August 1st, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
After a lot of sweat and a few smashed toes the two chimneys at Dwelling 3918 have been eradicated. The stone and mortar was in much worse shape than we had imagined, the jackhammer was not used as much as planned we pretty much lifted the stones off one by one. Several of them were completely fractured and fell apart. This week we do some structural bracing and prepare the house for the removal of the back wall. Tension is building amongst all of us curious how its going to go, is it going to fall apart like the chimney or is it going to require constant hammering for a few weeks. At this point your guess is as good as ours, I’m just looking foward to the challenge. Wish us luck.
April 27th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
We are working away on 3918, I’ll be posting some design images soon of what we plan on doing with the place. In the meantime here are some pictures of the interior of the house as it currently looks. The first floor shots look move in ready, they fail to show how uneven the floors are. Some significant issues have come up with the existing structure, mostly how the first builder failed to install load bearing columns in the proper places leading to some severely sagging floors.
The second floor photo’s have some great character. I can’t wait to rip that plaster out and see whats behind it.
The third floor is huge and is going to remain largely open, making a few modern interventions is in the cards. That large tank you see is the original water tank for the house, or thats our best guess.
April 15th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
