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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Monday, August 8th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the moisture content of the wood and subfloor finally dropped to acceptable levels! Hallelujah!<br />
Installation took 2 1/2 days... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHKl5U12V61t2gL_pXpHlfzEqrZqjvJZU5UdqZ8m2WUjPZQa9ao9X5ASiQfOMoPYs39g6r818NHMBTyVK2MvB7chbhxW8G7mrq7J2UV08w9Y948OuCmdRWNLMucDcjkf8q434/s1600/installation-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHKl5U12V61t2gL_pXpHlfzEqrZqjvJZU5UdqZ8m2WUjPZQa9ao9X5ASiQfOMoPYs39g6r818NHMBTyVK2MvB7chbhxW8G7mrq7J2UV08w9Y948OuCmdRWNLMucDcjkf8q434/s320/installation-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... as throughout the rest of the house, White Oak is the wood of choice... when you have a piano and a St. Bernard, you go for the strongest and most durable wood species... no questions asked... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanHI7A8gQrH4YIeH3tN8nsLYwJmFTGSi5PNXoX8tdt5EmY7jqwf1rUXB3G89LQb99BEQfs1IgimmNDWDF6-WhsUAymV6jFZXaA21s0u-EYAliV6fopmgAXddY4xy1alirkIs6/s1600/installation-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanHI7A8gQrH4YIeH3tN8nsLYwJmFTGSi5PNXoX8tdt5EmY7jqwf1rUXB3G89LQb99BEQfs1IgimmNDWDF6-WhsUAymV6jFZXaA21s0u-EYAliV6fopmgAXddY4xy1alirkIs6/s320/installation-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the staircase, however, is a combination of Red Oak and Poplar. We ended up going with Red Oak for the treads and newel post since the original wood paneling is Red Oak... we wanted to stay consistent... 'softness' isn't a big deal for the stairs. In appearance, the only major difference between the treads and the floors is that the treads will show more 'graining pattern' once stained...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Wednesday, August 10th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Installation complete and sanding has begun... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We have a couple critical details to figure out in the vestibule... first being the front door threshold. The floor is approximately 1/2" below the original stone threshold... originally the floor in the vestibule was approximately 1/2" higher than the floor in the living room... that is not the case any longer. A transitional wood threshold piece would not have worked... so, what to do... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnHMf1picY9UbDkmOEeo_xyeCkhvB-jbvpATpoId1WVGREECxm-BIuVk6Nc943SZMGIOIG9KeApMyn9hQa_3pzdugVn1sfDxP6F74MlbunI_MyzCe5ZPUw0_HWgAVOpJgIlNG/s1600/entry-threshold_3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnHMf1picY9UbDkmOEeo_xyeCkhvB-jbvpATpoId1WVGREECxm-BIuVk6Nc943SZMGIOIG9KeApMyn9hQa_3pzdugVn1sfDxP6F74MlbunI_MyzCe5ZPUw0_HWgAVOpJgIlNG/s320/entry-threshold_3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... not much? The second detail is the front door framing... big gaps all around the door. We need to get some weather stripping, specifically some type of metal stripping for the threshold... otherwise we'll have a wind blown snow bank inside the vestibule, like we did last winter... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Thursday, August 11th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1/2 day of sanding and 1/2 day staining the floors... but...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... which stain color do we go with... Neutral, like the Kitchen and Dining Room? or Rosewood, like the upstairs... which means refinishing the Dining Room and Kitchen? We've been chewing on this decision since July 5th... Rosewood or Neutral? Neutral or Rosewood? Bryan favoring Neutral... I favoring Rosewood... yet both unconvinced... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFz7WslDbHLoXRZxiqjIh_m6-wecsnkzWs1CMqXK5gLnNJuTwR_ykBHQO80hpv83cPUxJe_C99-_xaML34p5I4kh01Fbvoh_K4wDGe2sAFU5qpAhKhJJvPKLHe4qxS88MYUD0/s1600/stainsample.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFz7WslDbHLoXRZxiqjIh_m6-wecsnkzWs1CMqXK5gLnNJuTwR_ykBHQO80hpv83cPUxJe_C99-_xaML34p5I4kh01Fbvoh_K4wDGe2sAFU5qpAhKhJJvPKLHe4qxS88MYUD0/s320/stainsample.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... when we did the floors upstairs, we went with Rosewood. The upstairs is quite bright, lots of sunlight thanks to plentiful windows and skylights... the Rosewood stain seemed fitting for the house... rich in color... suited for our urban turn-of-the-century rowhouse. However, when we started working on the downstairs, we were concerned the Rosewood would be too dark... the downstairs didn't have as much sunlight as the upstairs (no longer the case... we added 5 windows)... and with the kitchen cabinets being Cherry, we thought having Neutral White Oak floors would be a nice contrast, plus 'lighten' the space... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... we figured we could either refinish the upstairs floors or transition with the stairs somehow, the upstairs floors one color and the entire downstairs another... it wouldn't be that bad, especially since both are the same type of wood... but then we really started thinking about it... refinishing the upstairs floors was out of the question... and having one color upstairs and another downstairs... it would bother us... I know it would... so Rosewood won... even though it meant refinishing the dining room and kitchen floors... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">... same selections as upstairs... stain is a dry application (wet application = two shades darker) of one coat of <a href="http://www.duraseal.com/sections/products/cs/stains/pen-fini.htm">Dura Seal Penetrating Finish</a> in Rosewood and finish is two coats of <a href="http://www.duraseal.com/sections/products/fp/polyurat.htm">Dura Seal Polyurethane</a>. Downstairs we had gone with water based vs polyurethane... big mistake. After 2 1/2 years, the floors look worn... kind of glad we are refinishing them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Friday, August 12th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">First coat of polyurethane... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Saturday, August 13th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Buffing and second coat of polyurethane were supposed to happen... however the polyurethane was not dry enough, and Rob was concerned about damaging the stain... so... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Monday, August 15th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Buffing and second coat of polyurethane applied...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The photo does not do the floors justice... however, since at the time this photo was taken we could not walk on the floors yet, my camera angle was a bit limited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I kind of don't want to move much furniture back in... maybe just a chair and side table... but such is not the case, since this morning all the furniture we had moved into the dining room and kitchen, and more, moved back into the living room so that Rob could start sanding and staining the other half of the first floor...</span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-55725672998506771132011-08-06T16:57:00.000-05:002011-08-06T16:57:10.081-05:00the vestibule door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIwoS6YDNo8O-ofbdZ_NF92s3E9MoJv572jQejXzqBPGfktnNWOVBhRwtBVLbTAb7tE7wgItAg1tQONtgqe8V2wlpzML0HfRWamRDxvCnZNZHlCt7Y23WC2IH6H5_4JN67RB9/s1600/vestibule+door+inside.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIwoS6YDNo8O-ofbdZ_NF92s3E9MoJv572jQejXzqBPGfktnNWOVBhRwtBVLbTAb7tE7wgItAg1tQONtgqe8V2wlpzML0HfRWamRDxvCnZNZHlCt7Y23WC2IH6H5_4JN67RB9/s320/vestibule+door+inside.JPG" t$="true" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYVVdp1KjZWrPSzjogqrUXM2Dxpbxmcyzwp5sBQxK8xqtz-iKKaOPNtKb-bMmd6J0ZW0Hz7gRw4syDbIXjfsbZ2xa8ew1L_NBiaziA4WOSiu3dbfZ2QxnDsm10fKousruF0wg/s1600/vestibule+door+outside.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYVVdp1KjZWrPSzjogqrUXM2Dxpbxmcyzwp5sBQxK8xqtz-iKKaOPNtKb-bMmd6J0ZW0Hz7gRw4syDbIXjfsbZ2xa8ew1L_NBiaziA4WOSiu3dbfZ2QxnDsm10fKousruF0wg/s320/vestibule+door+outside.JPG" t$="true" width="240" /></a></div>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-11953912016577082492011-08-06T16:55:00.002-05:002011-08-12T17:09:26.270-05:00heat + humidity = delay in wood floor installation... time for some serious A/C action<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi5so84LS-lLNbJamTitZczjgbbgTmBPSiAbNwXf6sR7daAu1NpCGdFR4au8H1hgSoUikymn7i3Qp589rLTkcgVnRT1BzXxtD32q_CqJQR5PjA1IpQTcTnWqEpLnLNiCnIHkT/s1600/dehumidifier.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi5so84LS-lLNbJamTitZczjgbbgTmBPSiAbNwXf6sR7daAu1NpCGdFR4au8H1hgSoUikymn7i3Qp589rLTkcgVnRT1BzXxtD32q_CqJQR5PjA1IpQTcTnWqEpLnLNiCnIHkT/s320/dehumidifier.JPG" t$="true" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the wood floor strips were delivered to the house Friday, July 29th. The plan was for them to acclimate over the weekend, and for Rob, the floor guy, to return Monday morning to start installation... Well, the crazy hot and humid heat wave hit and didn't stop... and we don't/didn't have A/C in the house... so when Rob returned Monday morning, he found the wood strips to have 10% to 11% moisture content... they are supposed to be at 5% to 6% MAX. As a result, installation was postponed until we get the moisture content down to where it needed to be... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Step One: Get a de-humidifier running 24/7 near the wood...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Luckily we had one in the basement (courtesy of the previous owner... best find in the house... it has come in handy so very many times!)... so we brought it up and started running the baby... it had to be emptied twice daily... that's how much moisture was in the air!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Step Two: Get window A/C units running pronto...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had an old, somewhat functioning, ghetto window unit down in the basement, so we cleaned it off, brought it up and installed it temporarily in the gangway window... temporarily since our windows aren't meant for window A/C units. First off, they are too wide... if they were to be a 'permanent' fix/cooling means, we would need to construct side panels to fit b/w the A/C unit and the window jambs. The other problem is the sill... over 1/2 of the windows in the house are aluminum replacement windows... and they have this 2" lip on the sill which doesn't allow for the window A/C unit to sit properly. In any case, we 'temporarily' installed the window unit...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluq8oRBq60idk2SAHVpVES72pI8IOSZaCieXAEyGrSGSW9ZkBJa-KGO5sBPmq88vx68LIfIHEuEdr7Bt15dv_Jo_iMN0YYOfjuH6GpV0bqqptHSDNq6RAUA4EtqHtT8LdQpb2/s1600/ghetto+window+ac.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluq8oRBq60idk2SAHVpVES72pI8IOSZaCieXAEyGrSGSW9ZkBJa-KGO5sBPmq88vx68LIfIHEuEdr7Bt15dv_Jo_iMN0YYOfjuH6GpV0bqqptHSDNq6RAUA4EtqHtT8LdQpb2/s320/ghetto+window+ac.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the combination of the dehumidifier and the window A/C unit got the temperature down to 84 degrees and the humidity level to 51%... but that wasn't enough... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Step Three: Time to get SERIOUS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... we ended up biting the bullet and getting a whole-house A/C unit installed. We were hoping to put it off until next summer... but since we had the duct work already installed, we just needed to get a new e-coil and outside unit... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... ha ha, "just".... funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since our furnace was installed by </span><a href="http://www.fourseasons-chicago.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Four Seasons</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, we opted to go with them for the A/C unit (plus they gave us a competitive price). We decided to place the unit in the gangway (it's compact and relatively quiet)... installation took about 4 hours... </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUvR3umW3uDyat6sLcwdP-zB9MWPWHNXauoBKE01ctephP6W2RF669PuMkReRTNvK-nLhfwwqN2hyphenhyphenyIL_Th5RgXU6LWegRHA5I4ti7uWXEOu1PFUiHUaQgmfsdH7pahzV8z69/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUvR3umW3uDyat6sLcwdP-zB9MWPWHNXauoBKE01ctephP6W2RF669PuMkReRTNvK-nLhfwwqN2hyphenhyphenyIL_Th5RgXU6LWegRHA5I4ti7uWXEOu1PFUiHUaQgmfsdH7pahzV8z69/s320/photo.JPG" t$="true" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... this is the first house I've lived in that has central A/C... air conditioning, I'm not crazy about it... I much rather have open windows with natural ventilation... however, on a 95 degree day with 70% humidity and a heat index of 115 degrees... it's love.</span></div>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-53088346336743624122011-08-06T16:49:00.002-05:002011-08-12T16:27:44.793-05:00the front door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ehB_DUV4hh2_jWOBtaAt83nJ5mMf-PlOLhYt01VDkjDD2oWPzCS_rlcHoehxmu3FTptBFv10tf-UhqnO4HpmKaHp_1sU0EPcKy8vp8zR_wL3T0tp0Djuu9LalzstVQGur5XT/s1600/door+detail.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ehB_DUV4hh2_jWOBtaAt83nJ5mMf-PlOLhYt01VDkjDD2oWPzCS_rlcHoehxmu3FTptBFv10tf-UhqnO4HpmKaHp_1sU0EPcKy8vp8zR_wL3T0tp0Djuu9LalzstVQGur5XT/s320/door+detail.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The door hardware was also installed (finally!)... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIf4IjzgsKTT4NZTGVstN003bFOspdk-Nq8f4ixH2IC6Rge8i_PSjdOCHmFukfdjgrtX7lYha2EZGq4obYWKadgOuX0bwkKZk2vqEb49wT1UkwJXi8-vMmfGi8ryYnvgbRZtYX/s1600/front+door+lock-outside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIf4IjzgsKTT4NZTGVstN003bFOspdk-Nq8f4ixH2IC6Rge8i_PSjdOCHmFukfdjgrtX7lYha2EZGq4obYWKadgOuX0bwkKZk2vqEb49wT1UkwJXi8-vMmfGi8ryYnvgbRZtYX/s320/front+door+lock-outside.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... we purchased all of the hardware (for the front door, vestibule door and closet door) thru </span><a href="http://clarkandbarlow.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Clark & Barlow</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. We ended up going with </span><a href="http://emtek.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Emtek</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... solid quality, clean design... and affordable. Given we had existing holes for the key lock and door knob, our options for the entryset were somewhat limited... our first choice was </span><a href="http://emtek.com/product-detail.php?id=388"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lugano</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, a mortise entryset. We discovered it would have required re-working door quite a bit more, plus it was double the cost of a non-mortise lock, so sadly, it fell out of the running... We ended up getting the </span><a href="http://emtek.com/product-detail.php?id=444"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Orion</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in Satin Nickel, with a round knob vs a lever on the inside...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pZDAPla7YXW-c1mRwlBjAtEGWxySf7xxzrCaCOfzQe0pFVTpnG24_SlmbI7dIv4FiOTWqsOIt_-ugD2ra4uA56-jdTxFXk0CooFlbBMcUfM2OHLbAH5UrH17YLtVmXb7iKjo/s1600/front+door+lock-inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pZDAPla7YXW-c1mRwlBjAtEGWxySf7xxzrCaCOfzQe0pFVTpnG24_SlmbI7dIv4FiOTWqsOIt_-ugD2ra4uA56-jdTxFXk0CooFlbBMcUfM2OHLbAH5UrH17YLtVmXb7iKjo/s320/front+door+lock-inside.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... it works well and looks nice... the lock still needs a bit of work, but it will be completed once they finish restoring the trim and door frame/jamb. </span></div>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-25730126128178972462011-08-06T16:22:00.001-05:002011-08-06T18:07:53.190-05:00a hidden lintel, doors, and drywall...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As mentioned in <a href="http://4408.blogspot.com/2011/08/doors.html">the previous post</a>, the new basement door just needed a lintel and some painting... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTsuAokTYelcdJpL_jKr1qmYoTSnc50rKFkxqyY_UyPgS2e6SdP_R_VevaBVuFFow8NwcyK_kFzw54FVrwOEJOQ5fCN3B_gbZWW5czDHq7g3URIZ02xE_W-vAK86pJ4w0Py2R/s1600/basement+door-back+door.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTsuAokTYelcdJpL_jKr1qmYoTSnc50rKFkxqyY_UyPgS2e6SdP_R_VevaBVuFFow8NwcyK_kFzw54FVrwOEJOQ5fCN3B_gbZWW5czDHq7g3URIZ02xE_W-vAK86pJ4w0Py2R/s320/basement+door-back+door.JPG" t$="true" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... we were at work while they were installing the lintel, so I wasn't able to take any photos of the installation... you will just have to trust me that there are two 4'-0" long steel angles, back to back, behind that brick, above the basement door... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtrS9lnr7VMlyl_ArHqqIOhfjFc2uU1MThFBH9cCZdUolBffJTTyJkQmLonuorYiiOFUHdM77xBC8pGI2QRM8tQ3ahoivww38L9RuMaxzvTjJH8jxY3lzWw576Kzh0hNVv78I/s1600/basement+door-lintel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtrS9lnr7VMlyl_ArHqqIOhfjFc2uU1MThFBH9cCZdUolBffJTTyJkQmLonuorYiiOFUHdM77xBC8pGI2QRM8tQ3ahoivww38L9RuMaxzvTjJH8jxY3lzWw576Kzh0hNVv78I/s320/basement+door-lintel.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... we also had them paint the door - </span><a href="http://www.materials-world.com/paint-colors/behr/behr-colorsmart/behr-colorsmart-42.htm"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Behr 'Black Bean'</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CORRECTION... I had them paint the door... and it was a mistake (you were right, Bryan)... they did a very sloppy job... plus they painted the inside of the door, and even though the color looks good on the outside, it's too dark for inside... oh well... something we'll have to tackle on a rainy day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The front door is fully stripped... plus the glass was taken out... replacement glass should arrive mid-next week... in the meantime, some plywood sheets were tacked on temporarily... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vestibule door was patched with bondo and wood filler, awaiting re-installation... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stair installation is almost complete... wood paneling is pretty much stripped clean... except for the closet door...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Drywall is up, taped, mudded and primed... a huge feat since the heat and humidity were making mudding and priming quite difficult...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Part of the living room gut-rehab scope is the vestibule... which includes the vestibule door and the exterior front door. The guy who did our stairs also does doors (he's a woodworker), so he's agreed to fix up/partially restore both the front door and the vestibule door...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The existing front door needed lots of work... chips, cracked wood, missing pieces... mulitple locks... security glass, of which one panel was cracked... layer upon layer of paint, blistering and cracking... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bo's dad, Jarek, started the process of stripping the doors... front door being the biggest challenge...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vestibule door only needs a bit of touching up, following the paint stripping... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">While on the subject of doors... we decided to go ahead and tackle the basement door and lintel now vs later... things were already covered in plastic... plus we may get ambitious and decide to build a deck/balcony in September... however, the primary reason we decided to this now vs later is the fact that the existing basement door had NO lintel above it, despite the fact that there was significant weight resting on it... and we have started to see a few hairline cracks in the grout above the door... plus we needed a new basement door (the existing door wouldn't stay closed and could not be locked from the outside).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We picked up a </span><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/Featured-Products-Doors-and-Windows-August-Savings/JELD-WEN/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbzp5Z2he/R-202604165/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jeldwen door at Home Depot</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... not a huge selection, plus our budget was very tight... but we managed to find something... we decided to get a door with windows, to allow some natural light into the basement... best. decision. ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">... work on the doors starts Monday. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">All doors need attention, however the front door and respective exterior trim are in extremely bad shape (not to mention to non-existant interior trim). </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Exterior trim will be sanded and partially replaced... Front door will be sanded, gaps/chips/old hardware holes plugged, sanded and filled smooth with wood filler/bondo, new glass installed, new hardware holes bored and new hardware (including mail slot) installed. Since refinishing for a stained wood finish would require major restoration and reveneering, which is way out of our budget, we are going to keep the trim and door (outside and inside surface) painted (Sherwin Williams "Iron Ore")... we like how it looks painted anyway, so win-win on this one! </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Vestibule door isn't in very bad shape, so it will be sanded, gaps/chips filled with wood filler/bondo, new hardwared installed, and painted (Sherwin Williams "Dover White").</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">In addition to the doors, the wood panel fascia and closet door will be sanded and primed for painting beginning of next week...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">... we had a bit of a 'failure to communicate' situation with Bo's dad, who is currently working solo on the stairs... As mentioned in <a href="http://4408.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-13-all-about-drywall-and-stairs.html">a previous post</a>, while demolishing the stair, the newel post and base surround/fascia were discovered to be unsalvagable. We figured out a way to rebuild both, within our budget... however, it appears as though the details got lost in translation... or just blatantly ignored. The first step was supposed to be 'built-in'/wrap-around/enclosed by the vertical base fascia... Instead, Bo's dad took liberty to design, and construct, another option. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">... not cool, Bo's dad, not cool... especially since your option looks like ass... </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">After a bit of heated discourse, we decided to let this slide... we can always do a bit of altering later... it's just not worth the added aggrevation/delay in schedule to rebuild... moving on...</span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-48008684649791371212011-07-27T20:12:00.001-05:002011-07-27T20:18:04.579-05:00day 13 - all about the drywall and stairs...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSR71Zqds0POciVXKIxDACiRJW42rQqTj9zGIkCiLMkcZUGfJgM9rA0sQ3Ilc_JQyILuQTJQGSeXmqLFVGkIKkboeRDSSp17nz3_LPo_oXqWJa7eb-hq1pIzx2u_PlbM1nb9V/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSR71Zqds0POciVXKIxDACiRJW42rQqTj9zGIkCiLMkcZUGfJgM9rA0sQ3Ilc_JQyILuQTJQGSeXmqLFVGkIKkboeRDSSp17nz3_LPo_oXqWJa7eb-hq1pIzx2u_PlbM1nb9V/s320/photo.JPG" t$="true" width="238" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The drywallers have moved in... and they are moving fast... in fact, they are still at the house, drywalling, as I write this... they are on a mission and motivated... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... meanwhile, the stairs are slowly moving along... the quality of the work is phenomenal (shout out to Bo and his dad)..</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6T7z9XsW27QmZao8wuk8G-pKQUBie-xEvojXA5Q3kcc0h5papRvXBsKBognof7yVtGCBQuNYNMvC3vwurvBuH2LJ7KSPvBOr0-C_6R1_7Kfy7iipgyGu_8sIFUt2JqJVdxEiv/s1600/stair_angle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6T7z9XsW27QmZao8wuk8G-pKQUBie-xEvojXA5Q3kcc0h5papRvXBsKBognof7yVtGCBQuNYNMvC3vwurvBuH2LJ7KSPvBOr0-C_6R1_7Kfy7iipgyGu_8sIFUt2JqJVdxEiv/s320/stair_angle.JPG" t$="true" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the treads are red oak and will be stained the same color as the floor... the risers and stringers are poplar, and will be painted... Sherwin Williams Dover White, of course!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Impressive detailing... </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRbd5mfy0xWhZrPwBfk2k6Mq8yyTe4q3tyocbR0ntbpr7Tu7jGlkUX3l_ypRQTPJEyJsSKUoZ5XtwO0p4I3xxIDscsdriCCBOl6S9AdpYz_4Lsvmt5EgbyZTkRILlgCSlaFoj/s1600/stair+base.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRbd5mfy0xWhZrPwBfk2k6Mq8yyTe4q3tyocbR0ntbpr7Tu7jGlkUX3l_ypRQTPJEyJsSKUoZ5XtwO0p4I3xxIDscsdriCCBOl6S9AdpYz_4Lsvmt5EgbyZTkRILlgCSlaFoj/s320/stair+base.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I wish we could afford to have them completely refinish the wood paneling and newel post... however, the cost was astronomical... So, instead, we are just having them sand the wood paneling down a bit, so that we can paint the wood, nice and smooth... Sherwin Williams Dover White... same as the risers and stringers...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL1hJuh2TkkZG5okX-wN7uXb0A7qN-T3fFjyVrVt6OKwlf6gtclOAkVUEtwBumoLeRIadxmWkRuPhz49YrwizpJSNSHeVnRFpGSG2Ldk_ja0qOUzr76Ar6O-VbWZVxUrF17Tr/s1600/stair+elevation_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL1hJuh2TkkZG5okX-wN7uXb0A7qN-T3fFjyVrVt6OKwlf6gtclOAkVUEtwBumoLeRIadxmWkRuPhz49YrwizpJSNSHeVnRFpGSG2Ldk_ja0qOUzr76Ar6O-VbWZVxUrF17Tr/s320/stair+elevation_1.JPG" t$="true" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> ... the newel post is posing quite a challenge though... originally, our plan was to sand it down as well, and repaint it... However, in demolishing the stair, which included the handrail and fascia for the base (both unsalvagable), the newel post lost bits and pieces of itself... and to restore it is sadly out of our budget... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our other little creative endeavor is a sistered joist/beam that straddles both the dining room and living room. The ceiling in the dining room is a good 12" to 18" or so lower than the living room... alas, the now visible joist/beam, which previously had been nicely concealed in the ceiling. The drywall guys took it upon themselves to detail how the drywall wraps the beam/beam expression in the living room... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Insulation took about a day and a half/two days to install... days 10 and 11. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Since we live in a very narrow house, and since in the living room, both long walls are party walls shared with our neighbors, our overall insulation value is quite good... the only two walls that needed to be beefed up (6" with combination rigid and batt insulation) were the short walls - the east wall (front picture window/entry door wall) and the diagonal northwest wall (small window looking into the gangway). </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">As for the long party walls, our primary concern was acoustics. Since we were trying to maximize our narrow space constraints, we placed the 2x4 framing in long direction vs the typ. short (deeper) direction... We then placed 1" thick rigid insulation b/w the framing strips... we did the same thing upstairs and it has worked well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">On day 12, yesterday, Jose and his crew finished framing out the firebox with cement board and got quite a bit of the drywall up... </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">and Bo and his crew started on the stairs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I was expecting to come home to find the treads and risers missing, however the rest of the staircase (stringers and surround) intact... that was not the case... except for the newel post and wood paneling/closet door, and a couple of random surround pieces we found stashed away in our living quarters beyond the plastic, all elements of the stair were GONE... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everything got cleared up this morning... stringers will be rebuilt today, in addition to starting the treads and risers... and hopefully we'll be able to get back upstairs via stairs by Thursday... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... but... let's get back to the firebox/fireplace. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As I mentioned in </span><a href="http://4408.blogspot.com/2011/07/phase-mmxi-day-one-recap.html"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a previous post</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, rebuilding the existing fireplace would have been ideal... it was compact, wood burning... a true fireplace. Unfortunately our budget did not allow for such, so if we wanted to have a fireplace, our only option was to install a ventless gas firebox... since fireplaces are cozy and a must in an 1880s home... we figured it should be okay... the firebox could be partially installed in the opening of the existing/old fireplace, saving on precious floor space... and we'll make it look as built-in as possible... even though it is gas... well... the firebox could not be installed in the existing opening, not even partially... so... as for making it look 'built-in'... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our lighting plan, and selection, was driven by budget... therefore, we opted to go with Halo recessed can lights and Lutron switches (courtesy of the Home Depot). We did splurge a little on the trim... instead of baffle, most of the fixtures will have an eyeball trim piece... we then can direct the light at artwork and such and get all archi-artsy-fancy-shmancy... class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For recessed cans, Juno would have been the preferred choice, but it priced out at twice the cost... the <em>ideal</em> lighting plan involved hidden cove lighting (no one likes a swiss cheese ceiling), a few 3" halogen can fixtures, and a couple of pendants... however, that priced out at five times the cost... we had discovered long ago, when we first started renovating, that our 'ideal' plan/design will never be an option, so switching over to the el cheapo option wasn't too heartbreaking, although it did renew my motivation to play weekly Powerball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since there is still a lot of construction dust to be had (drywall, wood floors, etc.), the electrician put in some temporary switches... since the Lutron switches are somewhat pricey, better to preserve them a bit... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He also managed to locate a new mail holder for us too...</span><br />
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We take her there for boarding whenever we go out of town, in addition to grooming, whenever she needs some serious shed management or a good haircut... They offer 'doggie daycare' and she loves it, although now that she is in her golden years, she a bit more lazy than she used to be... they have these webcams set up so that you can observe the dogs in the various playlots during the day... so, I checked in on Charlevoix, from time to time, to see what she was up to... </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEXNT7gYKu2sIbc-orV6l1NLbBoF7FgwYotS40EQvS_xtT8KRhiHMbw6GLC3_oCc8iYBkzdGc2cF0ouamRTfuySNWv2CIvN92FamzAsUWcl1DRhDAqx0x-kKCgTGnoWaWG01l/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEXNT7gYKu2sIbc-orV6l1NLbBoF7FgwYotS40EQvS_xtT8KRhiHMbw6GLC3_oCc8iYBkzdGc2cF0ouamRTfuySNWv2CIvN92FamzAsUWcl1DRhDAqx0x-kKCgTGnoWaWG01l/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... apparently she's got a new boyfriend... Sammy, the Newfoundland... I met him the other day... he's cute.</span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-10367288989746800882011-07-14T19:07:00.004-05:002011-07-14T19:11:17.328-05:00day 6 - the return of power and the joy of tuckpointing...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The power came back on in the middle of the night... oh happy hum of power tools! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love me a power outage as much as the next person</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... strike that... clarification... I love me a <em>summertime</em> power outage as much as the next person... winter = no heat, and that's not cool... but let's get back to the summer power outages... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... no tv... no lights... sitting outside, watching the lightening bugs light up the sky as the sun sets... the smell of a freezer full of barbequed meat wafting from every single neighbors' yard... it's kind of fun... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">However... when you are in the middle of gut-rehabbing, while on a tight schedule... well... during those times... I'm not feeling the love.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were lucky... there were many people without power for a couple of days... that was one bad ass storm front... hurricane force winds... knocked down trees all over Chicago... I always get sad when I see a knocked down tree... </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... I digress... </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Day 6... construction... it was all about tuckpointing... and a little bit about framing. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There wasn't a great amount of tuckpointing to do... but quite a few patches here and there... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jose's crew managed to start a bit of framing, however a couple items need attention... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQIGYyy84Ux5npYfYgomuahcM8wd69Z1wcGfkl5x6jXda_amALZykUn43sFBLPYBl3FNnos3KU4Lh1twAKHffx7AIHrhSjRCkObpXruQI8RdxBATtuQJi4uqJzGv6709UA40f/s1600/east+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQIGYyy84Ux5npYfYgomuahcM8wd69Z1wcGfkl5x6jXda_amALZykUn43sFBLPYBl3FNnos3KU4Lh1twAKHffx7AIHrhSjRCkObpXruQI8RdxBATtuQJi4uqJzGv6709UA40f/s320/east+view.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the previous owner of the house took out all the radiators and put in forced air heating... as a result, we have these poorly planned ducts traversing in the most inconvenient and illogical locations, one being between the front door and the large front window. The duct is enormous, and therefore, has a large radius when it turns to feed the second floor register... that radius has to decrease so that the box-out framing for that duct can decrease... it eats up way too much valuable space in the living room.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The second item is the register near the vestibule door... needs to shift a bit to accomodate the straightening of the vestibule wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To be continued... </span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-17659939807737461282011-07-11T21:13:00.001-05:002011-07-11T21:18:07.510-05:00day 5 - rebuilding the chimney with power outage...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... yup... a power outage... really...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Week from hell... both B and I have deadlines at work... B has the Chicago to Mackinac race this weekend... construction schedule is very tight... electrician starts Wednesday, and he's squeezing us in, so we can't push his start date... Jose and his crew still have to do a bit of tuckpointing on the interior, and finish furring, in some cases framing, the walls, so that the electrician has something to which to attach the conduit... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... so, of course, at 8:30am a storm front would have to blow thru, with winds of 85mph, knocking out power to over half a million homes in Chicago, including ours... and of course ComEd would continue to notify us all day that they don't have an estimated time for power to be restored... could be 12 hours... could be 48 hours... could be 72 hours... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jose and his crew are returning tomorrow morning with a generator... and ass will have to be hauled in order to be ready Wednesday for the electrician... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The day was not lost... the sun came out and chimney master Giovanni showed up with his side kick Cesar, plus 2 other guys (who kept changing the subject when I asked them their names... should I be concerned???), and built a brand new masonry beauty... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... Giovanni constructed a little tent around the chimney, to (somewhat) help provide some shade... given it was about 95 degrees today on the street, it about 195 degrees on the roof...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... this is Cesar. He's my new best friend... he is the happiest man... he doesn't speak much english yet I managed to have a 30 minute conversation with him... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">We still will have to add caps atop the chimney stacks... there are four total within that one chimney... two feed our house and two feed our neighbor's house... we'll deal with those in August (Giovanni is going on vacation for three weeks starting this Thursday... I want a three week vacation... ).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Given the power outage, plus a few other surprises, tweaks, and add-ons, the construction schedule has been revised a bit:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">View looking east... look at that new subfloor... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmVUNF-1FgzTVymRvq38B0O85jxXGP_Nq87cpuWZi1bJQ0qZuO_tUEuUgaSLwH9WnE3lOKlt9UnGKPVeEOJzdat4mllI7cpzGMK_v4DaHnWcLbOYYtZZHhpu_fIcyidaYyUJ1/s1600/subfloor+view+east.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmVUNF-1FgzTVymRvq38B0O85jxXGP_Nq87cpuWZi1bJQ0qZuO_tUEuUgaSLwH9WnE3lOKlt9UnGKPVeEOJzdat4mllI7cpzGMK_v4DaHnWcLbOYYtZZHhpu_fIcyidaYyUJ1/s320/subfloor+view+east.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... I kind of like the living room without the vestibule... it seems SO much larger and more open. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, we kind of need the vestibule... even though we will be refinishing the front door, its insulation value is not, nor will be, that of a new door... and we can't afford a new door (given shape and size, the door would have to be custom made... estimates came in ranging from $8K to $15K... yes, you read that correctly)... so... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">In addition, we have the Charlevoix factor... she turns into Cujo when the mailman drops the post thru the mail slot... the closed off vestibule keeps her away from the mail slot and away from the mailman's hands... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Finally, the vestibule niche will provide a small area in which we can hang coats and deposit shoes... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">... so, the vestibule stays... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SO... you know how I previously mentioned our concern about that </span><a href="http://4408.blogspot.com/2011/07/phase-mmxi-day-one-recap.html"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">possibly collapsed chimney</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, due to the debris we found in the demolished fireplace? Well, since the fireplace guy was at the house, installing the fireplace, I had him take a look at the chimney... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The good news was no collapse occured during demolition. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bad news... the chimney was about to collapse due to age and water infiltration... </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOgiiDQTMjPaJhcNOXtXEtlsOWRdnBSNbYWVrb0K7b5M6YgMRlMZ4QZCcUHWIR_wvZEMJ8tOVt_WNPDCLsn7xgZpqRtQh4pu4sW9u8l686ieq1bijXD8wKFimCtG2VdE2KTB5/s1600/P1000491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOgiiDQTMjPaJhcNOXtXEtlsOWRdnBSNbYWVrb0K7b5M6YgMRlMZ4QZCcUHWIR_wvZEMJ8tOVt_WNPDCLsn7xgZpqRtQh4pu4sW9u8l686ieq1bijXD8wKFimCtG2VdE2KTB5/s320/P1000491.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">B was working on the boat, so I gave him a call with the news... he didn't believe me at first, but after I emailed the photos to him, he called back and with a quiet, somber voice sighed, "... we need to rebuild the thing... sh*%." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The chimney sub took pity on us and gave us a bit of a price break (I think this may be because while at our house, he got some additional work on our neighbors house... turns out she has a tree growing out of her chimney/parapet... I kind of felt better after hearing that news... does that make me a bad person???).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Old chimney has been knocked down and the new one is being built tomorrow.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have a feeling this isn't the end of the chimney drama... we will have to have the furnace guy inspect the flue/liner... do I dare be optimistic and hope for the best? I'm guessing no... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">... and you wonder how I became so cynical....</span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-68056130798682035612011-07-10T21:06:00.001-05:002011-07-11T10:58:02.423-05:00day 3 recap - demo complete!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Day 3 ended with the completion of demo... yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SHOCKINGLY, all the floor joists are in great shape... unbelievable, I know! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There are a couple of minor repair items that surfaced:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ the framing around the light well exterior window needs attention (a bit rotted)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ a few areas of the masonry walls need a bit of tuckpointing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The floors have definitely sagged/settled a bit over the years, so leveling will be needed...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Under each fireplace tile hearth, we discovered thick concrete beds/slabs... those have been taken out... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The closet under the stairs has also been demo-ed, revealing the structure of the stair... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The vestibule walls are now gone, along with the tile floor...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The good news:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ all of the 120+ year old beams/2nd floor joists are in great shape... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bad news:<br />
+ during ceiling demo, the plastic around the stairwell fell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ when the plastic fell, it also ripped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ the demo guys kind of tacked the fallen plastic back up with 3 nails (vs the 300 staples we had used)<br />
+ 3 layers of plaster ceilings = epic amounts of plaster dust</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ dust travels</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We came home to horrific amounts of dust covering not only the area under construction, which was expected, but also back half of the first floor that isn't under construction AND the entire upstairs... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... if yesterday's dust were a movie, it would have been rated NC-17... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I didn't take any photos, since I spent the night cleaning (4 1/2 hours and not even close to clean)... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... but, I thought the following clip (a favorite 80s old-school classic) sums up our daily chaos perfectly...</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_MBG-5_pLjQkF3k-jCmLjUGgoKzv6MujGVMn6mIeUcMLS9L-f8DCsICNL2opDb5_Lwy25zv4l5zQbP70LWjD4DZYpaJzkk7XuzgZik4nUki5dRQtZJ9UfKm_bmLAYqoX32r4/s1600/uncovered+fireplace.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_MBG-5_pLjQkF3k-jCmLjUGgoKzv6MujGVMn6mIeUcMLS9L-f8DCsICNL2opDb5_Lwy25zv4l5zQbP70LWjD4DZYpaJzkk7XuzgZik4nUki5dRQtZJ9UfKm_bmLAYqoX32r4/s320/uncovered+fireplace.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We suspected there was a fireplace covered up near the front window... and there was... and it's collapsing... only <em>partially</em> though, so I guess we got lucky... no matter... given we can't even afford to restore one fireplace, the second one is not happening... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... note the <em>fully </em>collapsed masonry inside the fireplace? ... now THAT is more our style... none of this partial deteriorating business... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Note the ceiling... we had two... the first ceiling (deteriorating and very poorly installed drywall) was slapped onto the original plaster ceiling (which is in horrid shape as you can tell from the photos)... first ceiling is gone... original ceiling still to go... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... how many more days left of construction?</span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-24423348796369690342011-07-06T14:28:00.000-05:002011-07-06T14:28:37.602-05:00living in a ziploc...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4Zl9fOKHxkxBknwz4-nMzDy4ByALwBCATw_TRGlkJ3de2ddezvGZvYrxs02mkxlvIyx2D1PbFJQfPMEOnyx0bGyvBTaBo1ByH7E9mjxJYKF2N7OCm8VHB86kj3e7u4UED1hW/s1600/stairwaydiningentry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4Zl9fOKHxkxBknwz4-nMzDy4ByALwBCATw_TRGlkJ3de2ddezvGZvYrxs02mkxlvIyx2D1PbFJQfPMEOnyx0bGyvBTaBo1ByH7E9mjxJYKF2N7OCm8VHB86kj3e7u4UED1hW/s320/stairwaydiningentry.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGM7WBs1tvRzqYhe4-Fzd8lNII2HebpYIyFdLdrF1FdL6u9cP7HWTLgtOheMMTlXSzE1kmPqL0zHJ2_KfChVDtBI6UY9OztNR8gH9Z2v2k1ESnQiL0qFvBEF65_J2xA7YQ3gA/s1600/upstairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGM7WBs1tvRzqYhe4-Fzd8lNII2HebpYIyFdLdrF1FdL6u9cP7HWTLgtOheMMTlXSzE1kmPqL0zHJ2_KfChVDtBI6UY9OztNR8gH9Z2v2k1ESnQiL0qFvBEF65_J2xA7YQ3gA/s320/upstairs.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... the plastic is back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hate the plastic... let me explain... in and of itself it's harmless... it actually could be a vehicle of creativity... I could have pulled a </span><a href="http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Christo</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and gotten all artsy-fartsy in wrapping, covering and plastifying the house during construction prep... that would have been fun... I could have documented it </span><a href="http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2011/03/gordon-matta-clarks-work-shown-together.html"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gordon Matta-Clark</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> style... that would lead me to continue documenting (in a creative and aesthetically challenging yet appealing manner) the entire gut-rehab process... two or so years from now, my creative documentation would be awarded a Graham Foundation Grant... which would lead me to publish a book... I would transition into teaching, while working with non-profits, schools, galleries and design centers, all the while continuing on independent studies and projects from my home office/studio... the sun would shine... it would be in the 70s every day... everyone and the world would be happy and healthy... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, that's not happening... and it's because the plastic means layer upon layer of dirty dirty construction dust veiled upon everything and then some... it means surprises... expensive surprises... it means weeks of cleaning and still having dust floating around, with attitude, six months from now... it's exhausting the first time around, let alone the fourth... I hate the plastic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... but I'm giving it one more shot...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Dear Plastic,</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>I'm afraid our relationship has soured over the years... I think it's time we part ways... </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>However, before we do, I'm giving you one more chance... </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>We have called upon you one last time, to protect and serve... save us from the dust... </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Yours truly,</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>I.</em></span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-86974394465561468752011-07-06T13:46:00.004-05:002011-07-07T09:43:25.053-05:00Phase MMXI: living room, vestibule and stair gut-rehab<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEImds9Rxgq_bdcWSqphg20S3rU0eVNqL4agK60oNppq4yUqbCipBbzLNRinStq006uIu5j2WWBi4udXX-nKCMz8vGD6ZEIr-ikK1czxbC-qF5uJmpyp_cVTnXLFZ5hzK4Fbjn/s1600/4408_FP01+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="90" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEImds9Rxgq_bdcWSqphg20S3rU0eVNqL4agK60oNppq4yUqbCipBbzLNRinStq006uIu5j2WWBi4udXX-nKCMz8vGD6ZEIr-ikK1czxbC-qF5uJmpyp_cVTnXLFZ5hzK4Fbjn/s320/4408_FP01+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Scope:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ complete demo (existing walls, ceiling, floors, fireplace... down to the studs)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ repair floor and ceiling joists</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install new subfloor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install new ventless fireplace, floor plate and fireplace surround</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install new electrical (fixtures, switches, outlets, phone jacks, doorbell)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install new insulation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install new drywall (walls and ceiling)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ repair stairs (rebuild stringer, new treads and risers, sand/refinish wood paneling)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(when budget/savings permit: install handrail and guardrail)</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install new wood floors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ refinish front door and vestibule door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ retile vestibule</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">+ misc. (paint, install trim, fit-out closet under stairs, install window shades, make it pretty, etc.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Schedule:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... no more ghetto living room... hard to believe... with your duct-taped carpet, surface mounted electrical conduit, track lighting from the 70s and stairs that are 'this-close' to collapsing... I'm actually going to kind of miss you... but not really... </span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627588.post-36279076050504267552011-06-04T09:13:00.002-05:002011-06-06T10:40:24.971-05:00weekend to-do list<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHyWH9gWh0C4qQTX5kxcjHQMWYkrpqiKdqPJAQBR60ToA7_HBtDRUPKa08dE5cNd_xQ9fMfpEborJ8tS1SAA5QONkzIfIyILE5N8mEJSeY40eIrNG4nUHX-gfOL7LXpZe1eP1/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHyWH9gWh0C4qQTX5kxcjHQMWYkrpqiKdqPJAQBR60ToA7_HBtDRUPKa08dE5cNd_xQ9fMfpEborJ8tS1SAA5QONkzIfIyILE5N8mEJSeY40eIrNG4nUHX-gfOL7LXpZe1eP1/s320/photo.JPG" t8="true" width="239" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">FINALLY, summer... you have arrived! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... it took you long enough... for awhile, I was starting to think that you were going to pull a spring with a no-show... it's okay... all is forgiven, as long as you stick around until late October... deal?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lots to get done this weekend... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>GO TO:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>Home Depot (sand, grass seed, mulch)</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>Target</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>grocery shopping</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>OUTSIDE:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>plant flowers in all the planters and pots and feed roses</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ re-plant Cotoneasters </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>re-plant jade plant and green leafer into larger pots</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ level pavers / fill gaps with soil and grass seed <em>(Bryan's working on it... )</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ paint lampost and housing/casing <em>(July 4th weekend project)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>GENERAL:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>meet with A/C subs for estimates (3 scheduled)</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>figure out back deck design and complete drawings</strike><em> (in-progress)</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>call fence sub to find out if they could pour footings for deck (save us from renting an auger)</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ organize bookshelves (<strike>dining room</strike>, bedroom, study) <em>(to be completed during the week of June 6th)</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>organize/clean out closet</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ install hardware on basement cabinets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>organize/clean-up laundry area</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>bag-up items for Salvation Army</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>clean house</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>laundry</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>catch up with emails</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+ <strike>finish at least 1 of the 4 books I'm reading (realistic goals here... )</strike></span>ingridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071415679631410836noreply@blogger.com0