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Introduction
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blue-bottle home
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Handyman Special
Renovating that old house on Market Street
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March 7
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New doors were installed
in the ell last week. It was fun buying something new for the house that
will be a real improvement over the old. Where I can, I'm keeping the old
doors, but here the old ones were too decrepit to be functional or energy
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One last look at the
ell foundation before it gets foamed. The floor won't be installed for a
little while still to allow for easier plumbing and electrical work. |
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The exterior walls are being studded
out so that there's something to hang wallboard to. The old plaster lathing
was hung on odd scraps of wood nailed to the exterior sheathing. The windows
are also being boxed out so that there's something to nail trim to or
hang new windows on if that happens down the road.
Bud has been working along quickly at this and I've been following along
in the evenings placing electrical boxes. |
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The ell rafters were given extra support
once I punched out the section of roof on the main house covered by the
overlapping ell roof. This picture is taken from inside Ramon's room looking
through a hole in the main roof down into the ell. Bud added the vertical
support on the left. |
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This newspaper
was glued to the roof sheathing. It's dated November 20, 1873. I couldn't
remove it without destroying it. Now it's covered with polyurethane foam. |
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Let the foaming begin.This job is our
biggest single expense in the renovation. It might be cheaper to install
a mix of fiberglass batts and foam board insulation, but this method of
spraying on polyurethane foam works the best for sealing an old house against
the cold. |
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The folks at Foam-Tech
can explain it all better than I (that's the marketing side of their
job afterall). The long and the short of it is, the house will be warmer
in the winter and cooler in the summer. |
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