Well, I am pretty much finished up with my projects, and now we have to move to a new house, well it isn't new, and the projects are going to start all over again.
The house we are moving to was built in 1914, and did not originally have a bathroom, or electricity. Oh and it is built from concrete block, and plaster on the inside. I will have my work cut out for me. They did add an addition to the house in 1988, but the quality was not very high. They put paneling right over the studs, and I thought that practice was stopped in the 70's. So my first order of business will be fixing up the addition. I will be gutting the addition, and adding outlets, cable and phone jacks, insulation, and drywalling it all, might add a few more windows to, it is even dark for me, but most of that might be because of the dark paneling. >From what we can tell, the joists and studs were all done right, so the framing shouldn't be a problem. I will also be adding a main floor laundry, well it will be part of the bathroom which has carpet. I can not stand carpet in a bathroom. And my wife wants all this done before she starts teaching again on August 14th, and we haven't even closed on the house yet. So here is kind of a run down with what I will be doing. I will try to write updates, but I don't seem to do that well. I think it has been about a year and a half sense my last update for my current basement remodel. Rip out all paneling, Remove all fixtures and cabinets from the bathroom, Move the bathroom door, and make it a 32 inch door instead of a 30, Reconfigure the bedroom closets, Rip out any out of date, or undersized wiring, and for me undersized is less than 12 gage, 12 doesn't cost much more than 14, and my father-in-law hates helping with 12 cause it is to stiff, Replace old windows, and add more if I decide to, Add 1/2 or 3/4 plywood on floor to cover up the OSB, and stiffen the floor, Run wires for lights, outlets, phone, cable, and smoke detectors, Add heat duct to bedroom that does not have one, Insulate, I am considering spray foam, I will get R 21 and a better seal against air leaks, and I don't have to fer out the 2x4 walls to 2x6, Plumb the bathroom, Hang drywall, The drywall finishing, I will probably have done by a contractor. My father-in-law did a crappy job on the last stuff he did for us, and it takes me to long to get it exactly how I want it. The floor in the bedrooms and hall will get 3/4 prefinished oak flooring, and the bathroom will get tile. There might be a few things I left off my list, but at least you will know what one of the BHM members is up to. Feel free to comment, ignore, question, suggest, etc... Michael
