Well, I have a new ,looks like long term , project. Thanks Grant!
Anyway, I got a funny feeling working in this house…just can’t quite put my finger on it. I kinda felt like, well, I was being watched.
Yeah, I was. Then I about tripped over a polar bear.
And then, a lion came after me….
So, I ran like a gazelle, or a zebra..or a..Impala before I got gored
And I went back out side, and finished my pediment..View Image
I think the dentil is much more friendly outside than INSIDE. LOL
Yes, I was given permission to post these pics.
I’ll be manageing a rather huge restoration of this house, circa 1915, and I do mean, it is like a museum. I am honored to be entrusted with such a task, I think I am booked up till oh, say 2015. No kidding.
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Kudos! Good looking repair.
Chuck S
Thanks buddy. I didn't get any shop shots of milling out the replacement moulding parts..just too busy and sporadic.
Pretty interesting dentil, it had a dado on the top edge and about half of that back edge remaining was cut away, and then a 3/8th x 1/2 strip registers the teeth..
ofcourse I had no router bits to match up the ogee's and beads, so the trusty hand planes came out...I have an old craftsman copy of a Stanley 55 multi-plane, and all the irons, blew the dust off of it and went at it.
I've got a ton of work there, in many forms. This will be ongoing for a LONG time.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
Without getting personal, what's the scope of the restoration work and how much will it cost?"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
It is intensive reconstruction of previous damage from failed roofing, a small fire, and the general decay of all the exterior weathered surfaces. Windows and doors, portico entrances, and some repair of inside plumbing related damage.
Rehab 4 baths, complete gut out. Kitchen as well.
complete lead paint removal inside and out. Restructure of some open covered porches , the stucco covered terracotta block ( First I've seen, looks like flue liner, but walls are made of it) is defunct.
First phase is Grant stopping the roof leaks, and get guttersfunctioning, while I attack some of the cosmetics that just happen to be waiting to be completed and are not part of the areas that need further demo.
Once the water infiltration is under control, we can progress to mold removal, and plaster repairs...the hydronic heat system ( wood fired ext. boiler) and related ele. upgrades.
I won't share any cost stucture here, there is much to still be finalized. We are in "triage" mode, stop the damage first, then delegate what priority needs to coincide with things like available subs and weather.
The house is occupied, and I full well know, how that affects schedules and working conditions. Getting another bathroom online is becoming a first to do, even if it is a temp. situ.
This is gonna be a great gig, it is almost like a museum.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
<I won't share any cost stucture here>
Well, we'll have a pretty good clue when you start buying a whole FLEET of new blue vans.
Forrest - likin' those kind of clients
I meant to get back to you this morning, I got side tracked tho'. Installed a new router and my LT couldn't find it..so I spent a bunch of time screwing around in Cprompt Pinging and such..arrgghh.
Anyway, I am staying within reason on all of this, like you, I prefer a solo gig for stuff like this, I have my wife one day a week come and push sandpaper or primer, the rest I can handle in peace and quiet.
There will be a newer Sphere-a-van in the future, but NO fleet..for sure. I am still trying to sell my old Safari.
I feel like I am becoming a Piffen...LOL Great customers and steady stream of projects...suits me fine. I realized a few months ago, something hadda change or I would lose my mind..or I did lose my mind..but this just feels like what I need to be doing for right now.
A lot of buddies in NC do the "caretaker" thing for the summer folks from Fla. , all year long, they keep up with maintenance and additions and what not..it can be quite lucrative work, if thats what ya want to do..this is similar in some respects, and after the major hurdles are jumped, there'll be ongoing "pop-ups" that need attn. So I have confidence in the purpose of being there now.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
I lost my mind once.
turns out I don't miss it.
They called to say I could have my sanity back if I come down and pick it up between the hours of 1 and 5 PM.Trying to decide if it is worth the trouble or nut...
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the stucco covered terracotta block
I worked on a house in San Antonio like that. An old guy told me the name of the block, a trade name I think, and I forgot it. This house was built about 1922. Looked like cement stucco from the outside, plaster walls on the inside, walls were rather thick. The block was hollow like modern concrete block, but terra cotta like you have.
I started off adding a greenhouse and doing minor repairs, about 3 weeks after I started the hubby walked out on her. He was an eccentric. She was a math professor at a local private univ, and was writing a calculus textbook. Nice lady. After he left we almost stopped the project, but then he told her he would continue to fund it. So I ended up uncovering the windows. Sounds odd, right? He had screwed plywood over the inside of all the windows except the kitchen and living room. Place was very dark inside. Old single pant double hungs, probably original glass from 1922. All painted shut with multiple layers of paint. That was probably my first paying job, lost my butt on it but got lots of experience."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Yup, thats the stuff.
They'll be plenty of window/door work fer sure. I just know I can stay busy for a LONG time, and HO's are just swell folks. Empty nesters in the huge place.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
Duane,
That's going to be a nice job.
Do they have a garage or out-building that you can set up some tools?
Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
As a matter of fact, yes. The farm equipment shop is on site. Woodstove for heat, bench space, some basic tools like a drill press, and big air comp. I'll be able to set up a mini-Duane-dom there. The place is still almost an hour from home, but ratherthan haul projects back to my shop, i'll be able to do some onsite.
Kinda best of both worlds, really. frees up MY shop, for MY stuff. (G)Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Cool. Looks like it will be a good fit for your skills.
Just don't turn your back on the critters.
Keep the pics coming as work progresses
Looks like a line of caulk or paint on the brickwork there. how you gonna tackle that?
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Sounds like the project is large enough you might have to bring Forrest up 'north' to help ;)
jt8
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Edited 8/31/2007 1:42 pm by JohnT8
I am going to be gently abrasive blasting the carved cypress details, then I'll shield the existing brick around the slobbered up area and blast that. It'll be getting a scribe moulding to the brick, and I may make that thick enough to conceal most of old gooberosity.
I don't want to get carried away and make too much of a "clean" spot, that is as bad as leaving the paint there.
I knew I bought that new sand blaster a few months ago for a reason. And here is the perfect use.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
I was hoping you'd have some quick, not-requiring-special-equipment solution. I've got some less gooberish ones on my project house that bother me every time I see 'em. jt8
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I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
Well, I bought the big Clarke ( holds 100lbs I think) and also a small siphon feed that is self contained and more detail oriented.
I tried the small guy with silicon media, but I had the small compressor with me and it just ran out of puff too quickly.
I have Garnet, glass bead, and walnut hulls for a selection of media, and with a bigger cfm air maker, it'll work fine. Justthe small area I tested, revealed the veins in the leaf details of the carving, but it takes a REALLY LIGHT TOUCH, or one could really destroy the carvings. I would have had it done by now, but it was nea 95 degrees for a spell, and I wasn't about to wear the hood in that heat.
The brick is easier, just scrape with aheat gun the major gunk, then a template with a cut out ( as a shield) and have at it..works pretty well in testing so far.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Looks like a fun one!
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