My New Job...Final update!

[James]

Impressive job Casey. Most impressive.

[Sombreuil_Mongrel]

Hi,
We are 99% finished. It's been a terrific project! Thanks to our "Family" (the homeowners).

So anyways, please take a look at the latest pics, maybe the last ones, here:
http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j255/ ... 0projects/
Casey

Update:
In the last few weeks we have completed most of the structural work, and the walls have been reframed giving the room layout its original configuration. The masons started inside on Thursday, and have shored up a lot of the deficient walls. There will be another week or so of framing, as the roof still needs to have the rafters sistered. We should have plans for the bathrooms this week at long last, so that they can get framed. Then HVAC, plumbers and electricians will invade the premises. I will probably begin the trim this week or next, and then the plasterer will start. Yes, trim, then plaster, the 1820's way!

Casey

Hi,
I wanted to share a new project house we started at work last month. We are doing structural mitigation. It involved four dumpsters of demolition. We had to take out everything that was a)- not original or b)- in the way of repairing the severe structural degradations.
The house is 1817 with an 1845 addition, all brick.
One teaser photo (what shall I pick...? OK)

So this is the album link:
http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j255/ ... 0projects/?
Casey

[Igloochic]

Casey you can come visit any time if you get bored....please bring a big tool box

LOL

[oldhouseluvr]

Amazing and beautiful! I realize there were practical reasons for not sanding down all of the wood surfaces, but I like the aged patina of the floors and stair railing. I am wondering how you got the tub in the attic bedroom. It doesn't look like the attic stairs are wide enough to navigate a tub up them.

[khwils]

Casey,

How thick is the wainscoating you installed in the bathroom behind the clawfoot tub? I installed wainscoating in a bath and kitchen this weekend. i like the look of the beaded wains but I used two different brands of 3/8 thick wains and it seems pretty flimsy. Although once it's glued/nailed/painted it's "tight" to the wall. I'm not sure I want to use a 1/2" or 3/4" board for wains. How thick of a base would I need? Also, now I need a bigger rail?

Thinking out loud.

Kurt

[Sombreuil_Mongrel]

Hi,
The wainscotting is cherry, and it is 3/8", but in the really short lengths and the way it's blocked, it's fairly solid. Being a hardwood, it's a good bit more solid than the spruce or white pine from the home centers. The same cherry was also used behind the washer and dryer in the laundry. There, the furring strips behind it are on 12" centers for firmness.
Casey

[loonline]

All I can think is "awe". Beautiful home. You should be very proud! Those hallway lights are spectacular, too!

[Rick Wik]

I looked through your photobucket, and all I can do is echo loonline: I was in awe. I nearly went blind.

Rick Wik

[S Melissa]

Tremendous job - How nice to have it finished in timei for the holidays - I can see the tree in the parlor and a big browned turkey on the dining room table - fires roaring in the FPs - this is why we do this - there's just nothing quite as real as a place like this in somewhere america!

[Sombreuil_Mongrel]

It's always sad to turn my projects over to the people who actually own it and paid for it. It shouldn't be, but it is.
Thanks for the kind words, folks.
Hopefully there will be another house to restore; but this has been a very fulfilling project. I really believe that this building was going downhill fast, in the structural sense. And now it's been saved enhanced and polished into something very special, even in a village full of special places.
Casey