Renovation / demolition pics

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:27 pm

Thought I'd share some pics of the progress on the work being done on my house. Right now I'm doing demolition with some help, then professionals will do most of the other work such as installing new kitchen, washroom etc.

Before renovations / during inspection

June 26 08 (date of possession)
July 27 09
June 28 09
June 30 to July 1
July 2 to July 8
July 11 to july 16
July 18 to july 23
July 26 to july 31
August 09
September 09

(will keep adding more pics here)

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:59 pm

Just added July 2 to July 8. Figured I'd start grouping them to make it easier to keep track as I'm not taking as many as I was at first since the biggest is done.

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Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:39 pm

your a regular demo lol

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jrhather · Post by **jrhather** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:44 pm

crazy webs....

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:14 pm

More pics from today:

http://gal.redsquirrel.me/?level=picture&id=425

Really I hardly took pics from the basement, the carpet is pretty much all gone now too.

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shakyj · Post by **shakyj** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:46 pm

Seeing all that wood makes me realize what a waste it is you foreigners not having a guy fawkes night

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:03 am

Yeah it would make a nice big fire.

I have to remember tomorrow I have to measure the future server room. I'm designing a wood server cabinet in AutoCAD but I need to make sure this thing will actually fit before I build it LOL. I'm assuming the ceiling is 8 feet high, but always good to double check.

This should be an interesting project as I never really built anything of this magnitude before. This thing will not only have to be strong and sturdy, but it will be optimized for air flow.

I'll post pics of the final plan later on. I still need to get some more experienced people to look at it once it's done, to get their opinion on how I am structuring it.

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shakyj · Post by **shakyj** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:28 pm

You should convert your crawlspace so you can have a cold aisle in it

. Then you will be like a real data centre

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:16 pm

shakyj wrote:You should convert your crawlspace so you can have a cold aisle in it . Then you will be like a real data centre

That's the plan.

The hot isle will be a bit different though. Way I plan to do it is the back of the rack will have a duct on top with a blower and the hot air will be thrown in another area of my house (not sure where, but I want to make good use of it to save on heating).

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shakyj · Post by **shakyj** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:35 pm

Throw it into the loft. Then get smallish celing fans to push the heat down into the rooms. Or just leave it in the loft to keep the house warm.

Whatever you do you will need a way to vent it out the house when it is too hot

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:24 pm

Yeah if it gets too hot I can always have it go out the dryer vent or something. I'd have to get a Y pipe.

The house seems to stay very cool though, think it may have to do with the trees and what not. My fear though is that it may be badly insulated. I'll find out this winter. The attic seems fairly well insulated from what I saw visually, but not sure about the walls.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:05 pm

More progress today, well actually does not feel like much progress is happening lately, it's all the slow stuff, but we are approaching to the point where we can start plastering and painting.

More pics taken today:

July 11 to july 17

I cleaned out all the crawlspace now, finally. Just need to do the dungeon. That will be a creepy one. That's why I kept that 10 foot curtain rod...

I also started installing more lights in the crawlspace. Once the dungeon area is cleaned I'll probably even add lights in there, though that will require to build some framing as it's all concrete in there, the slab on top is the garage.

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Kwan · Post by **Kwan** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:55 pm

It seams like that the entire electrical system needs re placed cuz that is one hell of an old electrical box.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:13 pm

Kwan wrote:It seams like that the entire electrical system needs re placed cuz that is one hell of an old electrical box.

lol yeah, it's about 2k to get it done and it HAS to be done by a licensed electrician (otherwise I'd save part of my 2k and it would only cost me a few hundred). That's probably going to get done in next few years.

I'm out of breakers LOL. Might need to add the dishwasher circuit on an existing circuit, probably the washing machine. I bought 12/2 wire to be on the safe side and 10/3 wire to redo the dryer plug. I'll probably lower it more, which reminds me, I need to find some of those plastic clip thingies that hold the wire sturdy and off the metal edges when coming out of the panel.

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jrhather · Post by **jrhather** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:48 am

If you bother taking baths at all, don't forget to insulate your bathtub!! There is nothing quite like a tub that holds heat for a few hours.

Toss in a bag of Epsom salts and a case of beer and you have a great way to recover from all that reno...

edit: those bricks could make for the beginnings of a great outdoor bbq installation...

http://www.extremehowto.com/xh/article. ... e_id=60223

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:44 pm

Thought of that actually as my grandpa gave me the idea. He decided to take them and do that at camp instead though. I'll keep 20ish bricks for spares.

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shakyj · Post by **shakyj** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:21 pm

You could have done this http://lifehacker.com/5296731/build-your-own-pizza-oven

And that charcoal was probably an odour remover to remove any damp smell. And any damp it gets

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:12 pm

That is awesome.

Or even better I could build a forge, and level up my blacksmithy.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:41 pm

Added more:

July 11 to july 16
July 18 to july 23

Today I finally ventured into that dungeon. The start was actually the worse, rest is not too too bad. Tomorrow I'm hoping to totally finish it, then I will need to do some concrete repairs as lot of it is cracking and stuff.

My mom also started to paint, so finally some real progress is starting to show up. In August I'm going on vacation and during this time contractors will do the rest of the work.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:49 pm

Oh, this is quite interesting:

http://gal.redsquirrel.me/?level=album& ... ortdir=ASC

Found this inside the basement wall about a week ago.

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Kwan · Post by **Kwan** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:51 pm

um are those the certificte of owning a stock or is that just like the newspaper does telling you what there at?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:54 pm

Kwan wrote:um are those the certificte of owning a stock or is that just like the newspaper does telling you what there at?

Think that's just a list showing what they're at.

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Kwan · Post by **Kwan** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:28 pm

I was just checking out some of the pics red and why in the hell did you pic a colour for the living room that looks like baby shit brown? God you need to get some gay friends.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:41 pm

Starting to get some progress and it does not involve demolition (ok, so there are still lot of demolition pics in there. :p)

August 09

New kitchen cabinets and new lights! weeee!

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ggkthx · Post by **ggkthx** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:47 am

Love the new cabinets & lights.

Is that your mom?

:

Rowr!

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