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Commish's Six Month...No Ten Month House REBUILD....and Now We're Moving (1 Viewer)
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The Commish
Footballguy
Yeah...the painter got sick, then there was an "issue" with the cooktop/downdraft installation. It'd have been just fine and on time without those two issues. Hopefully it'll all be set on Monday. All that's left is the installation. It'll be months before my wife decides on lights, so I'm not counting those...same with the faucet.See my post about the last 10%
But it sounds like your months ahead of schedule compared to my last 10% in our kitchen remodel.
Looking forward to pics
The Commish
Footballguy
Installers come today to put in downdraft and cooktop. Switch to raise/lower the downdraft is busted. It's all installed, but "stuck" in the up position until Wednesday. Oddly enough, my wife has already picked out a faucet and lights, so I have little things I can work on here and there.
The Commish
Footballguy
I swear to God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never had so many problems with the simplest thing ever!!!
Phase 1 complete....still need to install a light, faucet, and new garbage disposal. Couldn't get pics before the wife started tearing into boxes to get everything put back, so we have #### everywhere in the pics.
Kitchen overview
New oven cabinet/appliances
Desk
New Fridge Cabinet
Never had so many problems with the simplest thing ever!!!
Phase 1 complete....still need to install a light, faucet, and new garbage disposal. Couldn't get pics before the wife started tearing into boxes to get everything put back, so we have #### everywhere in the pics.
Kitchen overview
New oven cabinet/appliances
Desk
New Fridge Cabinet
The Commish
Footballguy
I'm holding out a little bit of hope, but it will probably stay like that. I took the pic just as she was starting to put stuff away, so there's a sliver of hope that it changes this time, but i'm not holding my breath.nice job. a huge difference between the old and new kitchen.
congrats.
and love how the desk became a disaster area in no time flat
The Commish
Footballguy
No need for more threads. A week ago tomorrow (7/1/2015) a tree standing about 100 feet tall weighing in at over 15 tons fell right through the middle of our house. I had plans of renovating our half bath this summer, but the scope has increased significantly. We litterally have NO ROOF on our house. We're truly blessed that all the things valuable to us were saved. Now, we begin the rehab process. The tree has been removed and now securing the safety of the workers is the next step. I am assuming this is going to be a 6 - 9 month process. We'll see.
The Commish
Footballguy
Well, the cooktop is all rusted out. I THINK the rest can be salvaged, but all the floors on the first level are going to have to be replaced as well as the drywall, so it will have to be taken apart (at minimum). I'm going to post a pictures as soon as I can get my feet under me. Those with google skills can probably find it faster. It's all so surreal.
The Commish
Footballguy
This is how I am rolling with this and how I've managed my wife's stress. It's become a big remodel project where she's going to be able to get whatever she wants in the budget allotted. We bought this house because it had all the bones necessary to make it exactly what we want. All we need to do is bring it out of the 1990s. That last part is getting fast trackedAt least you have a big head start on those skylights you were hoping to install.
(Sorry to hear about that stupid tree landing on your house)
The 90s brass chandelier in the foyer is gone. The honey oak front door is gone. The staircase is toast. The floors throughout the first floor have to be replaced. The landscaping on the front of the house will be replaced and if I play my cards correctly, I'll be able to wire the house as I want to, so all in all, it's a blessing in disguise. It's just the worst way to go about it.
Engineer comes tomorrow so we'll know more then. Who knows, it may have shifted on foundation and they tell us we have to level it. Time will tell.
Harris
Footballguy
Is this it?
http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article25497076.html
Dannnnnng glad everyone's okay.
http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article25497076.html
Dannnnnng glad everyone's okay.
The Commish
Footballguy
ChiefD
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
Yeah....and the pics don't do this event justice.....I can't put into words the event. I've been trying for almost a week and you just have to see it for yourself.
Jayrok
Footballguy
This weekend I saw a tree that had fallen square onto a car parked right next to a house (up the drive way) in the neighborhood next to mine. Squashed the car right through the middle... and I thought that was bad. Holy crap. That's nothing compared to what you're going through. Hope the insurance company does everything right for you.
tommyboy
Footballguy
from a fellow "Matt", glad everyone is safe.
we have a tree like that right behind our house and during winter storms the prevailing wind blows it right towards our home. It freaks the #### out of me, thinking what if that damn thing fell? its at the right distance from our house that by the time it hit the roof it would be almost parallel to the ground, like maximum hammer effect, i think it would cut through to the main floor, not stop on the top floor like yours did.
we have a tree like that right behind our house and during winter storms the prevailing wind blows it right towards our home. It freaks the #### out of me, thinking what if that damn thing fell? its at the right distance from our house that by the time it hit the roof it would be almost parallel to the ground, like maximum hammer effect, i think it would cut through to the main floor, not stop on the top floor like yours did.
The Commish
Footballguy
It's a testament to how houses WERE built that it didn't go all the way to the first floor. The house that we moved from would have been completely leveled, no question in my mind. The bottom third of the tree (which is the part from the stump to where it's resting on the front door) was about 12,000 lbs. That didn't include the stump part. It was probably around 100 feet tall. The worst part is it has a "twin" just out of those pictures. It's tough because the storm was such a freak occurrence and came from a direction we will probably never see a storm come from again.
The Commish
Footballguy
Good news! Nothing was compromised foundation wise. Surprisingly enough, only a couple walls need to be torn down and built from scratch 
So, this MAY be faster than I thought. It's about 3-4 days of restructuring once all the debris is gone. Pretty excited about this part.
So, this MAY be faster than I thought. It's about 3-4 days of restructuring once all the debris is gone. Pretty excited about this part.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
How do they go about matching the brick and mortar to the rest of the house? I mean the same brick/mortar new doesn't look the same as some that have aged ...right?
Good luck - you have gone through some serious sheet.
The Commish
Footballguy
Yeah, this is going to be a problem. I have no idea. It's not going to match. I think the key is picking where to join the new and old. I have a couple opinions, but the insurance isn't going to like any of them and I am not going to have some obvious patching on the face of my house. Have a ways to go before we get to that point though. The restoration company said I was more than welcome to help with the demo when time comes. I can't wait
Gonna wreck some ####!
The Commish
Footballguy
I was thinking about that actually, but I'm not sure that "brick" color can go with any sort of natural stone, you know? Usually when brick is mixed with stone, it's not so red.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I'm sure you've thought of this, but any way to get the insurance to cover re-bricking the whole thing since there's no way to match? Much smaller scale, but my parents were able to get an entire room painted even though the water damage was only in a small corner for that reason.
Glad you and your family are ok. It's a ##### you have to deal with this, but you have a great attitude and, as you say, the end-product is going to probably be better than what it would have been had this not happened.
The Commish
Footballguy
I doubt it, but it's one of the options I had come up with...we have a ways to go before we get to the refacing, so I have time to think about it.
The Commish
Footballguy
Thanks man!beer 30 said:
Yeah, that was us. There's gonna be a party like no other when this whole thing is over
The Commish
Footballguy
Met with the adjuster yesterday and they agreed with the scope of work I wanted.Good news! Nothing was compromised foundation wise. Surprisingly enough, only a couple walls need to be torn down and built from scratch
So, this MAY be faster than I thought. It's about 3-4 days of restructuring once all the debris is gone. Pretty excited about this part.
We will basically tear out every inch of drywall in the "box" of the house, make sure it's dry, rewire, re-drywall. The only down side to this is that the masterful backsplash work I did last summer will be gone, but replaced. The rest of the kitchen cabinets, appliances etc will be able to be salvaged.
The Commish
Footballguy
Oh....and I had to move rooms at the extended stay place. There's a huge water leak in the ceiling above the bath tube....I'm not making this #### up 
The Commish
Footballguy
Demolition has begun. Taking everything down to the studs in the "box" of the house and rebuilding. Trying to save the kitchen I did just a year ago. Going over this afternoon to wreck some #### with the construction crew. Should be a good workout
The Commish
Footballguy
If you need a stress relief session, come on down. It's on in the Commish household.Worm said:
The Commish
Footballguy
At this point, we are trying to figure out what replacement pieces we want. We had a huge, ugly ###, brass chandelier in our foyer, but I haven't the foggiest idea where to get things like that. It was at least 36 inches in diameter.....probably larger. The big box stores don't have things that large that I've found. Right now we are just looking for ideas. Also looking for front door options as well.
The Commish
Footballguy
So, I need some opinions. A week from Thursday they will begin the reframing and I need to have a door and upper window picked out. This is our house prior to the event. As you can see, our front door was a wooden door with three plain glass windows surrounding. My wife and I are disagreeing a bit on what we should do. She wants 8 foot, arched double doors. I think a single decorated door with sidelights and a small arch in the top window is the way to go. Both of us agree that the widow above the door should be one with an arch that matches the door.
Design types....I'm looking for input. TIA
Design types....I'm looking for input. TIA
El Floppo
Footballguy
I like the palladian windows from before. IMO- you can keep those and incorporate an oval transom over the front door as long as you frame out the door entry in painted wood. Like this. If the arched or oval transom sits in brick, I think it will look a bit strange.
whoa. I just remembered drawing several options of that same kind of facade (door and palladian window above) in pencil at one of my first jobs.
eta: not a fan of the arched doors in the previous circumstance
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The Commish
Footballguy
Do you think it's a bad idea to have an arched window in this case? We just HATE the version that was in there. Is there something out there, but perhaps from this century?
The Commish
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
I also like the idea of doing a single 8 foot door with two side lights and no transom.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Double doors are pretty much a request to be eaten during the zombie apocalypse.
El Floppo
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
Correct....and I agree
Best I can tell the only significant difference is you have a solid door where I have a glass door. I chose the glass because we want as much light to come in the front side of the house as possible. It gets really dark in the afternoon. Though that will change now that the one large tree is gone and the other will be gone shortly.
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