Vector
07-13-2004, 11:59 AM
I just thought I'd take a minute and introduce myself and my project.
I live in Minneapolis, MN, and while my background is in computer networking, I've got a lot of DIY expereince in many areas of construction, and industry experience as a low-voltage electrician.
Currently I'm self-employed (read, unemployed), working on renovating an 1890's Colonial for my wife and I to move in to.
We're keeping an online photo diary (http://mark.vectorworld.com/mambo/index.php?set_albumName=projecthouse&option=com_gallery&Itemid=25&include=view_album.php) of the whole process.
In the end the house will go from about 2000 sqft to just about 3500 plus a slightly oversized (24x24) two-car garage, and moving from a 3 br/1ba to a 4 br 2.5 ba.. All mechanicals are being replaced, all windows are being replaced, and the entire house insulated to an R21 wall/ R50 attic level.
We're at the point where the addition has been framed to the point of dry-in (though the dry-in job was flat out badly done and will need to be redone), interior demolition is 90% done, and restructturing of the original house has begun.
The center of the house had sagged by a distace of 6-8", so the entire load-bearing wall in the basement was removed, a footer poured underneath (the original had been on a < 2" slab), rebuilt using LVL beams (as a tool, to level out the floor, rather than for their strength in spanning distances, as the wall was rebuilt 16" OC). By this coming weekend, the new LVL beams replacing the walls on the first floor should be in place, leveling out the remainder of the structure.
HVAC is lined up and ready to go as soon as the interior re-framing is ready, but I'm still looking for a good plumber.
Anyhow, that's where I'm at. Electrical is my main field of knowledge, anything else I'll probably be asking the questions on, not answering :)
I live in Minneapolis, MN, and while my background is in computer networking, I've got a lot of DIY expereince in many areas of construction, and industry experience as a low-voltage electrician.
Currently I'm self-employed (read, unemployed), working on renovating an 1890's Colonial for my wife and I to move in to.
We're keeping an online photo diary (http://mark.vectorworld.com/mambo/index.php?set_albumName=projecthouse&option=com_gallery&Itemid=25&include=view_album.php) of the whole process.
In the end the house will go from about 2000 sqft to just about 3500 plus a slightly oversized (24x24) two-car garage, and moving from a 3 br/1ba to a 4 br 2.5 ba.. All mechanicals are being replaced, all windows are being replaced, and the entire house insulated to an R21 wall/ R50 attic level.
We're at the point where the addition has been framed to the point of dry-in (though the dry-in job was flat out badly done and will need to be redone), interior demolition is 90% done, and restructturing of the original house has begun.
The center of the house had sagged by a distace of 6-8", so the entire load-bearing wall in the basement was removed, a footer poured underneath (the original had been on a < 2" slab), rebuilt using LVL beams (as a tool, to level out the floor, rather than for their strength in spanning distances, as the wall was rebuilt 16" OC). By this coming weekend, the new LVL beams replacing the walls on the first floor should be in place, leveling out the remainder of the structure.
HVAC is lined up and ready to go as soon as the interior re-framing is ready, but I'm still looking for a good plumber.
Anyhow, that's where I'm at. Electrical is my main field of knowledge, anything else I'll probably be asking the questions on, not answering :)