Sunday, November 24, 2013

NW Victorian (part 2)


24 November 2013
We have passed all of our cover inspections and insulation and sheetrock are underway.

Here is Jason (electrician) enjoying his last day of rough in and passing his inspection

We had to have a large hole drilled through the brick for the 8" range hood exhaust pipe







Furnace up and running

Insulation in basement


Sheetrock delivery

11/27
Sheetrock is almost done.  Here is the latest installment the day before Thanksgiving!  Use your imagination; things are going to come together very quickly from here!
new kitchen layout; sink, dishwasher, etc


bench and stove


sink area

bench and stove

bonus storage built-in(ish)

old windows get new life

laundry and new water heater from bottom of stairwell (at basement)

big basement addition from laundry

basement from laundry 2

basement from north door

basement from south door
"office" windows


furnace room !!!!  zoning feeders..... shit is cookin'
basement shower:


basement bathroom vanity location

clawfoot tub locale
clawfoot getting refinished!

clawfoot beatified

main floor bath floor heat wiring; basement floor bath also has floor heat in which we had to add a insulation membrane for optimal performance against the concrete slab heat loss
EAT, DRINK, BE MERRY.... AND BUILD SOME MORE!

12/16

Finish phase is well underway.  Tile, trim, cabinetry are all happening.  Here are a couple recent photos.  More to come this week.

hearth tile layout

basement shower

basement bath floor
basement bath vanity carcass and floor

salvaged fir case and base in basement

master bed built in closet carcasses

1/11/14
So it has been a while since i've made an installment.  we all have opened our presents, celebrated a new year, an we are now welcoming the rain to the northwest.  the job is approaching finishes, but that also means a lot of the surfaces are covered for protection! (not that good for pictures).  here are some that should continue the curiosity and show some finishes already completed.

gerheart (left) and vladimir doing the miles of tile in the master bath

wainscot turning transition to the shower

floor and shower entry

shower ledge and infinity drain in the shower


countertop (covered) with incorporated sill for the window

crema marfil countertop for master

new hearth tile

The upstairs also has had the floors sanded and one coat of finish.





basement just waiting for carpet, paint and a new door!

Many more pictures to come shortly.























Sunday, October 13, 2013

NW Victorian

So this is an extremely unique job for us.  The clients purchased this great 1893 Victorian in NW Portland, while living in London, without having even personally seen the property.  With great faith and desire for a new residence, thousands of miles away, the journey began.  The house had been well lived in throughout the century(+), but little updating was done and many alterations are necessary to make the house appropriate for the new owners and their children.
Another leap of trusting their realtor for the appropriate design and contract team, Clarkbuilt and Mellissa McCall were recommended to bring the old house to a functional, classically detailed and modernly equipped home.
Finally the visit to Portland to see the house and personally meet the "team".  Delight and excitement was the energy when first walking in.  So many details needed to be covered (particularly for Melissa) yet everyone seemed to be in unison with desired product(s).  After only three meetings the clients were back off to London, not to return until after the renovation is complete.
This is primarily a photo blog to keep the international clients up to date with what is happening in their house and who is doing it.





Giant pocket door





Double Pocket doors






Under stairs.  Location of proposed new main floor hall bathroom




Dated kitchen.  Archways to be taken out.



Kitchen closet.  Proposed location for refrigerator

Door to original lower level bathroom.  To be relocated





Soon to be gone



Aged balusters







Existing office cabinetry to be removed 

Existing Master bedroom closet to be removed and new built in unit designed and built


Entry to upstairs main bathroom.  Two doors being changed to one pocket door

Clawfoot tub being relocated to basement

Main household bathroom






Old fixture



Memorable wall paper.


Bedroom #3 water damage

Lovely handrail to be replaced



DEMO!!!!!!

Office cabinetry.  GONE

Tub in a hallway

Master bedroom closet.  GONE

Second floor main bath; toilet and vanity.  GONE


Second floor main bath tub.  GONE

Kitchen archways GONE.

Main floor bathroom.  GONE

Kitchen; sink, cabinetry, refrigerator.  GONE

Kitchen range and hood.  GONE



Basement to be completely remodeled with full bath, guest room, finished family area, utility room and laundry room





Posts to be removed and steel beam installed


Old, old plumbing.

Posts to be removed



9/15: This next set of photos is the continuation of demo and the start of rough-in for the plumbing, electrical and HVAC.  


Jason the electrician for Precision NW Electric has been onsite to demo the electrical wires to make framing the basement easier.  Fortunately the electrical service had been updated recently and plenty of power for use to not need more supply.



Brian the plumber also demo'd his old galvanized water lines and waste pipes from the old half bath on the main floor.  He also got the new water supply line pulled from the street and was able to rough plumb the new half bath and put in a temporary toilet for us to use during construction.

Brian


Old Supply

Pushing the drill towards and into foundation wall

Drill on its way

Perfect shot


Hooking up the new water supply line to be pulled back to the meter



New hall bath location with temp toilet

New waste for hall bath

Old water heater, gone

New water supply

Kenny the wall finish master also has made an appearance to start tidying up some walls!



Main floor chimney wrap: recoating

The animal print wallpaper is lost forever

Finally some more demo pictures:

The metal pile: growing and shrinking

Our new lights!


Growning: the old duct work coming down


Growing: a scrappers dream

Clearing, clearing, clearing

Uncovering another unique wall feature

Kitchen ceiling down for new lighting


Old closet storage

Clearing






October 13-
At this point the demo is pretty much done and we have begun the rebuilding process and evolving the layout and design as we go along.  To start out with we had the water line inspected and put the meter box in-


The basement looks like a war zone as there is a temporary shoring wall and slab floor was cut and dug out for two large footings.  The framing lumber is also stored in the basement to make things a bit tighter.



A total of 4200 pounds of concrete was needed for the two footings used to support the new steel post and beam engineered for design-




Jesse cutting out the original wood girder beam



Finally, the concrete.
Alex and Jesse navigating the piles


The second floor bathroom wall and pocket door are framed in and the plumbing layout is being arranged for the shower, toilet and vanity.



We encountered the first of many changes during the building phase.  The original design called for the bedroom and office to be separated by the master built-in closet.  When we opened the wall and added the header for the new built-in it was determined the two spaces should be connected and the closet moved to an adjacent wall.  A nice amount of light is added from the office opening.




Finally the bedroom that had the water damaged ceiling has been smoothed out.


This week will be quite exciting.  The paint strippers are starting on stripping the finish and stain from the original woodwork on the main and second floor and the basement framing will be plugging along.

3 November 2013
Two weeks ago we put the beam in got delivered and installed.  This is a 20', 625 lb piece of steel.  
On the truck

Off the truck, on the genie lifts

Into the window





Skyler was able to get a time lapse of the beam going into the basement window, onto the genie lifts, raised into place, and the posts secured.  

We unfortunately had part of the basement excavated for the plumbing inspection
Beam coming in

Beam is up!



Temp wall down and basement framing.

The "office" and utility room.  Hard to envision at this point.

The basement bathroom, shower and tub area


down the hallway

The basement framed in.

 Another monumental task was the stripping of the original stain and finish from wood work at entry, living room, and landing area at top of stairs.  Comparing the natural wood to some of the pictures from the very beginning will really give you perspective to how much build up there was.  It looks absolutely amazing.

You can just see the contrast between the stained and stripped material.  The skirt board at the bottom of the picture has not yet been stripped







A truly amazing newell post.  Hand carved mahogany