tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87624156330489060532024-03-05T22:39:21.379-05:00BECOMING RIDLEY. . . my storehouse of life experiences . . .Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762415633048906053.post-27439338361119397342017-08-06T23:32:00.001-04:002017-08-06T23:32:40.791-04:00Concrete Kitchen Island Installation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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So we got the bright idea to do concrete countertops. We like the look, and it was a lot more affordable than the Carrera marble that was our second option. I did one small bathroom vanity as a test option, and have been doing every other project I can do at the house, rather than doing the island, because the island is a bit intimidating. When I did the bathroom vanity, I used a wet sander to get the imperfections out. It used a ton of water, which wasn't a problem because I did it outside. I didn't have that option with the island, as it weighed between 500 - 1,000 lbs. We had to pour it in place. My goal was get it as smooth as possible, so that I didn't need to use the wet sander. Fortunately, I had some good help, and I think it's going to be smooth enough that we won't have to use the wet sander.</div>
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Island all framed up and reinforced with wire mesh</div>
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Seth, Ross, and Vanessa mixing the cement.</div>
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More Mixing</div>
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Tomorrow night the frames come off. Hopefully the edges are ok.</div>
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It's hard to believe that my last post was nearly 3 months ago. The last picture of that post was of me getting stiches in my hand, and I'm continuing that trend by posting a picture of me with a makeshift eyepatch after I got something stuck in my eyeball. All is well now, and there was no damage done - there was a small piece of metal embedded in it, but the eye doctor got it right out. </div>
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Me sporting the latest trend in eyepatch wear - painter's tape chic<br />
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We successfully moved from our rental house to the farmhouse at the end of April. We've moved a number of times, and have a pretty good routine down, so I wasn't all that worried. As we approached the move date, the weather forecast appeared like it was going to rain pretty intensely the entire weekend, so I disrupted the routine and just started taking loads of boxes and furniture and dumping them in the new garage. It did end up raining the entire weekend, which turned the yard and walkway to the house into a muddy mess that we had to walk through to get in. I don't have any pictures from that weekend, and honestly, it may have been the most frustrating part of this whole project. <br />
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Fortunately for me, we had a few people (Chelsea, Mom, Dad, Seth, and Steve Miller) swoop in to help us get stuff moved, and then Vanessa did an amazing job getting everything organized and making order of the chaos. <br />
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There was an issue with the drywall installers that resulted in a delay the week prior, so we couldn't bring any of our furniture into the house, because the installers had to come back to finish the downstairs after we moved in. So everything went into the garage.<br />
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Right now we have a few remaining supplies and some storage items in the garage, but we basically had this space set up like a giant living room - couches, chairs, dressers, tables, lamps, and boxes of all of the stuff we needed access to.<br />
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The first weeks being in the house were great, because for 7 months I had been leaving work and going to work on the house, only to come home after Vanessa and the kids had gone to bed. We had no sink, stove, or way to cook other than a microwave, our fridge was in the garage, and our downstairs was a construction zone filled with drywall dust, but finally we were all back together.<br />
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We quickly got tired of doing the dishes in the bathtub - there's something about sitting in a tub filled with dirty dishes that just ruins the whole "relaxing" bath thing. . . . I probably shouldn't have tried to both bathe and wash dishes at the same time. Also, trying to cook in only the crockpot and microwave wasn't all that great, so we ate out a lot.<br />
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Within a couple of weeks, we got the sink and stove installed, and the refrigerator and microwave moved in from the garage. That was a game changer. We've now been in the house about 10 weeks, have moved out of CJ's bedroom and into our own (he was sleeping in the guest room for the first 6 weeks), and have slowed down a bit to enjoy this amazing house a property. The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking, we really have not experienced any issues with bugs or mosquitoes. There is typically a slight cool breeze that's really refreshing blowing across the yard, and the house and land is flooded with sunlight, all the time. It's peaceful, quiet, serene, and feels like we are living in a resort (that's still under construction) If you want to see some great pictures of more of those things, check out Vanessa's blog: <a href="https://alongthewayinohio.blogspot.com/">https://alongthewayinohio.blogspot.com/</a>. <br />
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Ok, so I've rambled on enough, it's time for some pictures. <br />
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This was the original downstairs bathroom/hallway/laundry room. We had just started demolition.<br />
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This was demolition well under way. We planned on making the front area a small powder room, and converting the back into a master bathroom and walk-in closet.<br />
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This is the view into the back part of that space from our bedroom. The unfinished area on the left will be a walk-in shower, and the area on the right will be a bathtub, and the vanity/sinks. The doorway is to the closet.<br />
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A view into the closet.<br />
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The powder room. I just completed the sink plumbing this past weekend, and now we are fully operational.<br />
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I used this sink as an opportunity to test out my old finish spray gun, as well as testing out how to do a cement counter top. Vanessa has several pictures of the work in progress on her <a href="https://alongthewayinohio.blogspot.com/">site.</a><br />
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This was the master bedroom just as demo was getting started.<br />
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This is the new master bedroom. The window trim will be painted white eventually.<br />
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Another angle on the master bedroom.<br />
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Vanessa found these 2 cool old doors that I am in the process of restoring for us to use on the bedroom and powder rooms. I have one of them done, and the other needed a lot of work, so it's not quite done yet.<br />
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Here's the door in place, and the powder room with it's temporary door. We really need to get a sign that says "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" that can be hung when it's occupied.<br />
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This was the original kitchen and living room area<br />
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This is the new, open-concept, kitchen and living area. The kitchen still needs finished, all that remains for the living room is paint on the walls, and trim. We love our ceilings restored to the original 10' height (pre-renovation they were less than 8'). I splurged and added an in-ceiling 7.1 surround sound system. It is awesome!<br />
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We also got a great deal on pre-finished, hand-scraped, solid hickory floors from lumber liquidators. Even though I refinished some of the floors upstairs, the cost was virtually the same, with much less mess. We are really pleased with how these turned out. <br />
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It's been nearly two months since my last post. I'm sure you were all wondering, "Where is Chris, and Why isn't he posting?" Well, the truth is, I fell into a 20 foot deep cistern that we discovered under the kitchen floor, and have only now been able to get out to share my story. Cistern pictured below. </div>
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We used sump pup to drain it into our pond. It appears that it doesn't fill up any more, so we put a lid on it and sealed it up. There was a tremendous amount of moisture in that corner of the house, causing some mold and mildew issues. Thankfully, that is resolved now.</div>
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When I last posted, we were stuck in the bathroom. shortly after that post, we added a bathtub faucet, and a toilet seat (CJ is demonstrating how it works, in case you had any questions).</div>
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We also added lights, and a mirror over the sink to complete the bathroom transformation.<br />
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I had saved all of the old kitchen bad bathroom cabinets, cleaned the mold and mildew off of them, and put them in the garage for use there.<br />
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We continue to have a ton of help with everything. Mom and dad helped paint this bookshelf that we at the house already. It was a built in downstairs cabinet, and we had to tear it total apart, rebuild it once transported upstairs. That was fun.<br />
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The next big project was sanding the floors in the hall and CJ's room upstairs. I think it turned out really well. It was also a huge amount of work, and why we decided to go with a pre-finished hardwood floor downstairs. Pictures below.<br />
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In the midst of all of this, we had couple of really intense spring storms. I got the opportunity to use my cousins boom lift to repair my barn roof.<br />
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Not bad for a guy who isn't too fond of high places.<br />
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My brother-in law, Seth, has continued to do the electrical work for us. Getting lights hooked up downstairs was a game changer.<br />
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We took out the floor because I needed to put plumbing and HVAC in the crawlspace, but it was too tight to do so. So rather than commit to losing weight and maintaining it as long as we live in that house, we ended up digging about 2 feet of dirt out of the crawlspace so that I can continue to get in there for years to come. Pictured here is my brother-in-law Chris who came for the day with his wife Heidi to help. <br />
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So I also re-piped the entire house. I didn't take many pictures of this part, because, frankly, they were boring. It went fairly quickly, and when we turned on the water for the first time, there were no leaks or drips. That was an amazing feeling. <br />
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As an aside here, there are many things about this project that have made me sore, but nothing has even come close to making me ache quite like doing plumbing. Doing the PVC drain lines was freaking stressful - you put the adhesive on the pipe, and you have about 15 seconds to get it right, or else the glue sets wherever you are. So the combination of stress and then squeezing those pipes together until the glue set, along with spending two entire days under the house in the crawlspace was enough to leave me bruised and sore.<br />
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The area above the kitchen was unusable attic space. It was filled with blown in fiberglass insulation, years of slate dust (from our shingles), and a bunch of abandoned wasp nests. we thought it would make a great play room for the kids, so we cleaned out all of the insulation and put OSB sheeting on the floor. We will eventually insulate and put some sheeting on the walls, but the kids love it the way it is right now. <br />
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There is a story about taking out the insulation that deserves to be told. I had actually left all of the plaster on the kitchen ceiling, and just planned on having the drywall installers go right over top of it. However, I decided to install like 15 lights in that area, and the thought of cutting all of those holes and moving all of that nasty insulation out of the way for the lights made me decide that it might be easier to just take the entire ceiling down. It took one entire day, and was certainly not easier, but I do think it will look better. While removing the ceiling (I had already removed the floor in the kitchen) I was using two pieces of plywood laid on top of the open floorboards to walk on. I took a step where I though there was a board, but there wasn't. I fell and caught the top of my hip on a floor joist. It took my breath away it hurt so bad. I took a second to catch my breath, checked to make sure I hadn't broken anything (I hadn't) and then quickly finished the final bit of demolition before my hip could tighten up. I had the most spectacular purple and black goose egg (literally that size) on my hip/love handle. I'd have had a picture to share, but a friend told me to put essential oil of lavender on it to help with the bruise, and it cleared up within a few days. Since then, I've pretty much replaced showering with a routine application of essential oils . . . it's great!<br />
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As I mentioned, we had a ton of help. In case you couldn't recognize them by their biceps, here a friend, Steve, and his son, Josh, are helping to install the ductwork for our kitchen. <br />
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One of the final jobs in preparation for the drywall was to install insulation. Vanessa and dad started that job, and some of our contractor's guys finished up. I believe that they all said it was their favorite job ever. <br />
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Floor back in place. It's now level, solid, and doesn't have moisture/mold issues. <br />
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Of course no renovation would be complete without a trip to the ER. I sliced my finger on a broken nail, and ended up getting 4 stiches.<br />
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I'm grateful it wasn't worse, and that it's been the first injury that has caused a doctor's visit. Drywall is supposed to be hung tomorrow, and finished in the days following, and we have to be moved out of our rental house by Sunday. Nothing like cutting it close. We are excited for this new chapter to start!<br />
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So I've pretty much been working on the upstairs bathroom since the end of December. It is nearly done, and since I've taken so long to do a post, I thought I'd wait for a big reveal. Vanessa keeps sneaking in and taking pictures and posting them on her social media, so even though it's not quite done, I've decided to post anyway, since word is getting out. <br />
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This is what the bathroom looked like at the end of December. </div>
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My plasterers called one day to let me know that they had someone delay a job, and that they could plaster the bathroom if I had the wallboard hung. I told them that I didn't, but that I would by the next morning. I forgot that Seth was working second shift, so it was just me. As you can see from the picture, the wallboard got hung (the rest of the room was a mess), but it took me until about 3:00 am. Ironically, I wasn't sleepy at all until I got done, except for the next morning, when I needed a Red Bull IV. <br />
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As you can see in the background, the plasterers were able to do their thing, and we got the room cleaned up and all of the old carpet out. We also managed to salvage the old clawfoot tub that was in the room already. The outside was pretty dingy, and so I painted it black.</div>
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I cleaned up the claws and painted them gold. I'm pretty sure those are eagles claws . . . this which makes sense, since we are American. There's nothing that makes a bath quite as relaxing as knowing that your laurels are resting on the talons of a bird of prey.<br />
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We managed to salvage the toilet from the room as well. I put them in place and realized that the floor was severely out of level, and sagging in the middle. I am sure that most of it was due to the age of the house, but whoever first added plumbing on the second floor nearly cut through over half of the floor joists, which contributed to the sagging. <br />
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I reinforced the floor joists, and built up the floor so that the sagging wasn't so noticeable. I also had to make sure that the areas around the tub, sink, and toilet were pretty level. <br />
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The wall behind the tub is an accent subway tile wall. I really like this wall, but those little tiles took forever to install. <br />
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We had planned on going all the way up to the ceiling, but we got to this height, and thought that it was perfect. I nearly tiled the rest anyway, because I didn't want to feel like a quitter, but I had a shower and the floor to tile, so that took care of those feelings.</div>
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I ran out of tile (actually Menards ran out of tile, and I had to wait a could of days for them to restock) and Cassie and provided some comic relief. <br />
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Once the shower was done, I built the curb for the shower, and started putting the tile on the floor. The white border around the room was my contribution to the design.<br />
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Vanessa got the tub and toilet and but cleaned up, and we put them in place. I've got some more plumbing and trim work to do to finalize things, and we have a few lights that will go up yet, but this is basically what it will look like.</div>
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Vanessa found this dresser that we are turning into a vanity. It is a replica of a designer piece that still retails for a pretty penny. She snagged it for $20 at a garage sale. <br />
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It's super exciting to get to this point. We will have this room wrapped up by the end of the week. Then it's on to refinishing CJ's floors, and then we move downstairs. <br />
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There's been a ton of other work that has gone on. Mom, Dad, and Vanessa helped paint nearly all of the rooms, Seth has gotten all of the light fixtures installed, we have carpet ordered and coming within a couple of weeks, the mudroom has been built, the leaking roof is fixed, windows that needed replaced have been replaced, we have water running to the basement, and dad has kept the house cleaned up, as I've made more messes.<br />
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We are planning on beginning to move things to the upstairs in March, and be totally moved in before April 1st. <br />
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I was looking back at previous posts, and I did about ten the month I started the blog, three the following month, and only two in December. At that rate, I should be in the negative this month . . . although I'm not sure how you'd do that. The holiday's were a busy time for us, for a variety of reasons. For more on those personal goings on you can check out <a href="https://alongthewayinohio.blogspot.com/">Vanessa's blog</a>. </div>
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Things have continued to progress at the house. In my last post, I highlighted the installation of the furnace, and the propane tank. At that point, I had not yet connected all of the ductwork together. The pictures below show the ductwork all connected. I had an intrepid reporter stop out (ok it was actually me) to film turning on the furnace for the first time. You can check out those thrilling moments <a href="https://youtu.be/uevc1YnFVbI">here</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/xKDz8hUz5VE">here</a>. </div>
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As you can see, I got more than my daily dose of fiber(glass) while up in the attic. . . (sorry, couldn't resist the pun)<br />
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Andrew Hurst Construction was also busy finishing siding the garage (it was too cold for me to take pictures of that), as well as rebuilding a wall that had been damaged with water. There had been a window on the basement stairs, and we removed that, and installed a new one in the kitchen. We love all of the additional light. Before and after pictures are below.<br />
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Upstairs, we opted to preserve the plaster, because of the ornate trim. Keller Plastering did a phenomenal job finishing all of the walls. This is one of the last remaining dirty jobs before we enter the finishing phase of the upstairs.</div>
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One of the remaining dirty jobs upstairs is getting the bathroom finished. There is a significant amount of plumbing, electrical, and hanging plasterboard that has to happen before Keller's can finish plastering that room. Once they are done with that, the only remaining dirty jobs are tiling the bathroom, and sanding the floors in CJ's room. Then we paint and carpet!</div>
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A big part of the bathroom remodel was the installation of a new shower. I spent about a week on YouTube watching guys build a shower base from scratch, so naturally I felt totally equipped. It has actually worked out pretty well. I'm sure I'm way slower than a pro, but it was fun to do. Pictures of the process are below.</div>
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The help. This poor guy was so tired from all of our Christmas activities he actually fell asleep when he sat down on the sand mix bags.<br />
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Plastic shower pan liner (what actually makes the shower waterproof) and plastic water barrier on the walls installed.<br />
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Plumbing complete and tested for leaks, cement board installed on the walls.</div>
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Screw holes and joints patched with a modified thinset. Once the thinset was on, I poured another inch of sand mix (cement) on top of the plastic floor. I forgot to get a picture of the finished product. Now that all of that has cured, I have to apply a waterproofing membrane to the walls, and once that is set, we are good to go for tile.</div>
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I am standing in the shower trying to show the ceiling plaster backer board installed. In one afternoon, we got all of the in wall electrical and plumbing done, as well as the ceiling wallboard hung. </div>
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Despite the arctic blast, the guys at Andrew Hurst Construction braved the weather, and got the garage done. </div>
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We moved in to where it was only slightly warmer (it may not have actually been warmer) removed the doorway to the upstairs and installed plaster board and recessed lighting.<br />
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In addition to getting the garage together, Andrew and the Hurst Construction guys removed the wall between the kitchen and the living room. It makes the space feel so much larger now.<br />
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Where did the wall go?</div>
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In addition to all of this, the plasterers have the base coat of plaster on all but the hall and bathroom upstairs (no pictures yet). While all of this has been going on, I've been working on running ductwork because the furnace was installed.</div>
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This is the furnace during installation. It looks a little different now.</div>
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I brought home some of the ductwork so that I could work on it in the warmth. I convinced CJ that this was a good idea. He didn't stay in there too long.<br />
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Due to a scheduling miscommunication, the propane company didn't come to install my propane until after it snowed and the ground froze, so they only do a temporary setting of the tank, and run the gas line over the ground. The driver asked if he could just set it in the front of the yard, because he thought he might get his truck stuck. I insisted that it be as close to the permanent location as possible. <br />
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Tank getting set. You can also see this <a href="https://youtu.be/wrHDPI7QVfk">in video</a> (it's truly the best thing you will watch all day - sarcasm noted). </div>
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And the truck got stuck. the little Kubota couldn't quite do the job. It ended up working well for me though. They send those tanks basically empty, and they had to send a big propane truck to pull him free. As soon as he was free, I got my tank filled. The furnace works, but not all of the ductwork in the upstairs is connected yet. I should finish that on Monday, and then can start building the shower, plumbing, and putting up plaster board in the bathroom. Within about a week, all of the really nasty stuff upstairs should be done, and we should be ready to paint, remove the carpet, and start the final touches.</div>
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We are approaching the Christmas Holiday, and so life apart from the house has been busy too. If you are curious about some of the things that our family has been up to when we aren't at the house, you should check out <a href="http://alongthewayinohio.blogspot.com/2016/12/almost-to-finish-line.html">Vanessa's latest blog post</a>. </div>
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What could have been a bust of a week (I was sick and lost a couple of work days/nights) turned into a pretty productive week. </div>
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The guys at Andrew Hurst Construction got started on the garage. After one day, they had the walls up.</div>
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After 2 days, it looked like this.</div>
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The garage is going to be huge!</div>
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The wiring and register ducts have been installed in most of the rooms upstairs. This means that the plasterers can start refinishing the walls, and the HVAC guys can set the furnace. </div>
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CJ's Room, ready for plaster.</div>
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So close, and yet so far. This kid was a big help today. He got Seth and I everything that we needed, fed the cats, and cleaned up after our messes. He really wanted to put the last piece of plasterboard up in his room. <br />
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The hallway is ready for plaster. I may or may not have cut the cord for the attic ladder in half while notching out the board for the lights.</div>
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In order to get the return and supply lines in place for the furnace, I needed to remove a portion of an 18" thick stone wall in my basement. Fortunately, my brother, Justin, has this amazing tool called a hammer drill. But this isn't like any hammer drill I've ever seen before. It did in seconds what the sledge hammer couldn't do at all. When I grow up, I want one of these!</div>
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Sometimes it was still useful to have a sledgehammer and a chisel (courtesy of my mom and dad).<br />
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On a <a href="http://www.becomingridley.com/2016/10/unwelcome-house-guests.html">previous post</a>, I mentioned how much I dislike spiders. I'm not sure if it is all of the construction, the cold weather, or something else, but I haven't seen many spiders in a long time. So while I was knocking out the stone wall, this enormous wolf spider ( this picture doesn't do it justice, but his body alone was over a 1/2" in diameter ) crawled out. Although he put up a good fight, ultimately he was no match for the hammer drill.<br />
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The End result. I mentioned above that CJ was a huge help. He carried all of those broken blocks and stones out of the basement (some weighed about as much as him) loaded them in the RTV, dumped them, and then swept up all of the little debris. He was so tired that when we got home, he headed straight for the shower and then to bed with no prompting and no fussing - we'll have to do this more often! </div>
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The best part of the week was that I got some good snuggle time with these two cuties. I think we are all looking forward to the day when that can happen at our new house. </div>
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Honestly, making the transition from demolition to putting it all back together has been hard. There's so much to do, and all of it seems important. Although it has gotten colder, we have been really fortunate to continue to have good weather. Today was 45 degrees, which isn't bad for Ohio at the end of November. We have continued making significant progress, however much of it doesn't show well in photographs, like we've basically got the entire upstairs rewired, and we moved a bunch of salvaged insulation from the first floor, to a room upstairs, and from there to the attic. </div>
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And another angle. I actually forgot to double check to see if the door was level before I attached it. So I got to uninstall and reinstall it. That was fun x2.</div>
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Once the attic door was in, it made it easier to access the attic to install all of the register vents (as seen on this diagram)</div>
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The attic has blown in fiberglass insulation, which I'm told is a really good exfoliator. </div>
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Here's a shot of the other side of the attic.</div>
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I've gotten to know Menards well. And sometimes, you need your helpers to come with you.<br />
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My demo partner for the week. Jeremy swings a mean sledgehammer and crowbar. I couldn't have done the demo without his help.</div>
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Without the drywall, there wasn't a need for the beam anymore. My Brother-in-law, Seth, helped Matt, Jeremy, and I on demo in this room and in the kitchen.</div>
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A view in to the kitchen from the living room. The kitchen ceiling is out. Soon this wall will be replaced with a beam and the entire space will be opened up. </div>
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This coming week is a big week. The garage foundation goes in, and then the garage construction can begin. Additionally, the plasterers said that we did a great job on the drywall removal, and that they will start plastering as soon as we have the plasterboard install on the ceilings, and any additional outlets installed in the walls. Finally, we've got our furnace and A/C picked out, and should be ordered next week as well.</div>
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The amount of work getting done has really picked up, but we are about 3 weeks behind the schedule I was hoping to be on. As a result, it's been a lot of late nights, and not much blogging.</div>
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We had several rooms upstairs that I decided to strip the wall paper to repair, rather than replace the plaster. We had a tremendous amount of help from my in-laws, my mom, and my grandma. It took us two weekends, and unfortunately we lost all of the photos of the first weekend but I managed to capture a couple of pictures of the process on the second weekend. All of the help was amazing, and I'm sure everyone was pretty sore - I know that I was.</div>
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There were at least 2 layers of wall paper, each one painted. We had a steamer, which was a huge help, but sometimes wasn't up to the task either. I had two remove the border area of one room (3 boarders, 2 of them painted, one with an oil-based primer) with a 1" chisel. Not fun. The plasterers come tomorrow to tell us if the plaster is salvageable. It better be!<br />
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In addition to house work, there were a couple of fun family milestones. CJ our oldest turned 10. "I'm finally double digits," he exclaimed all day. I was fortunate enough to be able to work from home, and he insisted that I take him out for Chinese. He didn't have to work that hard to convince me. He had a themed party and most of the family came dressed up as Star Wars characters. I'd post those pictures, but I have a feeling there might be some retribution in some way if I did. I am super proud of this guy. Even outside of the house project, it is a pretty busy time in our lives right now, and he is almost always positive, and is a huge helper to his mom and I. <br />
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Besides the big birthday, our youngest decided that she was going to start walking. She quickly figured out that if she could walk, she could also climb the stairs -not good!<br />
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I've started seeing some mouse droppings in the house, so I wanted to get some predators. I'm not sure how effective these are going to be (we did get a bigger one as well - it's just camera shy), but the kids have already fallen in love. The kittens were wild, and I wanted to keep them that way, but it seems like that's not going to happen.<br />
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Our new 3-car garage. The cement foundation is supposed to go in this week, and then the garage will go up the week after that!<br />
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Finally, I've been primarily working on demolishing the former downstairs bathroom and laundry room. We will be converting them into a guest restroom, and separate master suite with walk-in closets. This part of the project requires gloves, sledgehammers, crowbars, flatbars, reciprocating saws, goggles, respirators, and friends. Prior to this demo, I had cut out all of the plumbing from the basement, so it just needed to be demolished upstairs. My brother-in-law, Seth, was working on the electrical to make sure I had power where I needed it, and didn't where I was demoing.<br />
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The bathroom lost some of it's privacy. My dad did most of that work. Once all of the interior walls were out, I removed the wood paneling from the laundry room area. I discovered a lack of insulation, and what looked to be some damage because of how the dryer vent was run, so I decided that we needed to remove the drywall on the walls. It was already my plan to remove the ceiling because we wanted to raise them back to their original 10' height. Also, I needed the ceiling open so that I could do the plumbing in the upstairs bathroom from the floor below. I discovered 2 layers of drywall, on top of lath and plaster, on top of 1" thick wide planks. Tedious to tear off is a massive understatement, but thanks to the help of a few friends, we got it done. I was pleasantly surprised to fund that most of the exterior walls have adequate insulation. </div>
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The ceilings are incredible, and appear to be in really good condition. We are contemplating how we might be able to leave them exposed. Tomorrow, we begin a similar demo in the rest of the downstairs. . . after work.<br />
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Tears and fears is what I experienced tonight, and not the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZvPSpLxCg">band</a>. I had to get into a dusty, dirty, cobwebby, spider infested crawlspace. We are replacing the boiler system with central air, and all of the existing piping needs to be removed so that there is room to run the ductwork.<br />
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The crawlspace is tight. Like 12" - 18" tight. Unfortunately, all of this work has caused me to shed a few lbs., so I can actually squeeze into the space. I would much prefer if I had the excuse that I couldn't fit. I'll update this post with some picks of the basement a crawlspace, but all I have right now is what it looked like when I got out. <br />
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Just in case any spider, mouse or other critter decided to get close, I had my shirt tucked in, my carhart jacket on, respirator, goggles, and my hood tied tight. The worst thing that happened was that the first pipe I cut dumped a bunch of water on my new flashlight - that bulb died instantly.<br />
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I was back in the crawlspace again tonight. There are two. I thought that I was going in the worst one first, but I was mistaken. There were fewer pipes to remove, and fewer cobwebs, but much less room. Like, I couldn't get to the end of the house to get the pipes all the way removed, because I couldn't fit. Also, the dirt was really damp, so I got pretty wet. I'm not positive, but I think that I found a fireplace foundation, and a well head underneath crawlspace #2. Unfortunately, I could get close enough to verify. </div>
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This was crawlspace #2. Yes, I fit in there.</div>
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The first night in the basement Vanessa stayed to grab pipes that I was cutting, and to be on guard in case I got stuck. Tonight it was CJ and I. He was a huge help. As you can see, in order to do this properly, one must have a pant leg higher than the other.</div>
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One of the most difficult parts of this stage in the game is that I don't get to see the kids or Vanessa much. One of the goals of this whole project and experience is to really enjoy the moments and not take them for granted. I was reminded just how precious time is this past weekend, when I learned that a younger cousin had passed away due to injuries sustained in a car accident. Life is too important, and too short to let it fly by. So this post highlights a couple of those special moments that have taken place in the midst of the busyness of life and this project. </div>
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My daughter, Capri, had a birthday recently. I took a break from the house project to spend the morning with her, and then took her to lunch. She wanted rice, which she decided to eat with her hands. It was her birthday, and Vanessa wasn't there, so utensil optional was just fine.</div>
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Capri had been telling us for weeks that it was going to be her purple birthday. She wore her dress with the purple sash all day, and her Aunts all accommodated by wearing purple to her party. In this picture she was really excited about getting a set of purple clothes. </div>
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I did manage to sneak in a little bit of work back at the shop. I got the face glued on the refrigerator cabinet by using bar clamps and a few pocket screws. It was good to get back into the shop after doing demolition for so long. I'm definitely ready to turn the corner and start putting it all back together again.<br />
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Some days it seems like we will never get to the end of the demo so that we can begin putting everything back together again. I waited for a day with very little wind, so that I could burn the remains of the garage. That was fun. You can check out a video of it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkE913oHiuY">here</a>. I burnt the grass within a 20 foot radius of the pile, but other than that, it was a pretty uneventful fire. It was so hot that even hours later I couldn't get within 10 feet without feeling like my face was getting scorched. </div>
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I decided that the same morning of the fire, I would jackhammer up the cement pad in the garage. It has been over a decade since I used one of those things, and it's been a fairly sedentary decade. They say that pain is weakness leaving the body. That jackhammer must have shaken loose all of my weakness and caused it to try to leave my body all at once. It wasn't the shaking that was the issue. It was having to hoist that thing back up every time it broke through. It was like doing curls with an 65 lb. dumbbell for 6 hours straight. <br />
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We've had a tremendous amount of help from family, and we are extremely grateful for it! We managed to catch a couple of them in the act. </div>
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Grandma and Aunt Vicki helped us clean up some of the mess. They also brought Subway, which really hit the spot. I had to work hard to keep up with grandma once she got there. Don't let the shovel, broom, and silver hair fool you, she actually helped carry the built in cabinets that I removed (pictured below). </div>
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Dad has been a huge help. I'm not sure how he does it either. He worked 3rd shift, and then came to out house for 1st . . . and 2nd shift. I couldn't survive on that little sleep. <br />
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We haven't quite complete finished a single area, and that's tough for me, because I like to get things totally done and off of my list. We visited the <a href="http://finfarm.com/">Fin Farm</a>, to get everything we need to get the pond rehabilitated. That was great fun, and Vanessa covered it in a post titled <a href="http://domesticatedsophisticate.blogspot.com/2016/10/trip-to-fin-farm-meeting-bullfrog-and.html">Trip to the Fin Farm, Meeting a Frog, and Our First Murder</a>. We only have about 100 feet of weeds to pull from around the pond, and then I can spray it, and we can check one thing off the list as totally done. That will feel good. </div>
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This provided a great opportunity, and excuse, to get a serious man's tool . . . a Stihl (I'm told it's pronounced steel). I received some awesome recommendations from my friend Jason at <a href="http://blackswampequipment.com/">Black Swamp Equipment</a>, and by later that day, I was chopping down weeds like it was butter and a hot knife. My son wanted to try it out too, so I gave him a safety lesson, and let him go. I was hoping he'd just do it all for me, but it only lasted about 15 seconds and then he was done.<br />
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And here is the completed project. We've still got a few weeds to pull around the pond, but the yard is mowed. It took a total of two days to get it all done. There were so many grass clippings, we used a hay rake to scoop them into rows. Seth is able to use it for the mini horse they have.<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
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This all happened last weekend. It's already time to mow again. Hopefully, it won't take as long this time! I am going to need to buy a lawnmower for next year, and I'd love to buy something that can double as a snow blower. What I want is a tractor like my brother's, but this house renovation is taking most of my resources to be able to make a purchase like that. If you have any recommendations or ideas for multipurpose lawnmowers, please post them in the comments below.<br />
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ChrisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762415633048906053.post-8311562692260976502016-10-12T00:11:00.005-04:002016-10-12T00:28:57.014-04:00Epic Demo DayDemolition is so much fun. I actually may be sad once demo stops and it's time to put all of the pieces back together again. There is so much to tear, break, smash, etc. that I should be busy for a while. Today the demo was the garage. Yeah, we aren't messing around with any little kitchen cabinets, or drywall - that's for amateurs. We are talking about disconnecting an attached garage, and bringing that sucker to the ground! It was an adrenaline rush like no other . . . I may not sleep tonight!<br />
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Before knocking the structure down, I wanted to salvage the slate roof. The roof on the house has some tiles that need repaired/replaced, and rather than try to find ones that matched and purchase them, I am reusing. Tools needed: hammer, flat bar. Optional accessories that make the job go better: testosterone, a working back.<br />
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The next part involved cutting the awning that connects the garage and the kitchen, the breezeway roof, removing a couple of old doors, disconnecting the electrical, and removing a garage door. Tools needed: Circular saw, sledge hammer, impact driver, crescent wrench, steel rods for the garage door, current tester to make sure the power is off, and a reciprocating saw. Non-optional additional stuff: a brother-in-law with the tools you don't have, a truck, and a ridiculously heavy chain.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762415633048906053.post-26265788808985565572016-10-07T22:44:00.000-04:002016-10-07T22:44:17.650-04:00Unwelcome House GuestsMy last post mentioned some of the mold issues we had in the house. I had a remediation specialist check things out, and apparently it isn't that serious, is really just surface stuff, and an easy to buy biocide will kill it all. I am using <a href="http://www.microban.com/">Microban</a>. <a href="http://www.microban.com/"></a> It just arrived today, and I'm actually pretty excited to use it . . . which I admit is a little odd. <br />
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In addition to killing the existing mold, I also learned that the relative humidity needs to be below 60% in order to prevent new mold growth. I bought this <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd/Hisense-70-Pint-2-Speed-Dehumidifier-with-Built-In-Pump-ENERGY-STAR/50134738">dehumidifier from Lowe's </a>and installed it in the basement. It had a digital readout that says what the current humidity levels are. When I first started it up, it read 88%. So I let it run, left the house and came back the next day and the bucket was full of water, and the humidity had barely changed. Fortunately the dehumidifier had a place to put a hose, and a built in pump to get the water out. I hooked it up, found a floor drain, ensure it was working properly, and left. <br />
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I returned two days later, hoping to find a dry basement. I should preface this with a confession. I hate old basements and crawlspaces, I think they are creepy. Even more than I hate old basements, I hate centipedes, big spiders, and cobwebs, which old basements seem to be filled with. So I cringe every time I go into the basement. I took a deep breath, tried to ignore about a half dozen of the biggest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider">wolf spiders</a> I've ever seen, and walked down the basement stairs, only to find the hose laying two feet away from the floor drain, and water all over the floor. <br />
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As I was trying to figure out what could have happened, since no one had been at the house, something scampered across the room under a set of shelves. I nearly jumped out of my skin, but I didn't literally jump, because then my head would have hit the cobwebs and perhaps a spider or two. As I caught my breath, I realized that there must have been something living in the floor drain, and I disturbed them when began dumping water on them with the dehumidifier. I put the hose back in the drain, set the drain cover on the hose to hold it in, and got out of that place as quickly as I could. I knew what I was dealing with, and would catch the culprit another day. <br />
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So we returned today and there he was, just sitting beside the drain, waiting to get back to his home. <br />
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He has a new home now - out in the back yard. Hopefully he is the largest thing that I ever encounter down there. I did feel a little bit silly for being startled by a toad. I don't feel silly about begin creeped out by the spiders. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762415633048906053.post-34616323190124068882016-10-06T23:31:00.000-04:002016-10-06T23:31:29.879-04:00Let the Demo begin<br />
Tonight was a night off to rest, relax, and prepare for knocking out the demolition. We actually started on some of the demo a couple of days ago. The house had developed a roof leak, which wasn't a problem for most of the year, since it really didn't rain. Once it started raining, we had a vibrant mold farm in the area by our basement. It is also an old basement with stone walls, and so there is plenty of mold to go around down there anyway. <br />
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This closet in the main living room actually extended onto the basement stairway. As you can see, the whole area was nice and moldy. </div>
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If you want to see pics of the demo in action, and after pics, you'll have to check out Vanessa's blog <a href="http://domesticatedsophisticate.blogspot.com/2016/10/demo-starts-picture-story.html">here</a>.</div>
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So today was a demo day at the house, and I'll post about that some time, but I'm still trying to catch up on the cabinet building posts. </div>
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Here are some pictures of a few more cabinet boxes that I built. Pictured on the left is a massive 48" x 22 1/2" x 8' pantry, and on the right are a couple of cabinets that will surround the microwave that goes above the range.</div>
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9 out of 10 fingers isn't bad, is it? I honestly don't know how I did this. It didn't hurt, and it was barely a scratch, but it bled like crazy. I texted a picture to Vanessa just to see if she actually reads my texts. She asked if I was in the ER, and I responded "morgue" because I didn't want her to worry.</div>
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After the boxes were built, it was time to build the face frames for the cabinets. I took a full day to get all of the pieces laid out so that I could cut my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortise_and_tenon">mortise and tenons</a> perfectly. The next day I got them all cut, and managed to slice my hand . . . like a man . . . and then got all of the frames pieced together and ready to glue. Due to my previous text to Vanessa, she dropped by to check on me, and pointed out that the little drawers were supposed to go on the top, not the bottom. I guess somebody laid their pattern piece upside down. Thankfully she pointed this out before I glued it all together, because I was able to fix my mistake without re-cutting all of the pieces. </div>
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Big drawers on the bottom. Just like they should be. </div>
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I also somehow managed to make my face frames for the cabinets that surround my microwave about 1 and 1/2 inches too wide. I ended up remaking my boxes to be a bit wider to accommodate the bigger cabinets. It actually was a pretty fortuitous mistake, because I had forgotten to size the boxes to accommodate end panels for either cabinet, and this allowed me to do that. </div>
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This guy was a trooper. He was given the option of going to the shop with me, or grocery shopping with his mom and sisters. About 15 minutes after the girls left to shop, he wrote me a note that said "dad I am bord." I said, "Well buddy, two things: 1. Bored is B-O-R-E-D, but I got it, and 2. You're stuck here now and there's nothing I can do about it. I didn't hear a single complaint until (at 7:00 pm) he said, "Dad, are we going to eat supper tonight?" I guess I need to reassess my priorities. </div>
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Cabinets are more durable if you wear <a href="http://www.mgoblue.com/">Michigan Wolverine</a> apparel!</div>
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Despite the challenges, I really am enjoying the cabinet project. It's a lot of fun to see it all come together. The tough part is not getting to see Vanessa and the kids as much. Our two middle daughters manage to sneak into my bed most nights so that I can bring them to their bed when I get done working. </div>
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A typical scene when I get done working late.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762415633048906053.post-61495400215605012912016-10-05T02:24:00.000-04:002016-10-06T08:17:30.912-04:00DIY Custom Kitchen CabinetsAs I mentioned in my previous post, we recently bought an old farmhouse that needs a tremendous amount of work. One of the items is a kitchen renovation. It took us nearly 60 days to close on the home, because of the renovation type of loan we used. During that time, we did a lot of planning, researching, going to home goods stores, and (of course) watching <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper" target="_blank">Fixer Upper</a> Season 3. As an aside, Chip and Joanna are amazing, and you should totally check out their blog <a href="https://magnoliamarket.com/blog/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I'll be the first to admit that I had no real concept of what a kitchen renovation, in particular cabinets and countertops, cost. My visions exceeded my budget . . . big time. Being an optimist, and probably slightly delusional, one day I suggested to my wife, Vanessa, that I should just build custom cabinets, because I could do them myself for a fraction of the cost of even Ready To Assemble (RTA) Cabinets, and I wasn't particularly excited about the quality of RTA. I'm not entirely delusional. I worked for a construction company that also made custom cabinets for about 5 years, and had access to a fully equipped shop, so I had a good foundation. <br />
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It had been about a decade since I had done any sort of cabinet work, and so while Vanessa work on designing what she wanted the cabinets to look like, I began Googling how-to videos to bring it all back to mind. There were a couple of tools that made this phase so much easier. The first was <a href="http://www.floorplanner.com/">floorplanner.com</a>. It was super helpful for laying out the house. The second program was <a href="http://www.cutlistplus.com/" target="_blank">Cutlist Plus. </a><br />
That program was amazing. I keyed in the dimensions of all of the pieces I needed (it took me about a week to figure that out before I was ready to key them in) and once keyed in, the program told me how many pieces to buy, and how to cut the pieces to get the most economical use. It easily saved me a lot of money and time.<br />
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So once all of the figuring and planning was done, we went to the local <a href="http://www.menards.com/">Menards</a> and ordered what we needed through our Contractor, Andrew Hurst Construction. So the cabinets are going to be white shaker style cabinets and we opted to go with maple as our cabinet and door/drawer frames, as it is a harder wood than some other cheaper alternatives, and should hold up better over the long run. In addition, Menard has a great plywood product that already comes pre-finished. So that's what I decided to use for the boxes.<br />
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I started the cabinet project about 3 weeks ago, and have made some pretty significant progress. <br />
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I'm going to post a couple of pictures now, but look for more over the next couple of days. <br />
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I started by doing an entire cabinet, start to finish, just to refresh myself on how it all worked. This was the first box, and my little helper.</div>
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The Faceframe, and my other helper.</div>
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I made a door with a scrap piece of plywood. This is what it will look like with doors and drawers on.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762415633048906053.post-69393877584510012642016-10-03T23:16:00.001-04:002016-10-03T23:16:48.467-04:00Where does Time Go?So this is the inaugural post in my newly created blog. These words will be immortalized thanks to the world wide web, so no pressure, right? Alright, here goes. <br />
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For the past year or so I have been contemplating starting a blog. I never really had a good reason to do so, other than that it was something that I wanted to do. It fell into the same category as learning a new language, going to grad school, travelling around the world, and working out again - all good things that I might one day get around to. There were actually two forces that made me actually take the plunge and commit to blogging. First, we just recently bought an amazing, incredible, and totally dilapidated foreclosed farmhouse, and we are going to be doing some significant renovations to it. I didn't want to get 5 years down the road only to forget all of the experiences that happened during this time period. My wife, Vanessa, also recently blogged about the house. That post can be found <a href="http://domesticatedsophisticate.blogspot.com/2016/09/sneak-peak.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The other factor, ironically, was <a href="https://www.snapchat.com/" target="_blank">Snapchat</a>. It bears some explanation. If you aren't familiar with the app, the basic idea is that you can take a picture or video, post it or send it, and it disappears forever once the receiver views it. I recently joined Snap because many of my friends and family are regular users, and I wanted to stay connected with what everyone was doing. Mission accomplished, and now I also get daily updates on whatever the Kardashians are up to. That's a win-win in my book! (sarcasm noted). After some time on Snap, I realized just how much I would miss not having access to those memories ever again. So although I continue to use Snap, I started this blog as kind of my own personal antithesis of Snapchat. <br />
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The experiences of life, what we do, who we do them with, and what we think are so important. They are important for us, and they are important for our families. I want to live in the moment, but I don't want to forget the moment, because those moments, those experiences shape who we are, and who we are to be. <br />
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My next post will likely be an update on progress to date at the house, and it will include pictures so it's going to get better from here on out :) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383844281670034643noreply@blogger.com0