The Renovation Saga - Weekend #1

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The house is ours. We got keys Friday!

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I wasted no time getting into the walls!

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We’re taking this wall out so wanted to see what was in there. Shouldn’t be too difficult to put a beam across to hold up the roof!

But we had a contractor coming to quote the work, and stopped there.

On to the master bedroom. The previous owner (who lives next door) used the closed-in garage as an office, but we want to use it as the master. It is adjacent to the laundry room which we will be remodeling into a laundry room/closet. The master has an 8" step up into the laundry so we wanted to make it flush… let the raising begin!


Here’s the step up into the laundry room.

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Baseboards and a strip of drywall removed. Perimeter framing installed.


And here is the end of the day yesterday. Most of the joists are in. I was short by two 10’ 2x6s so I started on the reinforcing.

Things I learned… I’m WAY out of shape.

I plan to have all the joists and bracing done by the weekend. Plywood should go down shortly thereafter. I drastically underestimated how much construction adhesive and screws I would need.

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are you putting the new floor in over top of carpet tiles?

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A rule of thumb I use. Double all your cost estimates and triple the time estimates and you will get close to your final figure.

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I know this is stupid and picky and probably already take care of, but before you finish that room please do two things:

  1. Check the code for your area to make sure there isn’t a minimum height for electrical outlets

  2. arrange some kind of air exchange for the space under the new floor.

Congratulations!

(Anecdote from my youth: one summer when my parents had just finished putting an addition on top of part of their house, I went up on the roof for some peace and quiet, and admired the unbroken expanse of new shingling. Key word: unbroken. Even though the part of the house below included two sinks, a tub and a toilet, all of which had previously vented straight up.)

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that’s the indoor/outdoor carpet squares that were in there. Didn’t really see any reason to remove it.

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Put in secret panel stash/valuables storage between the joists.

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A rule of thumb I use. Double all your cost estimates and triple the time estimates and you will get close to your final figure.<<

well that will get you close? want to be exact? here’s how. :slight_smile:

determine cost. Double that.

now figure out time to allow for said project. For example 1 day.

now you double that to 2 DAYS for your base time estimate.

see where it says “2 DAYS” you edit that line to “2 WEEKS”

PRESTO… you now have an accurate cost estimate and accurate timeline. :slight_smile:

Always Always use the next increment of time. 1 day goes to 2 weeks. 2 weeks go to 4 months, and so on. :slight_smile:

hope this helps.

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Love your energy and enthusiasm. All these projects folks share go to keeping the momentum going for making and creating. But that yellow? Wow.

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That is an excellent idea. I will definitely be building in a floor safe/stash now!

That color is in both bedrooms, the kitchen, dining room, laundry room and the master bedroom. Jan’s mom arrives in 8 days for the singular purpose of helping to paint. :wink: No yellow will remain.

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Of course only 10,000+ people are in on the secret.

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Ah, but my location on the GF map hasn’t been updated… so nobody knows where I live! :wink:

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45 seconds on Google and I now have your real name, city, and a picture of your house. Yeah, good thing you live across the country from me.

Edit: Oh that’s right it was your old house. Gotta go to the realtor’s site.

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You could probably just use the most recent shot he shared of his house and do a google image search. I bet that would find his address. :innocent:

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Think I’ll wait till he accidentally spills how much loot is in the safe.

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Ah man… now I gotta sell and move again. :cry:

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Secure secret Proofgrade storage.

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We wouldn’t tell anyway. :grin:

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this freaked me out just a little, so of course I tried it.
@chadmart1076, it would seem that you live in the Village of Liempde, in the valley of the Dommel, in the Netherlands. :sweat_smile:

Looks beautiful there!
http://www.breda-en-alles-daaromheen.nl/Liempde-in-beeld-deel-1.htm

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I believe I got similar results. You’d think with with online real estate listings it’d be more accurate.
Not that this is a bad thing

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Ding! Ding! Ding! Ya found me! :smiley:

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