Russ's House Upstairs (June, 2006 - July, 2007)
Most recent photos listed first:
Done! Kitchenette
Done! Bath south
Done! Bath north
Done! Bedroom
Bedroom, looking toward chimney and closet
Bedroom, at night, looking toward southwest and showing access panel door
Bedroom, morning, looking toward northwest
Ernie and Russ after a day's work
Bedroom ceiling insulation installed
Installing beadboard on the bedroom ceiling (Russ's angle-finder tool on the table)
New short beam installed near the top of the stairs
Marvin "Tilt Pac" Double-Hung sash replacement windows
New window sashes being installed
Bedroom west and north walls paneled with beadboard
Preparing the upstairs bedroom west wall
Door refinished; lights installed
Beadboard painted; installing trim
Beadboard done in bathroom
Ernie makes sawdust fly
Russ talks about tile
Our project mascot - "Bob" - and night watchman
Insulating the ceiling with 1.5-inch-thick rigid foam panels
Wall around shower insulated
... extended through the roof.
Another two plumbing vents connected and ...
Starting to install plywood beadboard
So, just one plumbing vent pipe run through the roof for both fixtures
A new PVC pipe run from another fixture to connect with the above pipe
One plumbing vent pipe left capped in the attic
(bath fan in the background)
Bath fan vented to the outside in a gable under the eaves
Cement backerboard done
First two pieces of backerboard hung
Cutting WonderBoard cement tile backerboard
Plumber installed the shower valve and pipes
The new tub
Tar paper beneath the concrete bed that we will lay below the tub
Ernie reading the instructions for the Kohler tub drain
Two layers of new plywood for the floor beneath the tub
- Original Douglas fir floor boards salvaged to use elsewhere.
We modified the drain for a tub/shower instead
Bath was at first roughed-in for a shower drain
New laminated (5 layers of 3/4-inch) plywood beam
New double 2x12 beam and 4x4 post
-- These beams allowed the removal of two load-bearing walls.
Some of upstairs roughed-in
Russ's house in Edison
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Last updated: July 19, 2007