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This page provides news and pictures with regards to my house.  I purchased the house in October 2004, a 1916 fixer-upper that needed
a lot of fixing-upping, and still does to some extent.
 
Overview 
 
3D Floor Plans 
 
House News 
 
House Projects 
 
 
 Picture Indexes
10/25/04 First photos of the house after purchasing it.  Tore up the carpet, tore into the hallway walls, set up my computer, starting building the trash pile.10/26/04 Tearing down the upstairs bathroom walls.
 10/27/04 Finishing up tearing out the upstairs bathroom.
 11/01/04 Hauling up my stuff from storage, taking down doors.
 11/03/04 Ripping up bathroom floor
 11/10/04 Crawling under house.
 11/23/04 Tearing out wall between upstairs bedrooms.
 12/04/04 Gertie's first visit since work began.
 12/08/04 Tearing out downstairs walls, taking down the old ventstack, purchasing attic ladder and nailgun.
 12/13/04 Hanging the attic ladder and work starting on the attic.
 12/14/04 Finishing the attic ladder.
 12/16/04 Starting the rewiring process.
 12/20/04 Putting down joists and plywood flooring in the attic.
 12/28/04 Aftermath of the plumbing disaster, putting in outlet boxes.
 12/30/04 Tearing out downstairs bathroom.
 01/04/05 Digging the trench. Digging up the old pipe.
 01/12/05 Flooring and drain pipes in the upstairs bathroom.
 01/14/05 More drainpipe work and excavated sewer line.
 01/19/05 Completed trench and laying out the new swer line.  Finishing up the drainpipes.
 01/21/05 Soldering the new cutoff to the pipe from the street.  Plugging the new drainpipe into the old clay pipe that runs to the sewer. Glueing up the pipes.
 01/23/05 Filling in the trench.  Scoping out the neighborhood.
 01/24/05 Putting in the main stack.
 01/26/05 Starting work on the copper.
 01/28/05 Sweating the copper pipes upstairs, tearing down walls in the dining room.
 02/03/05 Tearing down the dining room, load to the dump.
 02/04/05 Finishing upstairs copper, new water heater.
 02/07/05 New water heater in it's place, copper downstairs.
 02/20/05 All copper complete, siding removed from one side of the house, framing in the bathroom window.
 02/21/05 Insulating the copper.  Floor down in the bathroom.
 02/25/05 Framing the shower stall.
 02/28/05 Framing the rest of the bathroom. Placement of the fixtures.
 03/04/05 Wiring and insulating.
 03/07/05  Finished insulation, ceiling cementboard in the shower, purchased door for the bathroom and other supplies.
 03/11/05 Gertie's visit to the house.  Tearing down upstairs drywall.
 03/14/05 Starting drywall in the bathroom.
 03/16/05 More drywalling in the bathroom
 03/19/05 Cleanup
 03/24/05 Shower pan installed and floor tiled.
 03/31/05 Vanity, toilet, and medicine cabinet installed
 04/07/05 Cementboard in the shower complete.
 04/12/05 Started tiling the shower.
 04/13/05 Finished tiling the shower.
 04/14/05 Grouting the shower.
 04/16/05 Shower head and knobs installed.
 05/12/05 Tearing into the downstairs walls.  Gas line installed.
 05/16/05 Chimney removed. More tearing into walls downstairs. Water heater stack.
 05/24/05 Downstairs support wall framed.
 06/16/05 Upstairs wall framed, moving more stuff over, new electric post installed, some lightning shots.
 06/27/05 New windows and doors installed in the upstairs bedrooms.
 07/09/05 Insulating the dividing wall and drywalling Tif's room
 07/11/05 Dustec's gift. Temporary kitchen sink.
 07/12/05 Plumbing the temporary sink.
 07/15/05 Priming the walls in Tif's room.
 07/17/05 Finishing priming Tif's room, drywall board going up in the master bedroom.
 07/22/05 Anabelle-Bob's first visit to the house.
 08/11/05 Work on the master bedroom, furniture in tif's room.
 01/02/06 Pictures from the last several months.
 01/08/06 Showing off Marjorie's room, pics of the cat, patched floor in the living room, and started on kitchen cabinets.
 03/13/06 Showing completed furrdowns, under cabinet lights, and the spring cleaning process.
 03/25/06 Showing the installed central heat/AC unit and ductwork, the living room pillars, and the central furrdown frame.
 08/02/06 A few miscellanious things at the end of the first permit period.
 11/24/06 Working on external trim on the house.
 08/01/07 Starting the remodel of the kitchen.
 08/17/07 More work on the kitchen.
 08/25/07 Drywall up in the kitchen.
 09/05/07 Work on the shed and mudding and texture done in the kitchen.
 09/07/07 More work on the shed.
 09/21/07 Even More work on the shed.
 
 
 
 
Trip to the Surplus Store
Trip to the Salvage Yard
 Pictures taken at night by light of a flashlight
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