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I am turning a $7,000 house into a $700,000 house. This is my largest project yet.
I am turning a $7,000 house into a $700,000 house. This is my largest project yet.
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Those hardwood floors are absolutely gorgeous, and if you can please try to save them. They have withstood the test of time. All that said, this is your home do what you want, but if you can save them, your home will be restored to its former glory.
Thanks for sharing the history. Really interesting.
Looking great. Hate to see you tear out good flooring, tho, when a good carpenter could patch the areas you'd be removing walls from.
Do you have actual floor plans, with the changes you want to make. That always helps to visualize the changes!
It will be good for another 150 yrs when you get done!
That attic will be so cool finished out.
Loved this vlog!
love the Ernest shout out RIP
If you are renovating, look at putting Control4 into the house, the system can make your life so much easier depending on how you spec it
Can we learn from the grain bin experience and employ an architect to look at your ideas. Even a short consultation to give you feedback on your plan/design. Also those 'non-load bearing walls' etc act as bracing for the structure overall. Removing them will make the structure weaker overall, so you'll need an overall bracing plan. Best of luck (but maybe do the planning/designing stuff properly to take the luck element out of it).
Going over those dusty floors with a damp mop will do a much better clean up than the nozzle of a shop vac. ; )
Need to put in a elevator. I would try sanding the floor in the attic and then sealing them. It would save you time and money. Also need a half bath in the attic. I would still do a quick mop of foot for dust. Also wiping down the walls it time consuming but will clean up the dust. I would also not rip up 2 nd floor. You can not replace the quality of flooring. The wood is top quality. Patching could easy be done and matched. Great ideas just don’t take all the classics charm of the house away. Thanks for your work keep it up.
IDK, if you have several children how are you going to assign the bedrooms? There will be fights over who has the biggest room, who has the closet, bathroom etc. Good luck with that. As to the floors, it's your house, do what you want. Insulation makes a good sound barrier. Also you can block off portions of the house and control heat loss by the placing of other barriers.
You should remove the wood flooring as carefully as possible or even call out a salvage company to do it. It could be re installed in some rooms once the layout is finalized and you could probably find matching salvaged wood and blend it in with what you have. You could use the hardwood in the attic space and you should have more then enough.
I've been watching you since you started this channel. Been fascinated by your tenacious spirit. How and WHERE did you learn how to do all that you do? You were a young kid, cleaned up the barns, farm, rehab the house???? You got some superpowers guy!!!! Where did you learn all of this stuff?
Remember , OPEN floor plans are inefficient and not conducive to a modicum of privacy.
Use you grain vacuum to suck out the insulation. You might need some pvc pipe to extend the hose. Blow the mess outside.
Build a second master downstairs for when you get old.
Take the flooring that you rip up on the second floor to redo the attic floor ( if it comes up ok)
Love your vision wondering what you think the budget will be to do all this ?
When doing something long term with the house like how the bin site turned out maybe a walk before you run mindset is needed. Grand ideas is good and setting a high bar to aim towards is good but you have to get near to it first.
Now would be the chance to install like a whole home vacuum system. Every see one of those things? Like each room gets a port for a vac wand and it all gathers to a central location
Nice history report on the house. Whoda thunk?
The Hildebrands are turning in their graves. Obviously, the house needed updating and repair, but it's too bad that a minimum the flooring won't be saved. What a cost saving it would be, plus at least one historical feature would remain. I live near a big city and it is really sad when I see a historic house listed for sale and it looks like all of the things that make it historic and unique are stripped out. I hope all of the molding, paneling and doors are being saved in your house. If you're not going to use them, then someone else would probably love to.
I would go ahead and insulate the ceilings between the floors to help keep each floor warm and for the noise.
I hope he reuses most of that wood he took down.