Still Stripping

Could this get anymore boring!  I'm still stripping the door.  At least we've turned it over to the "inside" of the door.  And of of course, I forgot to take a picture of the other side that is 90% done.  Still need some sanding on that side.

This is the inside of the door.

Wow!  Look how beautiful the wood looks!  The bottom part of the door has the stripper on it .  What a gross mess.

The door looks pretty good after just one application of the stripper!  I need more supplies (mainly gloves).  We had dinner with friends and they asked when this project was going to be completed.  Dale gave me the look.  I'm always pinning him down on dates and now the table has turned.  mmmm.   Maybe Thanksgiving?!?!

Finally!

At least we have the outside looking pretty good!  And the upstairs has moved from destruction to construction!

The building in the Fall of 2013.  I know that because the True Value sign is no longer on the front.

Scaffolding finally down.  Hard to believe it's the end of October and we still have windows open.  Love the beautiful weather!

I'm waiting!!!!

I'm waiting for help to arrive in order for Dale to take down the remainder of the scaffolding.  We thought they'd be available this week, but no, it has to wait until next week.  It will be fun to finally see the before and after pics!

Nothing noteworthy of pictures going on this week, unless people find a picture of a door handle being installed.  Not.

So hang tight while we get more done!

Mission Accomplished!

We set out to have the final section painted this weekend and we completed the painting on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and the scaffolding dropped on Sunday!

Woo hoo we're done!!!  Good thing because it was getting a little dark!

Wow.  I can't believe how pretty this building has turned out.  It far exceeded our imaginations!  Can't wait to get the rest of the scaffolding down to do a 'before' and 'after' picture!

Dale is lowering the scaffolding.  I've never seen this in action so it was really interesting.  There are three of these metal things and Dale would lower them about 6-9", then move over to the next one.  Slowly working his way down.

He'd put his foot on the brace (or whatever it is called), and while holding it down, would turn the crank to lower it down the support beam.  He said it was much easier going down than going up, which makes perfectly good sense because he didn't have to fight gravity.

He didn't know I was taking a picture as I was helping move this plank! :)

What a great weekend!  Another item off the list, but again it is bittersweet.  While I'm excited to get the building done, a part of me never wants it to end!

Almost there!

We're on the last section of the building!  Watching the weather closely and it looks like we just may have this done this weekend!  Dale was kind enough to take care of all the scraping today on the top half ( and the thing on top) so all I had to do was show up to paint the primer.  Now we need to get two coats of paint done so we can drop the scaffolding and start on the bottom half.

Partially primed.

Is the building crooked or is it just me?   And see the metal part that juts out a inch or so?  I bumped those three times while maneuvering around up there.  They don't give.  I will have bruises.

These things on top of the building are really cool.  I was a little shocked at how long it took to paint this part.  We have three more of these in storage to go on the other sections.  They need a lot of work to repair them, so it'll probably be 3 years before they go back up since it's at the VERY bottom of a long list of things to get done.

More painting fun tomorrow!

Happy Columbus Day!

Wow. Nine months has managed to elapse since the last posting and there are many reasons.  I'd have to say the primary reason was I just wasn't motivated.  While we have been getting a TON accomplished on the building, the pictures just didn't capture that.  But we just had sheetrock delivered so now we're back in business of noticeable progress!

Post will come more regularly in about a week.  Dale moved the scaffolding to the final section of the building so we can paint it.  And for the record, we don't own that section, but the building would've looked unfinished.  So our neighbor finally agreed to letting us paint.  Woo hoo!

For those on Facebook, I posted a picture of the building from 3 years ago, and then today a picture from two years ago.  I can't wait until next week when Dale will drop the scaffolding and we can get another full picture of The Jerome.

So this posting is for me.  A place to capture the last 9 months.  I don't know how long this one will be... it depends on how long it takes before I get bored going through the hundreds of pics.

January 30, 2016 - Fixed skylights.

Dale's work area up on the scaffolding.

Another angle of his work area.  I believe this was the first of four skylights that had to be fixed.

I couldn't figure out what this was at first.  This is a picture of the new framing that had to be installed and Dale is using his tape measure to point it out.

A shot of his workstation from the stairs.  That pesky red ladder always makes its way into the shot!

February 4, 2016 - First skylight completed.

Newly framed skylight four days later!

 February 19, 2016 - Moved all the wood trim downstairs that was pulled from the upstairs to make room for more demolition.

This picture makes me want to throw-up.  Can you see all the trim?!?!? It's bundled by room, but each room has multiple bundles and it's all mixed up, and I have to sort it, and lay it out by room, and CLEAN IT ALL!!!  If anybody is bored and has cabin fever this winter, give me a call!!! :)

February 29, 2016 - Demo "Deanne's building"

Dale was bored with tearing out lathe and plaster, so he shifted gears and removed all the plaster from the brick.  That's what we do....   When you get tired of one thing, move on to another.  No shortage of things to do!

You may see a mess.  I see a major workout!

That's one hot dude!

March 12, 2016

That is all lathe!!!!  And that would be the dumpster that just moved out 9/30/16.

More mess.  Now you may understand why I didn't post much.  It was more of the same.

 April 15, 2016

He's still grinding.

Brick wall exposed

This used to be a bedroom.  It's funny... going through these pictures I know exactly where this was taken!

The white door has been removed and is now just a wall.  The wood door to the left of it has also been removed and will be replaced with another door to access the second stairway.

May 1, 2016 - Cleanup

Men and their toys...

And the mess those toys can make!

This is why we where masks!

And the end result.  

June 4, 2016 - It's been 30 days since a picture was taken!

DO NOT STEP HERE!  This floor will need to be replace. More pictures to follow down below.

 June 11, 2016 - Painting and nail pulling!

This is a little plant stand that dale made from leftover siding pulled from David and Sandy Parpart's house.  The darker color was our inspiration for the color used at the top of the building.

All of these little nails where used to hold down the linoleum. This will be my new job for the next month. 

In case you were wondering, this is how it's done.  The little piece of wood is used for leverage.  The metal was used so the wood didn't get dented.  Yep, that metal thing hit the road--what a waste of time.  The process was to sig on the floor straddling the hammer and pulling towards my body.  Basically 8 hours on a rowing machine.  Only three more rooms to go!

Scary bathroom floor.

Good thing he knows what he's doing!

This is the DO NOT STEP HERE picture after it was cleaned up.  For those that have toured the building, this was the back kitchen where plywood was on the floor and we made sure you didn't step off of it!  There was a reason!

 June 20, 2016 - Scaffolding!

Getting ready to paint the top of the building and tuck-point the front.

 June 26, 2016 - Painting begins on the first section.

First step - scrape paint.

Scrape paint with an iddy-biddy brush.  

July 1, 2016 - 2nd floor back windows installed

All windows installed. Check.

The back of the building looks so much better with those windows.   Hahahaha.  it probably looks the same to everyone else. :)

 July 3, 2016 - Finished painting the first section.

Dale had to do the end cap.  I just couldn't get out there without the railing.  Hold on, Honey!  Oh, and you missed a spot!

July 20, 2016 - Main Hallway and ductwork

The main hallway had to be rebuilt.  You can see that most of it is new wood.

The ductwork on the alley building was foamed today.  This had to be done because it's up in the attic  and can't be exposed to cold air.

There was a reason for the string on the yellow thing, but I don't recall.

Foamed ductwork in the ceiling.

July

More of the DO NOT STEP area.

Looks like we're replacing most of the floor!

Check out the size of these floor joists!

Thank goodness we have Jonesy.  Can you even imagine drilling out around each and every brick just to fill it back in!  The top half of the picture is done, and he still needs to fill in the bottom half.

Every square inch of the front of the building has been touched.

okay... I'm getting bored.  But I only have two more months to go!  I need another glass of wine.

August 6, 2016

That wood door from the picture way back has been removed.

 August 16, 2016

Moving to the 2nd section for painting and tuck-pointing.

August 26, 2016

Two down and two to go.  Well only one for us, and one for Scott, our neighbor.

I love these gloves, but I don't think they're going to make it through another month.  Even the duct tape is worn out.  These were the best gloves ever.  And the were originally my pretty black dress gloves!

September 18, 2016

Final door replaced.  Check.

Lots of natural light!

Obsessed with the door right now.

And now we're ready for the third section.

Painted in record time.  Sure makes a difference when Dale chips in and helps out!  We completed scraping, priming and two coats of paint in a weekend!

October 1, 2016

I liked the way the sun was coming through.  We're very close to getting sheetrock up on the walls and all this will be closed in.  Kind of sad.

 October 3, 2016 - Sheet Rock and Dumpster removed

Sheet Rock delivered!

So now we're all caught up.  Before the sheet rock can be done, we need to add sound channel and insulation to every room.  We'll be out painting the final section outside this weekend.

And we're still having fun!!!!!!