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[lenny]

and this is where it ends up? Just kidding! I need to scale down to 2 properties and plan to sell my house. There was one issue that was nagging me concerning the structure of the house. Many old homes sag in the middle and this was no exception. It was not because a post or beam rotted or sagged but because there was a load bearing wall built between 2 floor joists instead of sitting on 2 floor joists. I open up a few rooms by removing the load bearing wall and was able to post up under the header all the way down. The house was cut up and had a small bedroom downstairs. The house also had 2 living rooms so to speak along with the bed room down stairs. We combined the living room and old bed room into one large living room and made the other living room into a bed room which was right off the bath room. Now the house finally makes sense. Will move the wood stove to the other side of the chimney which will put it dead center in the house and in the large living room. Probably will not make any money on all the work and most is just time. Probably $700 in material when complete but at least in a saturated market I feel my home can compete much better, maybe it will even sell.

 

[Hoosier]

and this is where it ends up? Just kidding! I need to scale down to 2 properties and plan to sell my house. There was one issue that was nagging me concerning the structure of the house. Many old homes sag in the middle and this was no exception. It was not because a post or beam rotted or sagged but because there was a load bearing wall built between 2 floor joists instead of sitting on 2 floor joists. I open up a few rooms by removing the load bearing wall and was able to post up under the header all the way down. The house was cut up and had a small bedroom downstairs. The house also had 2 living rooms so to speak along with the bed room down stairs. We combined the living room and old bed room into one large living room and made the other living room into a bed room which was right off the bath room. Now the house finally makes sense. Will move the wood stove to the other side of the chimney which will put it dead center in the house and in the large living room. Probably will not make any money on all the work and most is just time. Probably $700 in material when complete but at least in a saturated market I feel my home can compete much better, maybe it will even sell.

Is that your snowmobile savings jar in the last picture? Or your swear jar?

Are you still working on that old house you posted about a year or so ago?

 

[Dsbasecamp]

Nice work Lenny..

 

[lenny]

Is that your snowmobile savings jar in the last picture? Or your swear jar?

Are you still working on that old house you posted about a year or so ago?

I have not touched the old place last year and need to sell this one for so I can move on to it. There will be a day when we will be living it that old place, no more financing for me. I moved to the UP in order to not be a slave of finances and I screwed that up a it and not fixing it slowly!

Thanks MOSQUITO!

 

[garyl62]

Looking good Lenny.

Always have to appreciate a wife that is willing to live in a construction zone and can see the light at the end of the tunnel no matter how slow the train is going!

 

[arcticgeorge]

Nice work Lenny. I found some shoty work in my place too. How much are you going to ask for the place? I may list mine when it's all done. I would love 40 in the woods away from neighbors.

 

[lenny]

Nice work Lenny. I found some shoty work in my place too. How much are you going to ask for the place? I may list mine when it's all done. I would love 40 in the woods away from neighbors.

in a good market it would be worth 75. It has been extensively remodeled w/a new detached garage.

 

[lenny]

yesterday I put the 3rd coat on the drywall, today I sanded, cleaned up. Repaired the floor, primed and tomorrow I will patch in the wood floor, sand all the floors, Sunday color on walls and ceiling, stain floor!

Now we have a nice closet in the bedroom and the old bedroom has a closet so all in all the house will have ample storage, can't get enough of that.

If anyone is considering buying a house in da UP this one will be available soon. I'll be listing it at $66,000. Nice little town, cheap taxes, great snow!

 

[lenny]

the problem with the floor was a floor joist was headered off around the chimney so the adjoining joists tried to take the load but 100 years ago the didn't have hangers and a "header' was usually a single toe nailed into the other joists. The furnace was directly under this joist at half span so I couldn't post up under it to push it back up aside from moving the furnace. Now there is no load placed on the joists except it's own weight so i just furred up on top this joist and it was 7/8 low in the center. It's flat now, looks like it should!

 

[HIGHLANDER]

hmmm...im gunna have to see what Mike Holmes thinks about this before i consider....

 

[800etec]

Nice work Lenny!

 

[lenny]

hmmm...im gunna have to see what Mike Holmes thinks about this before i consider....

Mike H would have the entire UP declared a state of emergency,,He'd have FEMA out here settin us all up in temporary shacks

 

[arcticgeorge]

in a good market it would be worth 75. It has been extensively remodeled w/a new detached garage.[/QUOTE......Nice! show some pics of the floor process if you can, i'm about to install and sand mine for the first time... I would advertise in Minnesota and Illinois thats were the money is.

 

[lenny]

finished sanding the floors, stained them dark because they are 100 yrs old and full or blemish which hides with dark stain, have 2 coats of clear and one more tomorrow with a light sanding in between. Should be living normal by the end of the weekend. In the pic they look real dark but not really all that dark. Can see nice grain and knots, the sheen makes it look darker than it is. Just so happened to have 2 gallons of Minwax floor poly so used it up!

 

[Woodtic]

Looks good,glade to see you know how to stain.