Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Wall and Roof Framing

House is going up fast and you can really start making out the overall addition and the rooms


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Here is a shot from the back, looking at the master bath on the left and master bedroom on the right.



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Another shot of the master bath. To the right will be the dining room.



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Standing in the new master bedroom. Check out the size of the roof rafters.



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View from the front of the house



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View of the Entry. Rough cut lumber used to frame the roof above.



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After a couple more days, the roof framing is just about finished.


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View of Dominic's room and the bathroom to the left.



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Putting plywood sheathing on. This is in the master bedroom looking towards the master bathroom.


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Outside view looking at the newly sheathed walls.



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Looking at the new dining/living room. That large header beam is for the large door opening.


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Another shot. Door to downstairs will be taken out (of course)



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Doesn't seem much left of the old house.



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Front bedroom/den with vaulted ceilings.



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Dominic is excited about his new bedroom.


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Front rooms get plywood.



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View of the new addition roof where it ties into the existing roof. Had to lose the skylight.


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Close up of the massive ridge beam.



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Standing on the roof above the master bath, looking towards the existing part of the house.


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Looking down the hallway. Check out the walk up window where Mimi can serve up meals!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Walls are going up!

Now things are getting exciting. It will now start looking like a house.

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First, some not so exciting sill plates.


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Now we have some walls. Looking at the common bathroom from Dominic's room



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Looking down the hallway from the entry


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From the front bedroom looking at bathroom and back bedrooms


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More walls

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Master bedroom

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Standing in master bedroom, looking towards existing kitchen (And new backdoor)


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Looking at back of house


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Perspective from the front


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Shot from the street

Flooring

What a relief to have the floors covered. Now we can really start seeing the addition.

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Above, insulation is put in then covered with plywood



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There is our old tub. Vintage claw foot. We plan on using it for the new bathroom

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Hmm.. this would be a great deck!

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Ground view of the floor

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Watch out for that first step!

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More Demo

Yikes! Has it been almost a month since my last post? Much has happened. They have started demo in the bathroom, bedroom and living area of the existing house.

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Here is our old bathroom; Check out the strange framing and 2x3 studs? I guess they were trying to save wood



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Bathroom seems so small.


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Wall separating master bedroom and bathroom.

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More of those narrow studs. Hard to believe the house has stood for almost 100 years.



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Wall separating master bedroom and living room.



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What a mess. Note the newer lumber that was probably put in during the last remodel.



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Standing in old master bedroom looking towards living room and bathroom


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Another shot from the master bedroom towards living room.


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From master bedroom looking towards bathroom

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Tub is in rough shape. A little elbow grease and it will be like new. If we ever got in the tamale business, we could always use it to mix the masa.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Framing the floors

It's been a couple of weeks since the last posting; but much has been done. Floors have been framed, plumbing run to the 2 bathrooms and the duct work for the HVAC has
been ran.


Anchor bolts that are set into the foundation walls and tied into the rebar



More anchor bolts



Sub-Floor Framing


Sub-Floor Framing


Hanging the furnace/fan


Location of new stairs going to basement


More framing shots. Black pipes are the vent pipes for the bathrooms





Shot from the back of the house