Here you can see what’s going on at the house, in date order.
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- New homeowner
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- Here’s the floor plan.
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- Here’s what I understood of David’s suggested plan.
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- Steve’s plan for changes
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- Bambusa Textilis ‘Gracilis’
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- Mission olive and Alphonse Karr bamboo.
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- Digging down for a walkway. Good dirt here!
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- Would it work with these colors?
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- This is the label from the back of the sheetrock that came out of the bathroom. 1921!
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- No more sink.
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- all clean!
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- no more door in that wall of the kitchen
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- that pipe will move, but right now it’s still pressurized
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- no more ceiling! And you can see the new boards where the roof was fixed
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- no more kitchen door to the bathroom
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- a solid back door instead of a screen door
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- new colors to try with that brick
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- post cladding
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- dining room is on the left; there used to be a wall here
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- looking from the back bedroom toward the front of the house
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- looking from the dining room toward the back of the house
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- mowed the weeds trimmed the pecan tree
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- back door closed off
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- some ceiling fell down
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- new truss holding up the joists
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- Richard, the neighbor, fixing the roof where the tree fell
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- finished retaining wall
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- the new avocado tree for Earth Day
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- leveling the house
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- mailbox back out front and pile of brush that is a very minor part of what we cut
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- sewer pipe is clogged and cap is broken
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- hammer encounter
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- new wood where the wall was
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- plywood for the attic
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- debris from hall
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- new bathroom door
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- attic fan in place
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- back bedroom has a door
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- Kilroy looking in the attic vent
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- cut to make vent bigger (fan needs 10 square feet)
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- finished vent
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- removing the old wiring
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- removing the old lattice
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- finished attic vent
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- adding screws to reduce sag
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- ceiling sheetrock
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- hot work
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- Mango Tree!
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- 3 varieties of blueberries
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- yellow and orange esperanza
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- new shoot on the bamboo
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- blueberries!
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- unexpected diagonal board
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- hole for new wires
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- ready to drill
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- running wires under the house
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- electric
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- Apparently, a shower pan is a good roach trap.
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- big pile of bags of sheetrock for heavy trash day
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- moving some wires
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- looking toward the front of the house
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- prepared for floor refinishing
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- old bathtub! 1923
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- old parts
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- no floor
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- new floor
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- Wendy
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- Daniel
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- the wood that was sanded off
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- floors look wet!
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- floor is dry
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- stuff!
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- transplanted hibiscus
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- it’s really purple, not blue
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- started here, but glue was not quite ready yet
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- finished floor!
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- finished!
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- some insulation and new pipes and new plywood
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- cut it a little tight
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- protecting the new floors
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- mortar base is drying
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- beam replaced, new floor, wall siding removed, plumbing and electric in
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- old beam, still heavy
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- new ceiling
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- lots of sheetrock to put up
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- storage for big boxes
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- shower all sheetrocked
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- under the house
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- removing the wood siding
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- installing the new floor
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- bamboo fingers
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- got the attic fan running, and this fan up
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- all wired and working!
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- Preparing for new door
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- new door installed
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- new plumbing!
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- Mickey, Gary, and Jimmy hang a piece of sheetrock after tearing out the old wood siding
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- persistent leak in copper shower pipe, insulation caught on fire
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- sheetrock and vanity top
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- heavy bathtub in place
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- sheetrock
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- ready to cut the sink hole
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- cutting the corners of the hole
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- Before they left, Jimmy, Mickey, and Gary got the countertop into place
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- new toilet in
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- all set
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- new back door
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- Steve assembles some gas pipes
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- working sink!
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- connecting the water heater
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- gas line for heater of some sort
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- all done but the meter hookup
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- hall closet is now white
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- Attempt at removing paint from a door.
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- appliances!
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- The kitchen feels big with the washer and dryer removed.
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- closet
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- bath closet doors
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- They are knocking down the houses behind us. Now we need more bushes to hide from the street.
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- more mud
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- primed
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- cut in
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- painted green!
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- green bath
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- We live here now!
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- hot water!
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- The houses in the back are gone now.
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- all doors painted
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- Steve brought home a crinum that was at Mike’s house and then Valerie’s house.
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- new bamboo planted along fence
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- removing sheetrock
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- clean up for heavy trash day
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- heater all installed
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- sheetrock around heater
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- rye grass sprouted!
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- partially painted
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- prepare for final float
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- all primed
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- bought a door! not installed yet
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- It’s really a nice brown
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- Looks like mustard, but it’s brown
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- cabinets!
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- a little too yellow, we think
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- last cabinet
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- nothing under the front door
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- is it level?
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- sand the floorboards where the old threshold was
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- get it plumb
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- last nail
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- new door in place!
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- covering the old front door
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- old siding to cover where front door was
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- only one front door now!
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- arch instead of door
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- wall ready for tape
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- sagging ceiling coming down
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- new sheetrock
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- changing the hall purple
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- new color on old
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- new lighter hall
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- walls primed
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- blue! might not keep this color
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- removing old sheetrock
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- new sheetrock
Hey you have a turquoise screen door too….it must be a 10AUG thing! LOL. the house looks big on the inside, like the rooms and the doors look bigger than my rooms and my doors. That hotwater heater in the bathroom was interesting….that was “grandfathered” in…would not meet code now days. Mine is also in an unusual place…it’s grandfathered in too.
More than your hands got wrapped around that. Amazing (grace) what transformaiton.
I can sure see why the old back is “out on the town”. You definately have a mission.
You are an artist for sure.
Wow!!!! Those floors are gorgeous. Are you living there now? I know all of it will be gorgeous when you are finished.
Looks like it is coming along nicely. My favorite picture is #31. Great picture of you Joy!
Looking good. You are a one man construction crew…with the help of a woman. I like it very much, can’t wait to see it. Are you still at the other jpb?