the rental
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:53 am
A while back we bought rental , next door so in one way it is nice , very little travel time lol, on the other hand its like it is staring at us when ever we walk out the door lol
The place was in pretty bad shape , we wanted to tear it down and increase our yard , after doing the math it didnt make sense to tear it down just yet , we decided to repair it and rent it for a few years and let it pay for its self and then tear it down.
So after the kids gutted the old dry wall and the foundation was rebuilt under the kitchen , new floor joist installed and raised the foundation walls nearly 3 inches to level the floors, the contractor put on the new roof we are getting close to starting the rebuild on the interior .
Went to the saw mill and picked up 3 6x6 rough cut hickory boards and with help we worked them down with the new wen electric plane .
Got to say the plane worked great . we are widening the kitchen doorway from 36" to nearly 8ft and these beams are going to be used as a header and the new door framing , they will be exposed and finished , these things are heavy . we are planing on pegging them together with mortise / tenon and dowels like a barn frame . so far it seems as hickory is the wood theme for the house ,the down stairs trim will be made on the ss and out of hickory, the double bearing quill is going to get a real work out, hopefully we should be done some time in the spring , maybe by then I will be able to post a few pictures again. I cant brag on my daughter and my wife enough , they have been tearing out old drywall , drywalling painting up stairs , you would never know they were not professionals .
We have found walls with three layers of old drywall ,leaks in places where water should not be , the old studs go from the foundation to the roof and are 2ft on center . the old stairs have to go so we have oak from the mill for the stairs and it has been curing out in the garage attic for well over a year .
We are building a entertainment center out of hickory up stairs and it is looking very good ,I love the look of hickory ,we have the oak cut for the up stairs railing , the new oak balusters are ready to go , the windows and closet doors are trimmed in ash , the wood work / trim /has been made on the SS and is some what period correct .
The house was built in the early 1900's , as we were doing the demolition my daughter was commenting on the way things were done , I explained to her she was dong more then just getting dirty, what she was doing was in a way like reading a book , the story the house had to tell about the people who did the work .
LOL I dont think she was impressed lol
The place was in pretty bad shape , we wanted to tear it down and increase our yard , after doing the math it didnt make sense to tear it down just yet , we decided to repair it and rent it for a few years and let it pay for its self and then tear it down.
So after the kids gutted the old dry wall and the foundation was rebuilt under the kitchen , new floor joist installed and raised the foundation walls nearly 3 inches to level the floors, the contractor put on the new roof we are getting close to starting the rebuild on the interior .
Went to the saw mill and picked up 3 6x6 rough cut hickory boards and with help we worked them down with the new wen electric plane .
Got to say the plane worked great . we are widening the kitchen doorway from 36" to nearly 8ft and these beams are going to be used as a header and the new door framing , they will be exposed and finished , these things are heavy . we are planing on pegging them together with mortise / tenon and dowels like a barn frame . so far it seems as hickory is the wood theme for the house ,the down stairs trim will be made on the ss and out of hickory, the double bearing quill is going to get a real work out, hopefully we should be done some time in the spring , maybe by then I will be able to post a few pictures again. I cant brag on my daughter and my wife enough , they have been tearing out old drywall , drywalling painting up stairs , you would never know they were not professionals .
We have found walls with three layers of old drywall ,leaks in places where water should not be , the old studs go from the foundation to the roof and are 2ft on center . the old stairs have to go so we have oak from the mill for the stairs and it has been curing out in the garage attic for well over a year .
We are building a entertainment center out of hickory up stairs and it is looking very good ,I love the look of hickory ,we have the oak cut for the up stairs railing , the new oak balusters are ready to go , the windows and closet doors are trimmed in ash , the wood work / trim /has been made on the SS and is some what period correct .
The house was built in the early 1900's , as we were doing the demolition my daughter was commenting on the way things were done , I explained to her she was dong more then just getting dirty, what she was doing was in a way like reading a book , the story the house had to tell about the people who did the work .
LOL I dont think she was impressed lol