Project Crack House http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/index.php A Crack House in Rehab. en Copyright 2008 Pivot Pivot - 1.40.4: 'Dreadwind' Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:46:20 -0400 60 We're building a deck! http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=86 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=86#comm Here is the pictures from the deck we had planned from the beginning.  It's morphed a bit from our original 12 month old drawings but still I think it's turning out very nicely.  A work in progress...

 

]]> 86@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Leveling out the ceiling http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=85 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=85#comm Lewis is leaving for a bit but before he went he spent the week strapping out the whole main floor ceiling in preparation for drywall.

It is, after all some 100+ years old and not as even as you would like. Laser level was very handy for this job - the ceiling varied from 1/2 inch to 2 inches out.  We used 1x3's for strapping.

]]> 85@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Mon, 26 May 2008 03:22:00 -0400 Next up - Living/Dining Subfloor http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=84 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=84#comm We're just rolling now...to get us started, Erin is there with her drill talents.

Because we live here, we keep working in small areas, shifting our stuff around...it's not fun but it gets the job done!

Then there is the problem of where do you cut your 4' x 8' sheets of underlay?

]]> 84@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Sat, 24 May 2008 18:14:00 -0400 Middle bedroom gets subfloor & drywall http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=83 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=83#comm We had drywall already up in the front and back bedrooms and then we moved the office to the back. That left the middle room practically empty. First we started with the subfloor

Here's Lianne, ready to work...

Then we continued on with drywall, actually here is Lewis working but Andreas was helping, really. Then Jordan (the Destroyer) stopped in to help manouever the long pieces in!

]]> 83@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Mon, 19 May 2008 13:06:00 -0400 Flashy new siding & window for the back room http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=82 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=82#comm It was white, and now it is white again, only cleaner and neater and with all of the windows/doors rearranged.

The "back rooom" as we call it.

Of course, it would look nicer without the big pile of wood and siding remnants!

Also, around the side of the house there was this boarded up window that overlooked the 'cellar stairs'. The stairs come out of the basement and used to be a separate entrance through the back room. We suspect they were original to the house and were enclosed when the back room was built. We found some glass block & Lewis artfully reframed them to the exact dimension. Now it lets light in, so much better!

]]> 82@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:00 -0400 HOLY COW - NEW STAIRS http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=81 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=81#comm While we were away...old stairs gone, new (temporary) stairs were installed! This time we both jumped for joy and ran up and down the stairs. The difference between these new ones and the old ones is amazing (never mind the 'to code' part of it). Now we can actually walk down with out fear of falling, and walk up without feeling like we are mountain climbing!

Old Scary Stairs...

New Fabulous (temporary) stairs...

This is the start of our 'design' and the hard long slog starting to come into fruition : 

]]> 81@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Thu, 08 May 2008 19:11:00 -0400 Drywall, drywall, (almost) everywhere! http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=80 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=80#comm The hanging of the drywall is progressing nicely on the second floor.  Lewis had dedicated at lot of time to it lately, especially since we are having house guests next week.   Who on earth would stay here, I know...but Andreas' parents are coming to town for a week as Andreas and I are getting married on the 26th!

The back bedroom... 

 

The bathroom...

]]> 80@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ default Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:04:00 -0400 16 months after purchase http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=67 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=67#comm  Winter has a way of making anything look good!

]]> 67@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ linkdump Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:48:00 -0400 One year after purchase http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=66 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=66#comm

So here's what it looked like after one year.

November 18, 2007

]]> 66@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ linkdump Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:43:00 -0400 What we bought http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=65 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=65#comm

Ooohhh! Very Scary. This shot was taken about a month after we bought the house.

November 13, 2006

]]> 65@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ linkdump Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:42:00 -0400 PHOTORAMA http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=64 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=64#comm Entire Gallery here. ]]> 64@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ linkdump Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:41:00 -0400 Our Spray Foam guys: http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=63 http://www.projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=63#comm Foam Comfort ]]> 63@http://projectcrackhouse.com/blog/pivot/ linkdump Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:38:00 -0400