Gut a house and refurbish

well?

 

i'm mired in trim painting hell right now. i cant think about a party at this point. a few more first downs and i'll be in position to see the end zone though.

 

At least post more pictures.

 

busy weekend. trim painting, new cork flooring for the kitchen, granite master bath vanity top installed, cleaned out tools and work stations from the upper level in preparation for sanding the hardwood floors this week. on my way to rent floor sander and edger. the plan is to have the sanding completed and poly will go down saturday. meanwhile the finished electrical and plumbing should wrap up this week. granite kitchen counter tops to go in tomorrow morning. its monday and i'm tired.

 

i rented an orbital floor sander and an edger yesterday. i had to take the orbital sander back this morning and swap it out for a drum sander. these floors are seriously old and have crowns and cups, old paint drips, uneven laps, you name it. but im the man for the job and i know what i want them to look like when im done. i've seen some really shitty jobs done with a drum sander but imma keep it moving and raise it up when i reach the wall. stay tuned.

 

the drum sander works great! nobody warned me about the friggin' edger tho. that somebeach will make a man outta you.

 

LOL. You spin me round round baby right round. Hated that thing.

 

We have considered a pool several times. The only thing that stops us is that we live in the country and don't want to strain our water pump filling the pool. We've checked with the local fire depts. No go.

Who would you call to get water delivered and is it expensive?

 

Can you give a ballpark dollar amount for a project like this ?
will you be under budget or are you going way over your estimate?

i'm wanting to do a total remodel of mine also..i can do most of the work except the structure part..

 

we sold our previous home, purchased this home and land (for around 100K) and secured a re-fi plus to do the work as well and used profits from the sale of our previous home to finance. all told, we'll have around 180K or so for the total project, home and renovation/addition (approx. 1600 sq. ft. upper w/ full basement and 1.5 fenced acres w/pool). this is surprisingly within our origional estimate BUT we had to pay for a rental to live in while the work was being done on the house. what started out as a 6 month lease was extended to 8 months and is up on Thursday. also, we have thousands in sweat equity alone that allowed us to splurge on things like elaborate granite, cork flooring for the kitchen, spray-in foam insulation, new hybrid HVAC sytem, and appliances. this included 90% of the demo (drywall, electrical, plumbing, insulation, old HVAC unit and duct work, trim work and old sub floor) we also saved by repairing/sanding/finishing the hardwood floor, rough wiring, phone, tv, laying tile, kitchen cabinets and more painting than you can imagine. this alone saved us thousands. aquiring sub-contractors that will show up when they say they will and do what they say they are gonna do is the big thing i guess. i know some good ones in this area now and some others that i would'nt recomend as well. my general building contractor does good work and i am quite please with him.


i had to spring for a new well pump today as the old one burnt up yesterday.