justfish Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Been busy redoing a house we bought in St Augustine. My plan was to keep track of the process in some sort of blog form, but the 12-14 hr days have not left a lot of time for that so I figured I'd make a thread here while backin up pics in case anyone was interested... Here's what we started with: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 It's a cool little mid century house with great bones and the best location St Aug has to offer in my opinion. We are downsizing from a suburban house twice the size so knew we had to make some changes to make it work for us. First thing was open up kitchen. We had to remove original exterior block wall to open it up. A nice surprise was finding that they originally ran the rafters to the porch that had been enclosed so no need to add any support. Biggest hurdle was the double poured header...We tried everything including concrete cutting chainsaws and in the end, the wife (she did help), 4 dudes and some sledge hammers worked best. Gone- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Once we pulled the ceiling in kitchen, the layers of the onion just started to peel... The insulation was nasty, and wiring was maybe worse. The AC ducts were added after the fact so squished down in between rafters and we're probably cooling the attic more than the house. Because of the low pitch the only option to access any of that was to pull the ceiling in the whole house....ugh Thank goodness for a buddy's dump trailer. All said, block wall and heavy *** plasterboard ceiling weighed prob close to 9-10 tons total I've hauled out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 With ceiling open I could also address a sagging roof problem that was otherwise not accessible. Luckily the ridge beam had just been cut years ago so we were able just to jack it up over a couple days and block it like it should have been done in first place. What I thought might be a pricey fix ended up costing $20 for jack rental. Don't worry the $ is going elsewhere... No more sag- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 So new spray foam insulation throughout. New wiring and ductwork.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 So we start putting stuff back in. We hung all drywall back on ceiling so far the only thing we haven't done is the finishing but I'm pretty sure I could have done it better than the guy who did. I ended up making a last min change to do tongue and groove in kitchen. I love the look but I now know why they invented drywall. I went with full length boards so was pretty pricey and I have prob 10 hours in just hanging it in kitchen. Wife will prob have about as much time "whitewashing" it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Oops not done tearing out yet. Still had to remove original front porch floor and remaining block wall. Think it was all level? If so, think again.... So I spent the better part of a day hunched over the joists cutting them down to level (or at least even). So far that has been the most exhausting day I've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 As of today we just closed up the hole in the kitchen floor and started one in backyard... Pool. No I'm not doing it... Here is kitchen all closed up, door moved and ceiling starting to get whitewashed... Cabinets are next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachgun1 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Looks like your boat will be awful lonely for awhile, Scott. You two will really love the house though after you get through with all the blood, sweat, and tears. I'm sure you'll end up with some great work. Good luck with it all. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Ken my boat is super lonely! I'm less than a mile from lighthouse ramp now so it makes it that much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason p Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I feel your pain brother! We moved 10 Miles from Everglades National Park and worked on our house all through tarpon season this year. Just make sure you take a break and get away when the major stuff is done, as I'm sure you know, you're never really done. What is it with women and demolition :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Keep the pics coming - great thread. Reminds me of my first house in Tampa. Foreclosure deal that I walked into and said - heck yeah! and my wife responded with "HELL NO." Ended up being one of the best purchases (and sales) of my life. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradM Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 That's awesome man! Looks great and I know while it's a lot of work, both of you are enjoying it! Too late maybe, but I've got an electric planer and a few belt sanders, router etc. You know where I'm at. OH! What did you do with the old cabinet and stuff from the kitchen? Demo pile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flireman Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Wow, that reminds me of "overhaul" back in my FD days. Never enjoyed that ***ignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipTide Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Congrats to you and the wife on the house. It's a PITA DIY remodeling that's for sure, bang it out as fast as possible so it's over and done with. It's never really over with, as previously mentioned. Last house we owned I spent 9 years remodeling that place from roof to flooring to an addition, plus a pool. Grrrrrrr :susel: :susel: :susel: 2600sf under air. Not exactly what you really wanted to be doing with your extra time, especially if you were professionally working in that particular field 6-7 days a week while running your business. GET-ER-DONE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Wife and pool guys making good progress today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16bayfisher Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Very nice! What was the span on the rafters you said spanned to the porch over the CMU wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainsman5 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Glad to see I'm not the only one with that particular Hatch cap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Very nice! What was the span on the rafters you said spanned to the porch over the CMU wall? I'll have to double check, but it's pretty short. Kitchen is 13' wide so half that plus pitch (3/12) I guess? As you can see I Vaulted ceiling in kitchen so I added H clips on all rafters where they tied into ridge beam to make up for any support the ceiling joists might have had on wall/roof... You can see them in the pics as I haven't covered the ridge beam yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Not sure if anyone is watching this anymore but we finally got moved in 6 weeks later. Not done, but live able.... Main things left are countertops and trim which I can do with us in. Here's the floors I re-did and the tile in kitchen. It was a lot of work to get 3 floors that were almost 3" outta Waco to match up near perfect. I can't take credit for figuring that all out, but I did the tile once my buddy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipTide Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 JF, hope that's a satin urethane and not a high gloss. High gloss = Lots of future visible surface scratches that will drive you nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 The kitchen ceiling. Hard to believe rhat 6 weeks ago an ugly kitchen and block wall was here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 JF, hope that's a satin urethane and not a high gloss.High gloss = Lots of future visible surface scratches that will drive you nuts. It's satin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipTide Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Good deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limitless Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 I'm sure still watching; been waiting for an update with pics. Floors are beautiful, and the whole project looks great. You guys are really going to enjoy it when it's done. I especially liked the way you did the kitchen ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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