I know… I have been posting a bunch of videos lately and not a lot of travel, Jeep, Puppy, garden, music, building, or other normal posts. That will change with the coming of Spring and the completion of our attic remodel/rebuild. In that vain, below is the short video documenting week 2 of the process. It looks like it will be a 5-part series.
Tag: 1928 Bungalow
House Remodel Status September 2, 2016 – 7.5 months in
Here is the house/garage re-build/build status for the 1st part of September.
- The F-Bomb Garage has been painted – at least the outside walls. I need to paint the trim and doors next.
- Repaired some major issues with the trim and siding on garage – real unhappy with my garage builder!
- Front yard is still green, but need to clean and re-seed the back yard.
- There oar only 2 rooms in the house that are complete and need no work at this point. Stamps-With-Foot could be happier with me right now…
- The mounting brackets for the granite in the basement are done and I will install them this weekend.
- Our washing machine went out… fuck. The bearings finally gave up the ghost. need to haul it out and put another in.
- No garage power yet. Huge load of confusion between the City of Seattle and my electrician. Maybe worked out now, but we will see.
- The yard is completely fenced in and the rear gate is installed. just a couple of tweaks and then power wash and polyurethane coat.
- The living room corner cabinets are in place, but not painted or installed.
- We have a small roof leak – motherfvcker!!! it is around the kitchen vent and from where the moss removal team got too eager with the power washer. I will go up there this weekend and seal it.
- Got a huge bill from our plumber for work that they didn’t do before abandoning the job. wanted to scan my ass into the 3D printer and send them a copy. Called a lawyer instead. we have a plan forward.
Story Time – A Small Remodeling Success
I am super proud of this door. It is original to our 1928 house and at some point in the last 88 years was removed from a closet or from somewhere in the basement and stuck in the rafters of the garage were it was covered in something near a ¼” layer of dust.
We built a stairwell to the attic and needed a door. I was all ready to source one at Second Use or Earth Wise, but at the last minute, I remembered this beauty and it was the perfect size (28″) I needed. For a jamb, I cut down one we had just pulled out of what is now the dining room. The door knob plate is a perfect match to the others in the house, which is awesome as it would have been impossible to find another one. I did source a vintage lock, brass strike plate, brass screws, and 1920’s glass knob at one of the local vintage building supply shops – both match what we already have all over the house perfectly. The job to install the lock, attach the knob, and mortise in the strike plate took all of 30 minutes and in a year, no one will ever know that the door hasn’t always been there or about its long dormant sleep in the top of the garage.
I am really happy to have this original piece of our home hanging there again. The trim went on to match the other doors and now just needs to be painted. I will do so after painting the walls and with the rest of the trim in the room.
