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Our Renovation Reality 2012

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#1 · (Edited)
This is our photo journey from the before to the after. :thumbup:

We did not intend to do this, it just happened! :laughing:















 
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#18 ·
We just wanted to rip up carpet and paint, but one thing lead to another and now you know the rest of the story :laughing:

That is a huge inactive wasp nest, paper type nest. It was behind one of the knotty pine panels. Happy it was inactive or we would have been running out the door!
 
#26 ·
WOW! Holy teardown. Nice job.
Understatement.....

Now I don't feel so bad about my 'trials and tribulations'......

Mine is mostly new construction....but I feel your pain when it comes to the demo....

One thing I'm sure you agree about....dirt.....you never realize how bad the dirt is until you demo....

It's a bit late now....but there is an easier way to demo drywall....take a sawzall and run it down each stud bay....then the drywall come out in big chunks instead of little pieces....

One other piece of advice......if you don't have one yet....buy a palm nailer.....trust me on that one....once you start nailing up the hangers on thos joists...you will wonder why you didn't have one before.....
 
#27 ·
awesome start! You can do it!

I am not trying to be critical but I read a comment where you only thought the repairs were going to be carpet and paint type work or did I misunderstand?
Maybe I look at things with a a different eye after owning a 70 year old house and a 107 year old house, a lot of the house looked like a gut and redo to me.

To the wood panel lovers, I can say that I was on your side until I owned a house with a bunch of wood like that. It is great for a while,but it really dates the space and it is had to do anything with it. The upstairs on my 1940 Cape is covered in beautiful wood, but after 5 years with it, I think it needs to go. My space needs a reno and looks like it is stuck in the 70's
 
#28 ·
Danny, that is why i decided to remodel my place just to what i liked, not what is in style. Because there are so many houses being redone in the "modern" style, and in 2030, someone will look at a place that looks modern now and say, "geez, this place needs remodeled! Its stuck in 2013!" A lot of people told me putting beadboard in my kitchen would "date" the place, but i think it looks pretty awesome.
 
#32 ·
Electric is complete.



200 Amp service installed.

Square D QO used.
AFCI circuits used where needed. GFCI used where needed. Subpanel installed under kitchen for all branch circuits on that side of the house. 2-2-2-4 ran for that hangin' on a 90 Amp breaker.

When I had the electric inspected he looked at my main panel, subpanel and he asked if I ran 2 branch circuits for the kitchen counter. Signed off and left without even looking at the rest of the house. I am so proud of my work and the level of care put into this part of the project. Tamper proof outlets used everywhere. 3 way lights. Ran dedicated branch circuits for all appliances. Smoke detectors on their own branch circuit. I spent more time wiring than anything else. For a 1500 sq.ft home I probably used 2500' of NM

other random pictures




 
#42 ·
Electric is complete.

200 Amp service installed.

Square D QO used.
AFCI circuits used where needed. GFCI used where needed. Subpanel installed under kitchen for all branch circuits on that side of the house. 2-2-2-4 ran for that hangin' on a 90 Amp breaker.

When I had the electric inspected he looked at my main panel, subpanel and he asked if I ran 2 branch circuits for the kitchen counter. Signed off and left without even looking at the rest of the house. I am so proud of my work and the level of care put into this part of the project. Tamper proof outlets used everywhere. 3 way lights. Ran dedicated branch circuits for all appliances. Smoke detectors on their own branch circuit. I spent more time wiring than anything else. For a 1500 sq.ft home I probably used 2500' of NM

other random pictures
Smokes should be on a circuit with something else (generally hallway light) so you always know if someone turned the breaker off
 
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