my 1 1/2 year renovation of a 100 year old family
residence at 42 Merton, Ottawa, between 1994 and 1996.
This project with the help of my brother, Don who helped with some of
the carpentry and painting, involved doing half of the electrical upgrading
before having an electrical contractor install a new panel, compete the
work and check and get approval for mine.
Besides the wiring that involved some interesting problem solving in the old attics, walls and basement to replace non-grounded and post & beam wiring, plumbing, carpentry, drywall & painting as well as some re-roofing all formed part of this project as well as some drafting to get municipal by-law approvals as needed.
Click on the photos for a larger view.
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This is
the old upper kitehen that I renovated with replacement cabinets
bought from another renovation project someone was doing in
Munster, Ont. and was selling his old cabinetry. It was a bit
of a challenge to re-configure the cabinet setup to work in
the different kitchen than they'd been intended for. |
This is the ground floor kitchen
that son, John, then part owner of the property wished to have
renovated to have a '50's look. John wasn't fussy about the
recently installed wall paper so he inherited the job to spend
hours removing it and then filling and priming the plaster 'pot-holes'
that resulted with its removal. So if you need an expert wall
paper remover, for a small charge I'll give you his number.
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This is
the upper bathroom renovated to remove the old, leaking cast-iron
tub and replace it with something more modern. This involved
building a tub-surround wall to house the new plumbing. Because
there wasn't enough space left for a vanity, it became necessary
to build a bathroom extension into the hallway to house the
vanity. |
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This is
the balcony and stairs I constructed at the property. This involved
opening an upper exterior doorway and opening up five feet of
flooring to install double 2 X 6 joists with reverse joist hangers
and building a 16 foot long set of stairs to the balcony the
year after building it. |
This used to be a screened upper
porch that was later closed in and was damaged by a leak of
its roof at some point. I opened up the doorway and re-drywalled
the space and converted it into a combination vestibule/laundry
room for the upper apartment. |
This is
the same porch area looking from where the doorway is and showing
the laundry area. |
You Make a Better Window Than a Door Project
This is my renovation project at my place where there was a side door that was unneeded and unused because there's a patio door at the back of the house. So, I decided to build a small extension to make a place to winter some of my plants. The sequence of renovation is pretty well self explanatory.Pject
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Reframing
and extending the doorway area out 20 inches. |
Adding the sub-siding and vinyl frame window. |
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Rough
framing inside. |
Adding
the vapour barrier and building the rounded archway. |
Initial drywall installation.
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More
drywall finishing |
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Still to come ... Building the Store (Phoenix Records & CD's Project)
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This is the store my son John and I built in 1998. This involved design, drywall, plumbing, electrical, carpentry and several other interesting challenges. It was a nice venue, but somewhat ahead of the general renewal that has since teken place in Hintonburg so was closed in April 1999 about one year after opening. |
Design and construction of the store also included design and construction of the store browsers and racks for display of the records, CD's, videos and other store products, a real DIY project.
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