FINISHED WALLS

opening up entry ways, photos show progress starting with end result

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:08:00 +0000

bathroom cabinet install

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:44:00 +0000

drywall ceiling texture patch

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 20:57:00 +0000

venetian plaster

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:55:00 +0000

Full Bathroom walls and ceiling with venetian plaster. These photos show the progress.

Trim

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:37:00 +0000

I began trimming a house with utilizing plinth blocks for the shoe molding return. The pictures demonstrate my progress.

Custom Solid core doors

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:43:00 +0000

I custom built some poplar door jambs to be painted white and stained solid core oak doors. Added three coats of polyurethane and installed doors. I also built two sets of custom french doors. The photos show the work progress.

Living Room Demolition

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:40:00 +0000

Day One

Today I began removing the drywall laminated over plaster and wood lathe. I am going to remove the steps going upstairs and make the room more spacious. The photos show the start of this process.

Day Two
Today I finished demolishing the living room. I began removing the steps leading upstairs. I am going to have to re-support the existing floor joists for the upstairs. There was a lot of wasted space in the stairwell. I will end up utilizing this space more. The photo's show my current progress.

Day Three
The demo is complete and the stairs came down relatively easy. Now for the last room on the list and that lies upstairs. Stay tuned the rough in plumbing will begin shortly. I am going to add some floor joists in the basement and jack the house up a tad. I also am going to re-support the upstairs floor with more floor joists so the plumbing will not begin to take place until later next week.

Day Four
I reinforced the floor upstairs in the voided space where the steps used to be. I doubled up the joists because I plan on putting a washer and dryer upstairs on this floor. I tore down some non supporting walls in order to make these rooms have a more open floor plan. I removed an upstairs closet and opened up the room a few of the pictures show the closet after removal. I then used 3/4" tongue and groove plywood for my sub-flooring. This project is a lot of work for a one man working crew, so I may be due a day off, lol. The jobsite is in serious need of a clean up, so I may take a day and get things in better order before pushing forward. The pictures show the changes and where I am at today with this project.

Well its a year later and time to finish up some old projects that are still waiting to be completed. So in preparation I finally put up the drywall ceiling in the living room. I can only do the ceiling currently because I still have to wire the wall outlets. With winter approaching I figured it would help with the heating costs.

Today I finished hanging the ceiling and being this is such an old home everything did.t work out real square. I also included a few photos of the beginning coats on the bad butt joints.

I have finally finished the drywall stage of the downstairs living room. The home has an old chimney that I've left exposed. The chimney had some serious settling issues where it penetrates the second floor so I had to dress it up with some drywall and corner bead so you couldn't notice how off center it was. More pictures will soon follow. The rough electrical is also finished in this room.

Dining Room Demolition Turned into Bedroom

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:00 +0000

Day One

Seeings how the kitchen to bath demolition is complete I began demolition on the dining room. The photo's show the current progress of this process. My dumpster will be emptied today and tomorrow I will finish the demolition. Stay tuned.

Kitchen cabinets

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:36:00 +0000

Photo's of a cabinet install job. I handled the drywall installation and finishing, I also was responsible for painting and installing the kitchen cabinetry. The customer was having the work done as they could afford it and I am supposed to be returning to install all the trim moldings. The photo's are of the finished installed cabinets.

Deck Renovation

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:33:00 +0000

Hello I have not posted any updates lately. So I figured I would begin adding some of our latest renovations. We had a second story deck that the previous owners built very poorly. So this post details photos of the renovation. Enjoy!!

Photo

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:04:00 +0000

Living room reno

Adding Crown Molding to Old home

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:20:00 +0000

I began adding crown molding to my house. It is a crooked old home so the crown was not an easy task. I just coped one end which made it much more do-able. I also continued making the ceilings all smooth, getting rid of the old outdated textured ceilings. The smooth decor matches the rest of the renovated parts of the home. The following photo's illustrate where I currently am in the project. We have plans to add some outdoor decking and obviously are planning some repainting inside.

One Hundred Year Old Home Reno

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Last fall I did the drywall in this old house. The guy finally has gotten around to getting it painted and had all the trim delivered. I am installing all the trim work and the following photo's show how the progress is coming. Being the house is so old it is very crooked which is causing the trim to take longer than expected.

Tile Job

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Today I began a tile job for a friend of mine. I had to rip out the carpet and linoleum prior to putting down hard backer board. The photos illustrate the current progress.

Today I got around to laying the tile. The way the items in the room are situated I had to lay the tiles beneath the stove, refrigerator, and dishwasher and grout in so that the items can be moved back into their holes. Then I will be able to finish tiling the other half of the room. The photos show today's current progress.

The following photos are of the full tile floor with grout and cleaned up. The only remaining task is to seal the grout and replace the trim molding.

Home Renovation

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:59:00 +0000

The current job had textured ceilings throughout the house. The homeowner purchased this property and has begun major renovations. The homeowner wanted all his ceilings made smooth to go with the modern flow of the renovation. That is where I come in. My task is handling all the choppy drywall work and straightening the walls and perfecting the ceilings. We began by scraping off a rough texture and applying several smooth skim coats. The pictures are of the current progress.

The following photos show the finished sanded work. The job is now ready for prime and paint and trim. More photos will follow later.

New Roof

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:29:00 +0000

Today the guys began installing a 30 year dimensional shingle on the 10/12 pitch roof of the old home. The photos illustrate the current progress. The post will be updated frequently with pictures. We chose a color called Estate Gray. Hopefully something neutral will allow us to easily match siding down the road. Stay tuned!!

Photos of finished roof!

Drywall Man Cave

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:01:00 +0000

I tore out acoustical ceiling tile and am adding a drywall ceiling which will have a knock down ceiling when finished.

Photos illustrate a knock down texture. I also added the trim molding. These are the final pictures.

Drywall Master Bedroom Job

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:54:00 +0000

Today I tore out a plaster ceiling and wood lathe. The next day I used an oil base primer to paint the walls that had wallpaper on them. This wallpaper would not come off so we are using an oil base primer for a barrier to prevent moisture from penetrating through.

The following photos show the drywall hung and the finish applied. I also had some wall patches to fix where the electricians have cut access to pull new wire.

Living Room Amenities

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:25:00 +0000

It has been awhile since I did any posting on the blog so I figured I would add my latest upgrades today. I recently had been set on a certain ceiling fan but it did not come with a light kit. The living room had wall boxes set up for wall sconces so I finally pulled the trigger and got the fan I wanted and added wall sconce lighting on a dimmer. I also installed a Larson full view storm door. The ceiling fan is a large 68" fan operated by remote control. The photos show the after installation.

Giving myself a new kitchen for my birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Guest post written by Rachel Gordon

When I told my husband that the gift that I wanted for my 50th birthday is a new kitchen, he thought that I was joking. It was only a few minutes later when he realized that I wasn't joking at all, so I started looking up ways to where I could get a kitchen makeover without us breaking our retirement fund.

I think that we need some new equipment and appliances in the kitchen, but it's also one of my favorite rooms in my home, so I want it to look nicer. After doing a bit of research online, I settled on using HOMEproIMPROVEMENT.com for the makeover and we're getting ready to start on it next week.

One easy improvement to the kitchen decor that they're going to take care of is getting our cabinets refaced. Besides, that is the main thing that you notice in a kitchen first, so that's a really great place to start. In the meantime I'll start picking out fabric for to hang above my new kitchen sink.

Shower and floor tile job

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:21:00 +0000

This tile job was how the work should of been performed the first time. The home owner had contracted this bathroom out to a renovation contractor that stuck flooring sticky tiles on the interior of the shower. They did not last long and eventually she wanted the job performed correctly. The photo's show the current progress. The bathroom is very narrow and its hard to get the camera to capture all of the work that went into this project.

Finished photos.

Bedroom Remodel Second Floor -w- Utility Closet

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:38:00 +0000

Today I began installing the electric work boxes and hung the new drywall ceiling and taped coated it. The pictures show my current progress.

Living Room Floor Refinish and entrance way

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:01:00 +0000

Seeings how our new found love is old hardwood floors refinished the wife and I decided to go ahead and finish the upstairs of this old house. The pictures show the during and final with poly urethane added. The old floor had some old dirty carpet and underneath someone had painted the wood floors blue. We also decided to tile the entrance way based upon the climate we live in. We get some heavy winters here and hard wood floors with snowy boots didn't make a lot of sense to us. So we added some porcelain tile to the mix. We also cut parts of the floor up in order to insulate the ceiling cavity. The home is ballooned framed and for those of you that understand what that means there is a constant air draft running through the framing and joist cavities. The house also is heated by three furnaces so everything we are doing to this old home is for efficiency standards. I will be adding some trim to accent the areas around the tile and also the area that enters into the kitchen. We may decide to stain all the other pine trim in the room, but for now we deserve a much needed rest.

Home Office Renovation

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:23:00 +0000

Well since the last room in this old house turned out so nicely we decided to redo the home office and rid our selves of the old dirty carpet. Ever since I've converted this old house into a larger home we have been using a bedroom closet to gain access to the other half of the house. During this remodel we finally have fixed that by doing some repositioning of the closet. The room also had a textured ceiling that is outdated so I went ahead and made the ceilings smooth matching the rest of the home. The photo's illustrate the work as it progressed. Enjoy!

Real Estate Agent Advice

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:05:00 +0000

Thanks for the post from Sylvester Campbell

There are so many things to think about when trying to decide whether or not to make a big move. As a real estate agent I feel like it's my duty to provide my clients with all the necessary information they need to make a decision about whether to move to a new town or even a new state. You never know what could totally sway a family from liking or disliking an area so I try to have all the necessary facts available when I meet with clients such as school districts and internet providers in the area. Quality of life is huge for most of the people I work with so often I will show them home just a bit out of their price range but exactly like what they need. It doesn't always work but most of the time my clients understand that if they're willing to stretch the budget they can get a lot more for their money. I'm happy to help where I can!