Wife's Project

[shadowgray396]

Took a few months off this winter and finally got back to work on my wife's project. Two walls to go on the outside, but a lot more to go on the inside. See got her new custom kitchen (Lol) this weekend and we worked on the east wall of the house. It's like going camping every time we go down to the house. The wind just blows through it at this time. We are down to one useable room at this point. Best part I get to spend time with my wife.

[grandsport]

Is this on the infamous beach home?

[Ms Grumpy]

I will say that the stove in the work room is unique. lol

It is cool that you said you got to spend time with your wife.

[shadowgray396]

I thought I was going to a car show today, but the wife had other idea's. Spent the last two days at the beach house working on siding and painting. Finally finshed up the back of the house and got most of the west wall finished. Once the west wall is done then on to the front of the house. Weather was perfect down there today. Started this project 2 years ago. Slowly getting it done as money allows.

[flash]

It is looking great ,I have a few of those projects I need to get done but mine are not quite as serious as yours .

[Ms Grumpy]

Ray, you are one busy man. House is looking good.

[shadowgray396]

Ray, you are one busy man. House is looking good.


To busy, I want to be out enjoying the summer not working it away.

[Hank70SS]

Nice work Ray, it's looking good. Did the wife request the bottle jack and lawn mower in her custom kitchen or was that just a little bonus you threw in. :D

[shadowgray396]

Nice work Ray, it's looking good. Did the wife request the bottle jack and lawn mower in her custom kitchen or was that just a little bonus you threw in. :D


She always wanted a multi purpose room. Now she has one.

[Ms Grumpy]

Nice work Ray, it's looking good. Did the wife request the bottle jack and lawn mower in her custom kitchen or was that just a little bonus you threw in. :D

I wouldn't mind that in mine.

[shadowgray396]

Another long weekend at the beach but finally on the home stretch on the outside framing and siding, hope be done by mid October before the rains return. Stained the back shakes, replaced half the front wall and finished the east wall, except for the staining of the shakes. I have 2 front windows to install and the front door before I can siding on the last wall.

Before pictures are in my album on here.

[earthquake68]

Wow! That's a bunch of work. I love the look of the done walls. Very cool.

[flash]

Looks very nice .

[Ms Grumpy]

Another long weekend at the beach but finally on the home stretch on the outside framing and siding, hope be done by mid October before the rains return. Stained the back shakes, replaced half the front wall and finished the east wall, except for the staining of the shakes. I have 2 front windows to install and the front door before I can siding on the last wall.

Before pictures are in my album on here.

You can stop by my house when you are done Ray. :)

[shadowgray396]

Took on the second half of the front of the house this weekend.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=2993
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Still need to install the front door
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[Hank70SS]

Damn Ray, you basically built a new house. Looks great.

[shadowgray396]

Damn Ray, you basically built a new house. Looks great.

I have one wall at a time. I have been wondering if I should have just tore it down and started over.

[shadowgray396]

May finally have one warm room in the house to sleep in. Almost have the laundry room done. Since not much been going on with the Chevelle, been spending a few days trying to complete a few small projects inside the beach house. Still have the front to finish but waiting for warmer weather. The rest of the house is still down to the studs inside and no heat yet.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=3214

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[shadowgray396]

Decided after working on the project on the inside that I need a new design for the outside. Something that wasn't going to take years to finish. Much like my car project this is looking like a 7 year project. This might speed it up some and have room for everyone. Flash this project is like your truck. taking way to long to finish.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=3368

[flash]

Now I do like the redneck condo ,just need a large garage .

[shadowgray396]

Hard to believe it has been almost a year before I have got back to the front of the house. Been pushing to try to get the front finished before winter gets here. Have been working on getting the bathroom and the laundary room done this last winter, but the rest is still down to the studs. Been way to busy this summer to get down there much. Here's a few pics from this weekend. Still need to buiild the front porch. I layed out the way what I think it will look like, needed the wife's approval first.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=3689

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[flash]

Looking good Ray ,keep us posted .

[shadowgray396]

Finally got back to the Beach house project. Been really slow getting it done. Took all winter off and now just getting back to after 6 month. This thing is going to take as long as the Chevelle did. Got porch started and gable end shaked. Wired half the house, and framed in some new doors between the living room and den. Spent 3 days on it this week. Almost ready for electrical inspection so I can insulate.


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[Hank70SS]

Nice work Ray, place looks great.

[flash]

I agree ,very nice work .

[RBeckman]

Looking good.

[Ms Grumpy]

Looks really good Ray. I have a few projects if you have some extra time. lol

[Hank70SS]

Looks really good Ray. I have a few projects if you have some extra time. lol

I was going to say that, but since he lives on the left coast I thought commute my be a bit much.

[shadowgray396]

Took the day off, so I could get an electrical inspection done and he or she stood me up today. Drove a 100 miles one way to get there. I guess I get to make another trip back down. Hoping to at least get half the house electrical working today so I can tear out the other half and I can start insulation on half the house before winter gets here. Camping out tonight since the house doesn't have heat yet.

[shadowgray396]

Finally able to get the electrical and framing inspections done today. Now have ceiling lights and wall plugs installed in half of the house. Time for insulation and sheet rock in half of the house once I find someone to teach me about installing internet systems. I can now pull out the old wiring and re-wire the new kitchen and eating area.

[FlintTony]

You do nice work Ray. When the inspector doesn't show, do you get to charge him a no-show fee?

[Hank70SS]

Nice work Ray. Wish you were closer, I probably have 1,000 ft of CAT 5E cable in the shed. You can buy the wall plates and connectors at Lowes or HD. They also sell the crimper to install the connectors on the end of the cable. Some of the connectors are color coded so you know how to put the wires in the connector, there's 4 pairs. A signal and ground in each pair but they don't remain in pairs. You have to swap the ground between two of the pairs. Here's a link that shows how the wires get paired up. https://www.google.com/search?q=cat5e+wiring+diagram&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

Run all the cables back to where your modem will be. If the modem doesn't have enough sockets for all the cables run a patch cable from the modem to a switch then plug the cables into the switch. If you need a switch PM me your address and I'll send you one. I'll look, not sure but I probably have a mess of connectors somewhere too. I wired every room in this house with RG6 coax and CAT 5E years ago before everything started going wireless. Also wired multiple computer labs in my prior life. Based on the work you've done so far I'm sure you can handle wiring for internet.

[shadowgray396]

You do nice work Ray. When the inspector doesn't show, do you get to charge him a no-show fee?

I wish,

Thanks Hank for the tip. I don't have a switch.

Just got home last night and our main house lost power on the main floor. Not a breaker, so some place something has come loose. No I did not wire this house. Lol. It was built long before I moved in. Looks Like Iam going to have to track the problem down today.

[Hank70SS]

You may not need a switch Ray. depending on how many drops you run and how many connections your cable modem will support. We have AT&T Uverse and the modem has room for 4 connections plus wireless.

Did you lose one leg of the 220? Possibility if most of main floor is on 1 leg.

[shadowgray396]

220 works and everything works in the house but one circuit. Spent all day trying to find the problem. Still have not been able to find how the power is getting to the plugs and the outside lights. Wondering if I have a hidden junction box somewhere I have not found. Been in the crawl space and attic with no luck.

[RBeckman]

Could you have one of those GFI circuits that got tripped?

[shadowgray396]

No GIF in this circuit. Its some where between the breaker panel and the living room. About a 20' run. Power line run throught the floor joist inside of the house. Going to go get a tester that sends a signal down the wire so I trace it.

[shadowgray396]

Finally found the problem at 10 pm tonight. I have spent hours searching for the problem. It was as far away as it could be. Ended up being on the third floor of the house in the attic. When the attic fan and light was installed over 10 years ago, the hot lead that was tapped into was the living room circuit. Found a loose wire in the switch to the attic fan, which was the hot lead to the living room. What a pain in the $$$ to find.

[Hank70SS]

Glad you found it. It's crazy how they run the wiring in houses. I plugged a pressure washer into an outside outlet and it ran for a second then stopped. I plugged into a different outlet and went on. A few minutes later Lynda came out and said the lights are out in the basement. The outlet I first used was on the outside of the family room which is over a crawlspace. They used the push in terminals on the back instead of the screw lugs and the outlet burned. The wiring does not go from the basement to the crawl space. It must come from above, either from between the 1st and 2nd stories or from the 2nd story down. Then back up, over to the main level then back down to the basement which is where the breaker panel is. Sounds like the long way around to wire the basement when the breaker panel is right there.

[shadowgray396]

I hear you. Can't figure why they went to the third level of the house from the basement, back down to the main level. It's a straight shot over to the living room wall. Wire was cheap back then I guess. Lol

[chevymaher]

They wired my mom's house so that if a wall outlet GFI pops in the garage. The heat in the house don't work. Refrigerator and the kitchen same thing off of a wall outlet GFI in a hallway. Not marked on any building wiring diagram. You just have to know about it. It is only on the electricians master drawing.
I may be wrong but isn't the breaker panel where that should be happening?

People go to college get a degree and still are dumber than a stump. Engineers do the dumbest stuff.

[Ms Grumpy]

I feel your pain. If we pop the breaker for the garage I lose the power to a couple outlets in my kitchen. It has always been that way since we bought the house many years ago. My sister is an electrician and she said if it ain't broke, don't fix it cause it may be opening a big can of worms and out wallet to pay someone to fix it.

[shadowgray396]

Almost have a third room finished on the house. Finally will have a place to sleep, one more coat of mud on the seams and I can do a light sand and primer, and it has heat in it.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4610

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[FlintTony]

Looking good Ray!

[flash]

Ray ,youre getting there ,looks good .

[Quadracer392]

Looks good Ray! That and hanging the drywall one of the few things we contracted out when we built our house.

[shadowgray396]

Finally made it back down to the house on Sunday. Spent the day power washing, mowing the grass and finished the drywall taping and got it primered. Spent the night and started puting down the sub floor in the laundary room. My buddy moved right in before I did. lol. Next is gettting gas into the house to get hot water working and gas fireplace installed. Moving to the living room next.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4618
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[flash]

Your buddy sure does look comfy ,the place is looking nice .

[shadowgray396]

She likes to be up and on soft things.

[shadowgray396]

Started the work on the deck for the front porch finally.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4630

[Hank70SS]

Looking good Ray. Never seems to be enough time for all the projects we start but feels good when things come together.

[FlintTony]

Wow, what a difference! You do nice work Ray. Really looks good.

[flash]

It dont even look like the same place ,congrats .

[RBeckman]

Great job, love the colors

[shadowgray396]

Thanks,

Here's the old back
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=2087

And the new, which now has an overhang on the roof. Same with the front.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=2948

[flash]

You should be very proud of all you have done there .

[shadowgray396]

Down putting new sub floor in the bedroom. Building two pony walls to hold the upstairs floor joists so I can drop a bearing wall next weekend when I put up a 260 lb steel beam in. After that finish leveling the floors in the kitchen and living room and rip out the old floor and put in the new sub floor. Onto finishing the wiring for the rest of the house and insulate before winter gets here. Not sure what to do in my spare time.

First time I've seen the house at night. Just got all the lights working

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4658

[shadowgray396]

Loaded up the trailer at 5:30 am Saturday morning and headed for the coast to install a 260lb beam. Also a material lift on board to save the back.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4655

Took about 6 hours to get it in place with the help from my son and a friend. Glad we had a material lift to help hold it in place to line up all the floor joist hangers.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4657

Wife using a table to see how big of an island she wants now that the bearing wall is gone. Still have more floor to tear up and finish leveling the floors.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4656

[flash]

I bet your neighbors there love you with the new look of that place ,brought the property values way up ,you have turned that into a beautiful place.

[shadowgray396]

Wish the neighbors would fix theirs up. Most are rentals around us and don't do much to them. The one next door to us is for sale, but for what he is asking (way to much) it's going to need the same thing done to it as ours did. This build has way surpassed what I put into the car.

Guess I can build a elcamino or something done the road. Better thought a boat to go in the garage at the beach house so I can go fishing and crabbing. :banana:

[FlintTony]

The place is looking great Ray.

[shadowgray396]

Frame off project continues. Took out all the 1947 floors and now down to the original sub floor. Now its time to level and build the floor over the concrete floor over to the front door. Looks different now that all the inside walls are down and opened up. French doors are in, can now heat a room to sleep in. Gas line gets installed in about 2 weeks. Hot shower will be nice.

Wife cleaning the floor
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Looking toward the kitchen and laundry room, with the wall now gone.
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Front room area, need to extend the floors toward the front door. Old wood floor is where the house used to end.
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[flash]

Ray ,it's looking good .

[shadowgray396]

Trying my hand at building stairs. Extended the floors and if goes well, might just be ready for sheet rock by June. Only taken 6 years to get to this point. But Im not in debt, paying as I go.:banana:

[flash]

Nice work Ray ,especially paying as you go .I did a remodel on my now rental house many years back by doing it the same way .It was slower that way but it was the only way I could do it .

[FlintTony]

Looking good Ray. Are you going to hang the drywall too?

[shadowgray396]

Looking good Ray. Are you going to hang the drywall too?

I will hang the drywall, I can tape as well, but I might have a guy come in and do the taping and texture on the ceiling to speed it up at that point.

[shadowgray396]

Wife decided you doesn't like a small bump in the wall behind the front door where the electrical panel is located on the garage side, so I have to build the wall all the way down past the stairs now. It will make the wall about 8" thick, so I get to tear out all the stairs now and rebuild them in the new location. Really?????????? I framed them all in last weekend and put temporary stair treads on them.

[flash]

I just put in for a couple of vacation days as my wife has a few projects planned for me .

[shadowgray396]

Managed to flood the laundry room today after a connection failed hooking up the tankless hot water heater.

Any experts out there on wire a house for cable and internet. Never done it before, or point me in the right direction maybe a youtube video or book.

[shadowgray396]

Took 6 months off on this project. Really havent work much on it since March. To many projects at the home front to deal with this last summer. Got the fireplace installed on friday, finally have real heat in the house- been over 5 years. Been using electric heaters. Still need ceilings sheet rocked to contain the heat, but at least I can keep the house warm to work on it this winter.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4832

Working on the walls where the stailr case goes in. Should be able to prime the walls next weekend and start the stair case build. Still need to cut the floor joists out of the ceiling area to make room for the stairs.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4831

[chevymaher]

Lookin good Ray.

[FlintTony]

Yep, looking good.

[Hank70SS]

That's a lot of work Ray, you doing it all yourself?

[shadowgray396]

That's a lot of work Ray, you doing it all yourself?
All the work myself, unless I can talk someone to come down and help for a day.

[Hank70SS]

I hate drywall, all the patching and sanding. Your place is going to be pretty nice when you're done.

[shadowgray396]

Spent the last 3 1/2 days on the project. Still trying to get the stairwell and walls up.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4837
New stair well opening
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New opening for upstairs room
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New wall with window to allow light in
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Finally the first flight of stairs going in.

Still a ways to go, but moving ahead. Hope to be in sheet rock mode by March.

Happy New year everyone.

[Hank70SS]

Looking good Ray. It's harder to make progress when the place is away from home. Can't do a little each day, have to do as much as you can while you're there. Had that situation when we had a vacation home, always a project waiting for us when we got there.

[flash]

Im going to have to backtrack on this to catch up with you on this project .

[shadowgray396]

All electrical approved, 2 permits finals are done. Kitchen rough in approved, time for insulation and sheet rock. Kitchen cabinets arrive in about 3 weeks.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4843

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[flash]

Very nice ,

[FlintTony]

Looking real nice.

[shadowgray396]

Project has really been moving ahead. Still doing all the work myself with the help of my son, when he can come down to help hang rock. Almost ready for cabinets.
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[Hank70SS]

Looks like you've been busy Ray. Looking good, now you're down to the detail work, cabinets, trim and a little paint. Good job.

[FlintTony]

Looks real good from here! I like the receptacle in the end of the knee wall. Smart move. Makes it at least twice as hard when you work by yourself, doesn't it?

[shadowgray396]

Really taking shape now. Installed the shower doors so I will be able to take a shower now. I ordered the glass 80" tall so I don't have to duck to get into the shower. Just have one room left down stairs to sheet rock. Then I can texture the ceilings and start the install of the cabinets for the kitchen.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4876
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Got a little dusty
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[Hank70SS]

Aaaah! I hate drywall dust. Nice work, you've come a long ways since you started. looks like a totally different place.

[flash]

Looking good Ray ,I think you need to try out the shower .

[shadowgray396]

This last weekend was texture ceiling day, did a California knock down on it. All of the lower part of the house is now sheet rocked and repairs to my garage wall are almost done. House is really starting to come together. I have all the flooring on site and the kitchen cabinets are finally ordered.
Before
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after
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Had to put plastic on all the walls and floor.
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finished ceilings
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[chevymaher]

Looking goo there Ray.

[FlintTony]

That place is really looking great Ray! Nice to put a face with a name too!

[Slick87gn]

Happy wife. Happy life

[Hank70SS]

Looking goo there Ray.

Looking good too. :p Really, nice work Ray.

[shadowgray396]

Wife has picked her color, light grey
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4914
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The last piece is the stairwell.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4916Built a temporary floor, so no ladder work over the stairs.
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Maybe by July we are done. I need to get back to working on cars. Lol

[shadowgray396]

Wife and I had a little bonding time this weekend. Lol. Got the kitchen cabinets, came in 116 boxes. Little assembly required. Might actually have this finished by end of summer.
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[chevymaher]

It is getting there.

[FlintTony]

You have come a long way with this job Ray. Looks very nice.

[shadowgray396]

Almost ready for counter tops.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4938
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The last room to finish the taping on. Just an extra area for sleeping up stairs. I raised the ceiling by a foot so you can walk down the center without ducking.
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[flash]

Looking great .

[Hank70SS]

Moving right along Ray. Place is really coming together.

[shadowgray396]

Been working on it, but been having power issues. House is completely rewired with new breaker panel. Turns out the meter base has conveniently gone bad after the power company put in a new smart meter in. Looks like a set back at this point. Only have one leg working in the house, so no 220 volts. Not sure what this is going to cost to replace. My base is built into the wall of the house.

[Hank70SS]

Open the meter box and see if you have 2 hot legs coming into meter and 2 coming out. Don't worry about breaking the seal, workers open them all the time when they need 220 power when working outside.

The power here sucks. We have a whole house standby gen, so do the people behind us, 2 across the side street. Next store and across the street have portable gens. We lose 1 leg a lot, may only be for a few seconds but enough to mess things up. I have a battery backup on the DVR and TV, one on the modem and one on the desktop PC. That's a lot of crap because they can't give us decent power.

[shadowgray396]

Meter base has been replaced. now onto the final touches on the house.

[shadowgray396]

Guess it's time to get serious about doing the finish work on this house. Been busy the last 3 weeks and wife is finally going to get the counter tops figured out and a kitchen sink. (one would think this would have been done already, Lol) . Up stairs just need the floor repaired and trim put on. Thinking about doing a painted simulated wood floor for now up there. I hate doing patch work, I think its more work then if I had just started over at times.
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[Hank70SS]

Nice work Ray, looks really good. You're going to have a brand new place when you get done.

[shadowgray396]

Well the project continues to move forward. Ready to start the leveling process on the floors this New years weekend and once the gold platted sink arrives (Kidding, just not cheap) the counter tops can be measured cut and be installed. Just trim work to complete. Should finally be done by spring. Yah, I ready to be done. Look at the difference. I put this stair case in 3 times to satisfy the wife.

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My buddy on the weekends.
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[flash]

Looks great Ray .

[Hank70SS]

You do nice work Ray. That's an awful big project you took on.

[shadowgray396]

Spent my Birthday weekend again working on the wife's project. Leveling floors, way more work then I thought. I'm getting to old for this, lol.
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Some of the final flooring going in.
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[chevymaher]

Looking good Ray. I know what you mean getting to old for this LOL.

[Hank70SS]

Looks good. Your floor is very similar looking to the floor I put in our family room.

[shadowgray396]

Finally got the floor to feel and look correct. I took this floor up 5 times to relevel and to get it to lock together correctly. Seems like a seam wanted to come apart on this floating floor. it was a long weekend being on my knees. Still sore. lol
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4978

Started on the fire place area. Have a mantle to install and a TV.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4979

and finally set the kitchen sink so the counter top people can measure for the counters. Sink only weighs 160 lbs. Dishwasher and Fridge are all hooked up. All the hardware put on the cabinets. Just the stove to go.
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4980

[chevymaher]

Looks good Ray.

[shadowgray396]

Lately its been every weekend at this project. All inspections are done except plumbing. One room at a time and now the kitchen is fully operational after 5 years.

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4981

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4982

Still lots to do, maybe by summer will be done.

[flash]

Looks great Ray .

[shadowgray396]

Setting the bar high for trimming the doors and windows. Keeping with the style of the house which is craftman. The top header takes four different power tools to build. Also got on all the back splash in the kitchen installed

http://www.chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=4993

[chevymaher]

Looks beautiful.

[shadowgray396]

Finally working on the finishing side. Got all my permits closed out except for the final inspection which I hope to do by the end of the month.

Trim going in in the living room
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=5007

Building the tops for the doors and windows
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=5008

Living room
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=5009

Wife's Kitchen
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=132&pictureid=5010

[Hank70SS]

I probably said it already but you do nice work Ray. Place looks amazing.

[flash]

Beautiful place Ray , well worth all the years of work .

[shadowgray396]

Wish I could say this is done, it's not. Wife has had me working on our new house. I'm getting tired. Maybe more time in a year when I retire.

[Hank70SS]

Nope, seems like there's less time. Don't know how I did all the stuff I did while working. Guess part of it is because, "Oh I'm retired, I can do that." So I end up with too many projects.

[shadowgray396]

This project has been on hold. Wife has had me working on the new house, which was only going to be some repainting. Its turned into a complete remodel. I did get my plans approved for my new shop. Start building in about a month, once the pool is removed. Grandchildren are going to miss it. Not huge, but a 30x40'