More demo, and reconstruction begins
5/06/2007 06:31:00 PM
Above is a video of us taking the wall down in the downstairs (we're pushing it back about two feet for some more room; shrinking the laundry room and converting a small 3/4 bath into a spacious 1/2 bath). The video took all morning, and represents about two hours of work. That's me and Dana's partner Ron. When D showed up with lunch, we stopped the video.
After that, Wes stopped by and tore out the wall at the back of our master closet. We also decided to get rid of the tile in our landing area and open that up a bit more as well.
Plans have been changing a little here and there as we encounter wiring, plumbing and structural stuff behind the walls, but I'm still really happy with our progress.
Today we pretty much completed demo and started reconstruction - the half-wall between the living room and stairway is all framed up and the new back wall for our closet is complete as well. We still have more framing to do (we should be able to complete it this week) and one nasty bit of demo remains - the flue for the old coal furnace. We think we're going to have to attack it from the roof down, so it should be interesting. It will also be very, very messy.
After framing is complete, then it's to (my extensive) wiring. Then drywall, then paint, then floors. Then if we get around to it (and can afford it), trim and other embellishments.
Fun stuff!
When we start putting up walls downstairs I would time-lapse, but since walls are usually built on the floor and then raised up it would be kind of boring. I think the next time it will make sense will be drywall. We'll see. This may be the end of the movies.
I do have a bunch of stills from after demo was completed, but the camera is at the house, so I'll post those later.
Labels: Demo, DIY, Logan House
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2 Comments:
That's a great video, looks like you were very productive.
This past weekend B.J. and I painted a bathroom and Mia's room of our new house. My arms are so sore since both roooms required 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint. One more room to go.
Good luck with the rest of your demo!
posted at 6:25 AM
nice work! It'll be like new in no time!
posted at 9:55 AM
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