Day One

Today I began removing the drywall laminated over plaster and wood lathe.  I am going to remove the steps going upstairs and make the room more spacious.  The photos show the start of this process.

Day Two
Today I finished demolishing the living room.  I began removing the steps leading upstairs.  I am going to have to re-support the existing floor joists for the upstairs.  There was a lot of wasted space in the stairwell.  I will end up utilizing this space more.  The photo's show my current progress.

Day Three
The demo is complete and the stairs came down relatively easy.  Now for the last room on the list and that lies upstairs.  Stay tuned the rough in plumbing will begin shortly.  I am going to add some floor joists in the basement and jack the house up a tad.  I also am going to re-support the upstairs floor with more floor joists so the plumbing will not begin to take place until later next week.

Day Four
I reinforced the floor upstairs in the voided space where the steps used to be. I doubled up the joists because I plan on putting a washer and dryer upstairs on this floor.   I tore down some non supporting walls in order to make these rooms have a more open floor plan.  I removed an upstairs closet and opened up the room a few of the pictures show the closet after removal.  I then used 3/4" tongue and groove plywood for my sub-flooring.  This project is a lot of work for a one man working crew, so I may be due a day off, lol.  The jobsite is in serious need of a clean up, so I may take a day and get things in better order before pushing forward.  The pictures show the changes and where I am at today with this project.

Well its a year later and time to finish up some old projects that are still waiting to be completed.  So in preparation I finally put up the drywall ceiling in the living room.  I can only do the ceiling currently because I still have to wire the wall outlets.  With winter approaching I figured it would help with the heating costs.

Today I finished hanging the ceiling and being this is such an old home everything did.t work out real square.  I also included a few photos of the beginning coats on the bad butt joints.

I have finally finished the drywall stage of the downstairs living room.  The home has an old chimney that I've left exposed.  The chimney had some serious settling issues where it penetrates the second floor so I had to dress it up with some drywall and corner bead so you couldn't notice how off center it was.  More pictures will soon follow.  The rough electrical is also finished in this room.

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Day One

Seeings how the kitchen to bath demolition is complete I began demolition on the dining room.  The photo's show the current progress of this process.  My dumpster will be emptied today and tomorrow I will finish the demolition.  Stay tuned. 

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I made a second penetration in the upstairs of the old house joining all the upstairs and attic space as one unit. The pictures show the before and after.

Before!

After!

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I am currently turning an old home that had three rental apartments inside it into two larger more spacious homes.  Today I began a penetration in the wall connecting the two lower level apartments as one.  The pictures show the work as it happened. The photo's illustrate two different views.  One being from living room into bedroom and one being from bedroom to living room.  While tearing down the walls I found a header supporting what was once an original opening.  I didn't like the way this header appeared so I reinforced it making sure it supports the changes I am making.  I also found some old postcards postmarked in 1910 with a Benjamin Franklin stamp costing a mere one cent. 

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