Old Town Hall, remodel started

[lenny]

I spent half a day on demoing today. Had to spray another attic this afternoon. I am 100% complete with all other work and am 100% committed to this lower unit remodel. The first pic is coming through a side door looking width wise of the front of the lower area. The rear half drops down 6 steps and has a ceiling height of 12'. The front has a ceiling height of 8'-3". I am removing the long wall that separates the front from the back. There will be an exposed beam there and a few columns to support the beam. The rear half will get a new floor to match the front, that means new 2x10 floor joist. Even the front half 1x4 flooring is coming off and re-leveling the floor joists. Right now the joists drop back to front 2 1/2", I just cannot leave it. The second pic is a little storage room that is gonna loose all it's interior walls to accommodate the new floor plan. The 3 rd pic is the large back room that you can really see the ceiling height and imagine the deck being 4 ft higher. There is also another room separating the large room from the smaller storage room. Only got one truck load to the dump today but tomorrow will be a much better one. So far the wall had tin over top drywall, which was over top plaster and wood lath, what a mess. It's coming down to bare studs, I mean a complete gut job. I got 6 week to complete this project and I am a bit worried. I did hire a guy to help me. He has little experience in construction but over all a hustler and sharp minded so I believe he will be a great help. Lots of pictures to come. I did save the full sheets of tin and will store them till I can make a few bucks with them. Look for more pics tomorrow!!!!!

 

[lenny]

here are a few pics of the building from the outside. You can see the seriousness of the state of disrepair

 

[luvnsnow]

Lenny, I'm confused I thought you already remodeled this. I thought you were renting this out.

 

[ubee]

In Wisconsin you can get a interest free loan for restoring a historical site!! That building looks like it would qualify ! Then sell it land contract to Ill guy with big downstroke and then take it back in couple of yrs and sell it again and again ,same deal ! good moneymaker ! lmao

 

[ubee]

You can sell all that bat sh-t too ! great fertilizer ! alot of those old buildings were full of asbestos so be carefull !

 

[lenny]

I remodeled the upstairs and now I'm working on the downstairs

Lenny, I'm confused I thought you already remodeled this. I thought you were renting this out.

 

[lenny]

I think they would control the materials and all that crap if they were involved. I looked into that on a property many years ago. To many restrictions and limitations




UOTE=ubee;165178]In Wisconsin you can get a interest free loan for restoring a historical site!! That building looks like it would qualify ! Then sell it land contract to Ill guy with big downstroke and then take it back in couple of yrs and sell it again and again ,same deal ! good moneymaker ! lmao[/QUOTE]

 

[Bradzoo]

6 Weeks good luck you got some long day's ahead of you can't wait to see the progress

 

[chadlyt]

wow, looks like a lot of work ahead for you. If i had any skills what so ever, i'd help....but i sit behind a desk.

looking forward to the progress pics.

 

[Cat Woman]

Awesome Lenny! Can't wait to see the end results

 

[local897]

Man you did to me agan Lenny Had a month off work one spent in Mex (honey moon) three with nothing to do. Would have loved to hang out up there and help! Best of luck maybe next year? Hope to see you when the snow fly's.

 

[lenny]

lol,,,,Just like last time. no problems, we made some serious headway today. My right shoulder has been bugging me since I started this job. All day of swinging a hammer stresses the deltoids big time, and I swing a ti-stiletto 14 oz.

Man you did to me agan Lenny Had a month off work one spent in Mex (honey moon) three with nothing to do. Would have loved to hang out up there and help! Best of luck maybe next year? Hope to see you when the snow fly's.

 

[lenny]

We made lots of progress today. Here are a few pics. Check out the 1st pic. This pic is of a center beam that runs the width of the house. It is supported by columns. It was not 1 piece so they joined them together with this unusual method. Very nice work these guys did. Not sure how I would duplicate the cuts without over cutting like we do in today's jobs. Hand saws do the trick and the enormous labor involved is impressive. There is a square pin in there, can you guys see it? We got the front gutted 99% and cleaned up. debris taken to the dump, nails pulled. Also strung some temp lighting. I applied for the permit today. Gonna unload a few things in there to storage first thing and than start demo on the back side. Probably still have 3 days of demo. Looks like I'll be working sat and sun this week, most likely for the next 8 seeks

 

[lenny]

look at the size of these wall studs, literal 2x6

 

[Skylar]

look at the size of these wall studs, literal 2x6

That is what my house looks like Lenny. The 2x6's are actual 2x6, and all oak. Same thing with the roof joists, 2x10, oak.

 

[lenny]

Skylar, you sure they are oak. I have never seen that in a house where framming is hardwood, your probably thinking Helmock Fir

 

[ubee]

Lenny you are probably right,Lot of hemlock was used in the older houses,when it dries you cant pound a nail in it ! Those beams and saw cuts are impressive ,especially for hand work.must have been real Finnish Carpentry. are the floors hardwood?

 

[lenny]

floors downstairs are not but upstairs is maple. Going back till dark for a few more hrs than I'll have more pics.

 

[lenny]

very busy day today, 12 hrs. I made several trips to storage today removing my contents from this town hall and storing it in Mass City. Made 2 loads to the dump with debris. I was able to gut quite a bit today. I remover more than half of the center wall separating the front from the back half of the place. Stripped a bit of the back rooms. Mon or Tues I'll finish the gutting, unless I have to tear out the deck floor in the front to level it. Here's a few pics from today. Kinda cold today with a high of 35, still managed to break a sweat moving stuff around.

 

[local897]

lol,,,,Just like last time. no problems, we made some serious headway today. My right shoulder has been bugging me since I started this job. All day of swinging a hammer stresses the deltoids big time, and I swing a ti-stiletto 14 oz.

Yeah I was going to get a hold of you and never did when I got layed off. There's allways next year! Get a shut down every year about this time but we got cut short this year. have to build so many Combines before 2012 epa kicks in! But I hope you dont hurt yourself and put your self out of another riden season. Keep up the good work and keep in touch about riden. Have Tools will travel lol