tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74885473779897477882024-03-13T12:11:53.407-07:00DIY Ranch RenoI decided to start this blog to document some home renovations in which I have undertaken the bulk of the work with the hope that I can inspire others to take on some home renovations of their own.Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-58805074426147291192018-08-19T21:42:00.002-07:002018-08-19T21:42:11.491-07:00Christmas Break<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had to take a little break from the renovation craziness over the holidays. Here are some photos from December 2017.</span><br />
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Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-17858136301007838382018-08-19T21:28:00.000-07:002018-08-19T21:43:22.267-07:00Fireplace Facelift<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We knew that when we decided to do our living room over we would update the fireplace. Remember what it looked like before we started?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The old fireplace on D-Day (Demo Day), November 11, 2015</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once we decided to <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2016/03/lets-vault-ceiling.html">vault the ceiling</a>, I knew that I wanted to extend the fireplace to the roof line. I removed the old mantel and the top few rows of brick that flared out at the top. I framed in the fireplace extension and then covered it with cement board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We found a great arched mirror at Home Goods, and we thought that one on each side of the fireplace would look nice. It took us so long to find a match, though. None of the Home Good stores in the area had any. We found one on Amazon, but it took several attempts because each time it showed up at the house, it was broken, so we refused delivery. The third time it came, the glass was actually in tact, but this time, the frame was broken. Amazon shipped us another one, and once again, the glass was broken. I ended up removing the good mirror from the third shipment and installing it in the good frame from the last shipment. I'm glad we persisted because the pair of mirrors looks great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Originally, I was thinking of using something like this to refinish the fireplace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We saw these <a href="http://www.besttile.com/Tile-Collection.aspx?pid=293&cid=23" target="_blank">ledger stones at Best Tile</a>, and they looked like they would be fairly easy to install. In fact, this is it what it says on the website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Perfect, right? Well, not really. After some thought, Maura decided that she would like a more natural looking, stone fireplace. *Sigh!*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our search for stone veneer led us to <a href="http://www.stoneyard.com/" target="_blank">The Stoneyard</a> in Littleton, Massachusetts. We ended up choosing <a href="http://www.stoneyard.com/stone-products/veneer/colonial-tan-ashlar/" target="_blank">Colonial Tan</a> and also ordered a piece of custom cut bluestone for the hearth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We decided that we wanted a reclaimed beam for our mantel. We went to a couple of places and searched on-line, and then Maura found a place called <a href="https://www.stonewoodproducts.com/" target="_blank">Stonewood Products</a> in Harwich on Cape Cod. We took a ride down one Sunday and found a piece of reclaimed beam that we really liked, so we bought it and had it cut to size. I believe it's from a 150-plus-year-old barn from Pennsylvania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was trying to figure out the best way to attach the mantel to the fireplace, and a coworker suggested a French cleat. I found <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B010GLL5GU/" target="_blank">this one on Amazon</a>, and it ended up working out perfectly. It was rated for 200 pounds, which was more than enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I didn't finish the fireplace makeover before Christmas. Oh, well. These things take time! Good things come to those who wait, right? Decent progress, anyway. Even though it wasn't complete, we figured we should do some entertaining since we really hadn't done much since the renovation started over two years ago. Check out some more holiday pictures <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2018/08/christmas-break.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Okay, it's actually not totally done. We will be adding a gas insert. More to come on that later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We had some solar panels installed by <a href="https://www.mysunrun.com/" target="_blank">SunRun</a> in August of 2017. Didn't have to pay anything up front, and the rep said that we should save about $500 per year on our electric bill, so we figured why not? Pretty pleased with them so far. They pay a referral fee to customers, too, so if you've been thinking about it, tell them we sent you. 😏</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maura found this old shelf in an antique store in Hudson, Massachusetts. She really liked it, but it was a sea-foam green color, and it was in rough shape. I had an idea to strip it and refinish it with that crackly-effect paint, so we got some <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Valspar-Crackle-Glaze-Actual-Net-Contents-16-fl-oz/999918120" target="_blank">Valspar Crackle Glaze from Lowe's</a>. We wanted a white finish showing a dark color beneath it. It took a few tries, but it finally came out pretty nice. I found out after the first attempt that you need to apply the glaze in long, even strokes, so I had to take the shelf apart. I found out next that if you keep the treated surfaces vertical when painting, the outer layer sags. Third time was (finally) the charm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I last left you with <a href="https://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-little-venting-finally.html">A Little Venting</a>, and a lot has happened since then. The next step was installing the backsplash tile, which we bought at <a href="http://www.besttile.com/StoreDetails.aspx?ID=16" target="_blank">Best Tile in Shrewsbury</a>. We chose a classic subway tile by <a href="http://www.bellavitatile.com/" target="_blank">Bellavita</a>. Since our counter top is busy, we stuck with one color for the tile, which is a greyish-beige.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Originally, I had purchased a super-duper <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Broan-Undercabinet-Range-Hood-Stainless-Steel-Common-33-in-Actual-32-37-in/3560922" target="_blank">Broan RMIP33 unit from Lowe's</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was on the pricey side ($359), and the blower fan wasn't even included. I ended up buying an <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Broan-850-CFM-Internal-Blower/3620902" target="_blank">850 CFM blower</a> ($499?!) for it. Go big or go home, right? Oh, and then there's the <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Broan-Liner-for-RMIP33/3620934" target="_blank">liner</a> ($149). At this point, the hood was going to cost more than the range! I started having second thoughts and figured I should do a little research before installing it. Good thing I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Makeup air system?! Where would I locate this extra fan and ducting, and why would I want to pull air into my house in the middle of the winter? I decided after reading the above that I did not want to get into having to install a makeup air system. I looked at blower options for the Broan RMIP33, and the smaller single fan blower was still 550 CFM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I went back to Lowe's and exchanged the RMIP33 for a <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Whirlpool-Convertible-Wall-Mounted-Range-Hood-Stainless-Steel-30-in-Actual-30-in/1000063053" target="_blank">Whirlpool Convertible Wall-Mounted Range Hood</a> (max blower speed of 400 CFM, and it's included!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nice looking unit, but we would be covering up all of it, with the exception of the part of the shroud that covers the exhaust duct over the cabinets. Since this unit is a lot smaller than the original one we picked out, we were excited to have some extra storage space above the stove. The decorative piece that matched the cabinets actually came with the door panels missing. They weren't intended to be functional doors, but I had <a href="http://josephricardidesigns.com/" target="_blank">Joe</a> order hinges for them since I was going to be constructing a cabinet to go above the unit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once I drew out my design, the first step was to figure out where exactly the unit would be mounted. I had to figure out the mounting height, based on how high inside the cabinet I wanted the unit to be. Coincidentally, the arch of the glass piece of the range hood matched the arch on the face of the cabinet enclosure. Once I figured that out, I marked up the wall and then measure, cut, and mounted a sheet of thin plywood for the back of the cabinet. I also mounted a small piece below it to bring the bottom of the unit out as far as the top of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next, I had to install the duct work. I also ended up purchasing a small can of dark paint that I used to paint the wall above the glass part of the hood up to what would be the bottom of the cabinet. I decided that this would be easier than tiling up behind the top of the glass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you recall from <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2016/03/before.html">my first post</a> (interesting to see what it used to look like), the flooring we purchased way back in the spring of 2015 was <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Natural-Brazilian-Pecan-BELLAWOOD-HUSBP4NV/10029405" target="_blank">Bellawood's Brazilian Pecan from Lumber Liquidators</a>. One thing for sure is that it had plenty of time to acclimate! I also purchased a <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Freeman-Professional-Flooring-Kit-2-Piece-P2PFFK/203767293" target="_blank">professional flooring kit from Home Depot</a>, which worked out great. I took Friday off from work and started in the corner of the dining area. Things started off pretty well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I got to the end of the peninsula on the dining room side, I realized that I would have to measure pretty accurately so that I could start laying the flooring in the corner of the kitchen, to the left of the dishwasher, and then end up matching the flooring at the end of the peninsula on the kitchen side. Well, guess what. I ended up with a quarter-inch gap. Ugh! That was at 11:30 on Saturday night. I was so bummed. I knew what I had to do, but I was dreading it. I went to bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we woke up on Sunday morning, I asked Maura what she thought of the floor. She really liked it. Then I showed her the issue I had. I explained that the right thing to do was to pry up all of the flooring I had laid in the kitchen, pull the nails out of each piece, lay it out in the living room in the same pattern, move the first row out a quarter of an inch, and then reinstall it. It actually didn't end up being as bad as it sounds, and the result is that it ended up coming out great after redoing it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fast-forward to after the holidays. While the kids were home on break, I continued the flooring into the living room. Our new TV was delivered the week after Christmas, so I hung that on the wall. The piece below it will probably not end up there, but for now it's working.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kitchen cabinet toe kick trim</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cabinet top trim</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, our renovation celebrated a birthday sometime last month. Yes, we've been at this for over a year now. It's been a long process, but we're pretty pleased with how things are coming out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also decided that we would update the fireplace by refacing it and extending it up to the roof line. We still haven't picked out what kind of brick or stone we will use on it. <a href="http://www.juliefortedesign.com/" target="_blank">Julie</a>, our interior designer recommended that we wait until the flooring is installed so that we can bring home some samples and see what we would like best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had to install the first few rows of the tongue and groove ceiling before I hung the cabinets on the wall because I wouldn't have been able to nail the boards in with the cabinets up. I hung a chain from the pendant fixtures over the counter to see how they would hang. Unfortunately, I had to end up moving them a bit because the last cabinet door would have ended up hitting the light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once the pendant fixtures were relocated, it was time to continue on with the tongue and groove ceiling. What made that challenging is that, since I was dealing with 8- and 16-foot lengths of board, I couldn't do it alone. Thankfully, I had the help of Maura, my neighbor, Eddie, and my friends, Tim and Steve (not all at the same time, but each of them helped at some points).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Things went pretty smoothly since I had purchased a pneumatic brad nailer. It came with the <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Freeman-Pneumatic-Ultimate-Flooring-Nailer-Kit-UFK1012/203729907" target="_blank">set</a> that I purchased for installing the hardwood flooring. The worst part was doing the cutouts around the light fixtures (18 of them).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we rewired the kitchen, my brother-in-law, Andy, left pigtails under each cabinet for the under-cabinet lighting. I bought the <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Utilitech-Pro-Designer-30-in-Hardwired-Plug-in-Under-Cabinet-LED-Light-Bar/999972762" target="_blank">LED units from Lowe's</a> and installed them myself. Since two of our cabinets have glass doors, we wanted to light those, as well. I bought some <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E3ID592/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">LED strips</a> and ran them along the inside front edges of the cabinets and tied them in directly to the under-cabinet lights with a couple of <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B017YJD0JW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">transformers</a> that I mounted to the bottom of those cabinets. We really like how the lighting came out, but I'll probably install a dimmer switch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once we finished installing the drywall, including the beam, we arranged for Camille and his crew from <a href="mailto:plasteranddrywallsystems@gmail.com">Plaster & Drywall Systems, Inc.</a> to come back in and plaster the dining area, living room, and beam. Once again, they did a great job for a more than reasonable price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was originally thinking of getting a white ceiling fan, but Julie convinced us to get a nice-looking, dark one that would match the cabinets and stand out a little. We bought the <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hunter-Willowcrest-54-in-Brittany-Bronze-Downrod-or-Close-Mount-Indoor-Residential-Ceiling-Fan-with-Light-Kit/50161079" target="_blank">Hunter Willowcrest</a> with an 18-inch down-rod. Maura thinks it might be too low, so I might switch the down-rod out to a shorter one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're coming into the home stretch now. We still have some painting and trim work to be done in the living room. We're looking forward to getting the <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Matte-Brazilian-Pecan-Natural-BELLAWOOD-BWMTBP4NV/10034665" target="_blank">flooring</a> installed!</span></div>
<br />Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-64837698276444893522016-09-05T08:45:00.001-07:002016-09-29T13:13:37.661-07:00Kitchen Counters<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We weren't sure what type of counters to go with, but after going over our options with <a href="http://josephricardidesigns.com/">Joe</a>, we decided on quartz over granite because it's no-maintenance. We ended up going with <a href="http://www.cambriausa.com/Designs/design-palette/lincolnshire/" target="_blank">Lincolnshire</a> from <a href="http://www.cambriausa.com/" target="_blank">Cambria</a>'s Cambrian Collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I left the installation of the counters to the professionals. Once I was done <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2016/08/installing-cabinets.html">installing the cabinets</a>, I called Joe to have his guys--Joseph and company from <a href="http://www.prolineserv.com/home.html" target="_blank">Proline Services, Inc.</a>--come in and make the templates. Joseph was great. After making the templates (three large pieces), he was back about a week later to do the installation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We originally had a deeper refrigerator, but <a href="http://www.juliefortedesign.com/">Julie</a> and <a href="http://josephricardidesigns.com/">Joe</a> both recommended that we exchange it for a counter-depth refrigerator so that it wouldn't stick out too much past the counters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">We saved a bunch of money again since I installed the cabinets myself. It's really not that difficult, as long as you can use a level, tape measure, drill, and screw gun. Empty cabinets are pretty light. It's not even that bad hanging the upper cabinets alone because of the temporary boards that you tack to the wall to rest the cabinet on while screwing them in. Hang the upper cabinets before installing the base cabinets. The wires sticking out under the cabinets will be for hard-wired under-cabinet lighting, which will all be controlled with a single switch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">These pictures take us through the very beginning of May. Note that we finally had to remove the old sink so that we could install the base cabinets in preparation for the template for the counters. Stay tuned for the next update!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hung the drywall myself, which wasn't bad. The 4'x8' sheets <i>just</i> fit, width-wise, in the back of the Durango and only hung out a few inches, so I just had to tie down the tailgate. After watching some YouTube videos on plastering, I decided that it would be worth hiring professionals. Our kitchen designer, <a href="http://josephricardidesigns.com/">Joe Ricardi</a>, had told us that he would send his plastering crew if we wanted, and he gave us a great deal. Well worth it! Camille and his assistant came out and plastered the kitchen in half a day. They did a great job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-86223520298307373142016-05-15T20:46:00.000-07:002016-05-15T20:46:00.685-07:00What Do You Mean I Can't Pull My Own Electrical Permit?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm overdue for a blog post, so here's what went on after the demolition. I needed to build up the walls above the original ceiling up to the rafters. This was happening in the middle of winter, and I had to get things ready so that my brother-in-law could do the wiring. I had heard that the homeowner could pull the electrical permit in some instances, but it didn't turn out to be the case in our town. Looking back on it, I'm very happy that we had a licensed electrician (and family member) do the wiring. Andy is very thorough and does great work!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-18428704387133672742016-04-08T15:54:00.002-07:002016-04-08T15:54:59.136-07:00Demo - Part 2<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you recall, from <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2016/03/demo-part-1.html">Demo - Part 1</a>, we were originally going to keep the existing ceiling over the kitchen, but then we decided to vault the rest of the kitchen ceiling. What the heck, right? This was going to be more work and cost, but it seemed like the right thing to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took a day off from work and started pulling down the drywall from the kitchen ceiling. I had to do this a little more carefully than when Al and I did it in the living and dining rooms because, as you can see, we still had our old base cabinets installed. Rather than smashing them off the walls like you see the people do on television, I figured I would try to sell them on <a href="https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites" target="_blank">Craigslist</a>. I didn't end up getting any bites for the whole set, so we ended up donating them to a local charity for a tax write-off. They were still in good shape, you know? I would have hated to smash them up and throw them in the dumpster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In case you forgot the time of year we started the renovation, it was in the fall, so we had to live with the fact that Christmas was going to be a little different this year. In fact, it was the first year since we had been together that we did not have a real Christmas tree in the living room. Instead, Maura spent some extra time decorating in the basement. I got a good Black Friday deal on a pre-lit artificial Christmas tree at Lowe's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-37581142285302603642016-04-04T07:23:00.000-07:002016-04-04T08:31:31.909-07:00Get Into the Groove<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have to credit <a href="http://www.housetweaking.com/2011/11/23/tongue-and-groovy/" target="_blank">House*Tweaking</a> again for helping us to decide to do a tongue and groove ceiling. Since putting up 1"x6" pieces of wood sounded easier than putting up 4'x8' sheets of drywall, I figured that I could install it myself. (We'll see later because at the time of writing this, I still haven't put it up.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We liked the idea of having a white ceiling since our <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Matte-Brazilian-Pecan-Natural-BELLAWOOD-BWMTBP4NV/10034665" target="_blank">hardwood floor</a> was going to be pretty busy. I was worried about bleed-through staining of the knots if we used wood, so I looked into alternatives on-line. I stumbled upon <a href="http://www.duragroove.com/products/painted-tongue-and-groove-paneling/" target="_blank">ready-to-install, Dura-Groove 1x6 interior painted MDF tongue and groove paneling</a> at <a href="http://michiganprestain.com/" target="_blank">Michigan PreStain</a>. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.84px;">Medium-density fiberboard (</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.84px;">MDF</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.84px;">) is an engineered wood product made by breaking down hardwood or softwood residuals into wood fibers, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax and a resin binder, and forming panels by applying high temperature and pressure. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.84px;">MDF</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.84px;"> is generally denser than plywood.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.84px;">I ended up ordering 1,472 lineal feet of the product, which came to $2,311.64. The price included a $295 shipping charge. The nice part is that it is pre-painted, so we won't have to worry about painting it, except for minor touch-ups, perhaps, after we install it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our purple dumpster was named Athena and was not quite as pristine looking as the one pictured. Athena had apparently been around the block a few times, but she was a welcomed guest in our driveway, and we made good use of her during our demolition.</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">original linoleum (1968)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">next layer of linoleum (?)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you recall, we originally weren't going to vault the ceiling, but then we decided to. First, we were just going to vault the ceiling in the living room. Then I thought it would make sense to do the same thing, straight across, so that the dining area and living room would be one big room. We were planning to keep the kitchen ceiling the way it was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shawn, a coworker who lent me his reciprocating saw to help with the demo (Thanks, Shawn!) said that I would regret it if I didn't continue the vault into the kitchen. The more I thought about it, the more I thought he was right. More money and more work, but what the heck, right? Go big or go home! Maura didn't need any convincing on this, by the way. Stay tuned for more destruction in <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2016/04/demo-part-2.html">Demo - Part 2</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In order to get the 18-foot LVL beam into the attic from the garage, we had to open the side window and slide each piece of the beam through it and up into the attic. Maura helped me get it up there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did I mention that I convinced Maura to let me try installing the beam, myself? I figured that if I couldn't do it, I would have to hire somebody. She probably figured that's what I would end up doing. Now, I just had to figure out how I was going to get that monster beam lifted up into place and installed plumb and level all by myself. It's not a lot of fun working in a cold, dusty, attic either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My plan involved some of the biggest screw eyes I could find, a couple of ratchet straps, scrap pieces of wood, eight cinder blocks, two jack posts, and a bunch of determination. I screwed the a couple of screw eyes into opposite sides of the existing ridge beam above the LVL beam. I wrapped the ratchet straps around each end of the beam and hooked them into the screw eyes. This was to steady the beam while I carefully lifted one end enough to slide some wood underneath it. Once I did that, I tightened the ratchet strap and repeated the process at the other end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I repeated the above steps, lifting a little, ratcheting a little, and slipping more pieces of wood under the beam. This was a little tedious, and involved a lot of crawling back and forth. I had to check to make sure that this bad boy was safely supported throughout the process. Next came the cinder blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I got the jack posts up, I was able to crank them up so that the beam was solidly supported. That's when I removed the ratchet straps. Then it was time to install the permanent supports at both ends of the beam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-45964005210706991182016-03-13T18:03:00.000-07:002016-03-13T18:03:14.700-07:00So Why Don't You Slide?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you recall, our three of our <a href="http://diyranchreno.blogspot.com/2016/03/which-plan-to-choose.html">kitchen renovation plans</a> called for sealing the back door and installing french doors in place of the triple window in the dining room. While Maura liked the idea of french doors, I didn't like that the swing path would interfere with that of the porch door. It took me a while, but I finally convinced Maura that we would be better off with a sliding door. We ended up going with an <a href="https://www.andersenwindows.com/product/sliding-patio-doors/" target="_blank">Anderson 400 Series Frenchwood Gliding Patio Door</a> that we ordered at <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/" target="_blank">The Home Depot</a>. It was a nice door, indeed, and it should be for $1,600.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now that we had the lumber, I had to get busy reinforcing the floor joist in the basement. Since we have a finished basement, it was kind of tough. Just getting the 12-foot 2"x10" downstairs was a challenge in itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At this point, I was having a pretty tough time trying to get the new joist upright, along side of the existing one. I needed some mechanical assistance, so off to Lowe's I went. I figured I could get a jack post and crank up the existing joist just enough so that I could pound the joist in. I also ended up getting a couple of pipe clamps and a couple of 2-foot lengths of 3/4-inch pipe. I thought that I could clamp them across the bottoms of the joists and tighten them a little bit between whacks with the mallet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I figured that I wouldn't be needing the jack post anymore, so I returned it to Lowe's. Decided to keep the pipe clamps, though. Those could come in handy. I could always buy longer lengths of pipe for them, too. Installation of this floor joist was done over a 3-day period in October of 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-52763953865965512982016-03-09T18:01:00.000-08:002016-03-09T18:01:14.835-08:00Beam Me Up<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read the following on <a href="http://www.housetweaking.com/2014/02/24/what-it-took-to-vault-the-ceiling/" target="_blank">House*Tweaking</a>:</span><br />
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We hired a contractor as this project was way beyond our DIY skill set. Our contractor worked closely with an engineer at a local lumber yard to create an LVL (laminated veneer lumber) beam specific to our roof pitch, room dimensions and length of span. Like I said, waaaayyyy-haaay-haaay beyond our skill set.<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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An LVL beam is constructed of multiple layers of thin wood held together by adhesive. This allows for a smaller yet stronger structural support when compared to a solid wood beam.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I figured it was time to consult with a lumber company. Our designer, Julie, recommended <a href="http://www.arlcoal.com/main/home/sudbury/main.aspx" target="_blank">Sudbury Lumber</a>, so Maura made an appointment, and off we went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We met with Anthony and described what we wanted to do. I had sent him the plan and some mark-ups that I had done. We didn't have an issue with the end of the beam that would be supported at the wall with the fireplace, adjacent to the garage, because the column that would hold up that end would sit on the concrete foundation. The tricky part would be the other end, between the kitchen and living room, because that would be centered over the hallway, and we couldn't really have a column smack dab in the middle of the hallway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you notice the green highlight, it shows as a doubled floor joist. Ugh. This was going to be an issue since, as I said, we have a finished basement with a suspended ceiling. I had to do some investigation to see how difficult this was going to be. I was hoping that I could at least handle doubling up a couple of floor joists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After removing a few ceiling tiles in the basement, here is what I found, minus the green and purple items as those would be new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I partly lucked out because I discovered that there already was a set of doubled-up floor joists at the edge of the stairwell. Since the floor joists overlap the main beam, I couldn't have doubled-up floor joists directly across from the ones adjacent to the stairwell. I figured that I could add one shown in green. This would result in an angled header, shown in purple, but it ended up being directly over a support column. Luckily, again, there were doubled-up vertical 2x4s at the corner of the stairwell to support one side of the header. I would have to add a doubled-up 2x4 in the wall across from the stairwell. This wouldn't be bad because I would have to open up that wall, anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I got the plan marked up as shown above, I forwarded to Anthony at Sudbury Lumber to get his stamp of approval. He said that it should be fine. He then ran his calculations on some software, and everything passed. Our 2-ply, 14-inch LVL beam ended up being 18 feet long. All of the lumber needed to for the structural work, including the design services, tax, and delivery, cost $463. Not bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wasn't really crazy about it, and later I figured out that the the header beam (red block) didn't line up with the main flooring beam (blue block) that runs down the center of the house. That beam actually lines up with the peak of the roof. That created problems with transferring the load since the load-bearing wall between the dining room and living room didn't line up with the main beam under the floor, which is held up by support columns in the basement. I knew that this would be a problem because I didn't want to mess up our finished basement by adding another support column or two in our family room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maura got an estimate from her brother's friend, who does construction, to open up the wall between the dining area and living room and vault the living room ceiling. It was just over $10,000 to do the demolition, install a laminated beam, vault the ceiling, insulate, drywall, and plaster. This didn't include any of the kitchen renovation. There would be plenty more to spend on that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wow. What a difference! <a href="http://www.housetweaking.com/" target="_blank">House*Tweaking</a> is a blog created by Dana, and she really does a nice job with it. She has a ton of info on how she and her husband vaulted their ceiling with plenty of before, during, and after pictures. And that's just one project. If you're into home improvement and decorating, you really ought to check out her blog. Not only did it inspire me to vault our ceiling, it inspired me to write this blog. Discovering her blog really helped me out, so maybe others could glean some information from my experience renovating our house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I showed the House*Tweaking blog post to Maura, and she was impressed. I said that instead of vaulting just the ceiling in the living room, we might as well extend it across to the dining area and really open things up. Maura was all for it with no further convincing needed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When you read the blog, Dana constantly mentions how handy her husband is and how much money they were able to save by having HH (Handy Hubby) do the work. The more I read the blog, the more I thought, "I think I can do a lot of this work myself." I didn't come out and tell Maura this right away, though. I had to work on building my case.</span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-13312405898706320592016-03-06T19:08:00.002-08:002016-03-06T19:09:08.247-08:00Cabinets<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shortly after settling on a layout for the new kitchen, we started shopping for cabinets. Boy, new kitchen cabinets sure can be expensive! After visiting a couple of places, we happened upon <a href="http://josephricardidesigns.com/" target="_blank">Joseph Ricardi Designs</a>, which happens to be located only about 3 miles from us. Joe is a really nice guy, and he took our Plan A and provided us with these 3-D renderings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maura and I ruled out Plan C because we weren't really fond of the angled peninsula. Both Plan A and Plan B had their benefits. Plan B had a bigger opening, but we would have less cabinet space. It did offer a nice big island, though. After some deliberation, Maura and I decided that we liked Plan A the best.</span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488547377989747788.post-70955112915821320532016-03-05T17:43:00.002-08:002016-03-05T17:43:34.520-08:00Before<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been thinking about doing this blog for a while, and I figured it was time to get started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We bought this ranch house in July of 1998, almost two years after we had our second child. Our old, 2-bedroom village colonial just wasn't cutting it for us anymore. Other than re-wallpapering, and installing a laminate floor, we really did not do much to the kitchen. We figured that we eventually would, but with two young kids and a dog around to mess things up, we figured that we would hold off. (Plus, it's expensive to do a kitchen renovation!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a side note, this is house happens to be the house in which I grew up. It was built in 1968, and I lived here with my father, mother, and brother, until my parents sold the house in 1986. My wife, Maura, and I bought the house in 1998 from the couple who bought it from my parents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For years, Maura had been talking about a new kitchen. She would cut out pictures of magazines of kitchens she liked, and she also did some e-cutting and pasting from on-line pictures. Not surprisingly, one of Maura's favorite TV channels is <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/">HGTV</a>. After a lot of hemming and hawing, I finally agreed that it was time to take the plunge and get going on the big kitchen renovation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here are some pictures of our kitchen from the Fall of 2015, before we started. Admittedly, it needed updating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, by the way, the renovation includes knocking down the wall between the dining area and the living room to create an open-concept. Here's what the living room looked like before we started renovating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The hardwood Maura selected is <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Matte-Brazilian-Pecan-Natural-BELLAWOOD-BWMTBP4NV/10034665" target="_blank">Bellawood's Brazilian Pecan from Lumber Liquidators</a>. It was one of the more expensive types in the store, but I have to admit that it does look nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had to pick the flooring up in April of last year (and it's still sitting in my demolished living room!). To save on the delivery charge, I figured I'd pick it up myself. 19 boxes at 87 pounds each came to over 1,650 pounds. At least it all fit in my vehicle so that it only took one trip. That was a good workout unloading that and moving it into the living room!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, that's my first blog post. Thanks for reading. I still have a lot of catching up to do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carl Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075753379983871373noreply@blogger.com0