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| javeryh:
Thanks guys - I'll start posting pics once things get going. I'm sure this is going to be spread out over a year but I'll treat it like any other project and take tons of pics. --- Quote from: eds1275 on November 17, 2010, 03:12:26 pm ---You might be able to save some money doing [some of?] the demos yourself. That's the fun part! --- End quote --- I would love to if I had the time. I don't know how much demo there will be though since they are basically adding a box to the back of my house - the only thing to take down would be the back wall although I'm sure it would be fun to have a go at it with a sledgehammer. >:D |
| HaRuMaN:
I use to work as 'labor' for a construction company when I was a teenager. My job? Demoing walls with a sledgehammer... great fun, especially in old houses where the interior walls were lath and plaster! |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on November 18, 2010, 09:20:13 am ---I use to work as 'labor' for a construction company when I was a teenager. My job? Demoing walls with a sledgehammer... great fun, especially in old houses where the interior walls were lath and plaster! --- End quote --- That does sound like fun. I was a laborer one summer and we had to demo the entire interior of a house. They had a washer and dryer on the second floor and while they were on vacation a pipe burst and water continously ran all over the place for over a week. Ruined everything. Wet carpets are HEAVY. There is going to be a huge mess in the basement of my house since they are digging down about 4 feet to make 8.5' finished ceilings down there (for the arcade/bar/theater, of course!). I can't wait. We just hired a surveyor ($800!) and the architect is sending her crew out to the house on Tuesday to measure everything. We are already out $1,500 and NOTHING has happened yet. Scary. I'm really excited and I can't believe we are actually going forward. |
| pinballwizard79:
Ive worked in lending for 8 years. Trust me on this one, Stop borrowing money now! Congrats on the new man land though, I am ready for pics ;D |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on November 19, 2010, 05:21:17 pm ---Ive worked in lending for 8 years. Trust me on this one, Stop borrowing money now! Congrats on the new man land though, I am ready for pics ;D --- End quote --- I know, I know - everyone says I shouldn't be borrowing but since we refinanced our existing mortgage we have some spare cash to spend every month so the loan won't really hurt us relative to where we were a year ago. Plus, now that the bank has told us to buzz off we are going to be paying for over 1/2 of this thing with savings. So this is going to be more like buying 2 really expensive cars (spread out over 30 years). ;D I am also ready for some pics! Maybe I'll snap a couple of "before" shots although it is going to be horrifying. The architect is coming tomorrow to measure everything - I'm hopeful we can have the plans drawn up by Christmas although I don't really have any idea how long this stuff takes... |
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