWMT7SL7kGI/AAAAAAAAAP0/56va_Uvg6RY/s400/DSCN0866.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> It took a little work to get the replacement feet to fit the old tub. They didn't exactly have strict standards back in the day. Unless you have the exact feet that originally came with the tub, you probably won't get a good fit. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f1vNpeP5bsY/TWMUKVM3hTI/AAAAAAAAAP4/5BFE67Rz-ic/s1600/DSCN0872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f1vNpeP5bsY/TWMUKVM3hTI/AAAAAAAAAP4/5BFE67Rz-ic/s400/DSCN0872.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />
White, blue, yellow, flesh, marble... just a few of the many colors that this tub has seen.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FuU8IQ5nMoM/TWMUUQoHZaI/AAAAAAAAAP8/q2kwYnyATZY/s1600/DSCN1762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FuU8IQ5nMoM/TWMUUQoHZaI/AAAAAAAAAP8/q2kwYnyATZY/s400/DSCN1762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> My supervisor.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OWYAA9Zgd8c/TWMUd74IObI/AAAAAAAAAQA/aY4IkeOx8lg/s1600/DSCN1764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OWYAA9Zgd8c/TWMUd74IObI/AAAAAAAAAQA/aY4IkeOx8lg/s400/DSCN1764.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> Down to the cast! Getting all the paint off this thing took forever FYI.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YWcRqKgJJ20/TWMU1Cu5E0I/AAAAAAAAAQI/2_p96YlwDsQ/s1600/DSCN1795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YWcRqKgJJ20/TWMU1Cu5E0I/AAAAAAAAAQI/2_p96YlwDsQ/s400/DSCN1795.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> THE KILL ROOM!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f_TmcGe2t6A/TWMUrliydtI/AAAAAAAAAQE/twYIxog_YiI/s1600/DSCN1793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f_TmcGe2t6A/TWMUrliydtI/AAAAAAAAAQE/twYIxog_YiI/s400/DSCN1793.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> THE KILLER!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Seriously... the chemicals required to coat the tub interior are no joke.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Quick Summary of the process:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">1) Wash the tub out and scrub away all the funk.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">2) Wash the tub out again with a lightly acidic soap that melts old silicone and scum. Your tub will never be cleaner!!! After this step I considered leaving the inside alone.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> 3) Scrub the tub with some really caustic brown goo... This stuff basically eats away at the old porcelain coating.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">4) Wash the tub out with water and get all the "chalky" porcelain residue out with tack cloth.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">5) Spray a bonding agent/ base coat onto the tub.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">6) Spray the topcoat on and Presto! Pretty new tub!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYzVYngU9JE/TWMVFJMaoFI/AAAAAAAAAQM/X-jv8tmK7_8/s1600/DSCN0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYzVYngU9JE/TWMVFJMaoFI/AAAAAAAAAQM/X-jv8tmK7_8/s400/DSCN0022.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Pretty new tub!! (Minus the hardware) </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I was surprised by the finished quality of the enamel used to re-coat the tub. I've heard horror stories about its ability to hold up to everyday wear and tear, but this stuff looks rock solid! Obviously, I'm not going to use an abrasive pad on it.. but I've tested some inconspicuous spots and it is holding up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6ifV2TlyDI/TWMVO9d1IQI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/lolj0zFdneo/s400/DSCN0024.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> The legs are all shiny and new.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sR7pWu9Uo-Y/TWMZm3MleLI/AAAAAAAAAQY/lnBdb1vLS-g/s1600/DSCN0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sR7pWu9Uo-Y/TWMZm3MleLI/AAAAAAAAAQY/lnBdb1vLS-g/s400/DSCN0019.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">We went with a flat metal paint for the outside color, and the legs are high gloss. The shiny white, shiny legs, and flat body make a really good contrast. Hopefully, this tub will make a later appearance in a nicely remodeled bathroom! So the tub saga is To Be Continued.....</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501667874171034518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429729737398888724.post-16977586456889798862011-01-18T21:49:00.001-06:002011-01-18T21:51:20.947-06:00The Dungeon: Part III<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">New Years Day officially marked our one year anniversary of living in this house. In some ways, time has flown by, and in other ways... meaning when I think about how many things have broken and how many times I've been side tracked by old house issues.. time seems to be right on track. It has been a while since my last post, but things are progressing.. I swear it!! The good news is that I'm making a lot of head way on the foundations, the bad news is that this kind of work doesn't make for very eye catching photography... </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, I've slowly been installing some permanent footing piers (not pictured..older photo) and I'm getting ready to replace a segmented run of old 6x6 beams with a nice and beefy 6x10, adequate for supporting a two story house. When I am finished with the installation of the beam and accompanying piers half of the house will be leveled up and properly supported. I'm on track to completely replace all the "trees" under the house by the end of March, giving me a solid foundation on which to progress with the interior renovations!! A major master suite remodel is next on the list! Yay! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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