Hamilton Project
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On to the present schedule
of events!
February
17, 2006-We had
the closing in Oneonta on Friday at 1:00PM and went directly
to the property from there. I started cleaning out the mudroom
into piles of "stuff"-metal, burnable trash, recycables,
etc. Karl meanwhile assessed the furnace and water situation
of which neither one worked! So here it was freezing cold
and we had no heat or water! We worked all day Saturday
and Sunday trying to make space to sort the accumulation
of junk we found.
February
24-27- We knocked down the main chimmney in the kitchen
as well as the bathroom walls. We wanted to enlarge the
kitchen and removed the awkwardly located bathroom.
Before
After
March 3-6-We
started the removal of the plaster and lath in the main
front room. Upon careful inspection we were able to knock
out some of the small bedroom walls because they were nonbearing
walls. By doing this we really expanded the size and light
in the living room.
This shows the
entire length of the living room opened(approx. 28'x16')
Now for the ceiling to come down. Thanks for the help here
Brian and Jeanette!
All this lath, plaster and rubble
should be gone in a week or so!
March
10-13-Another cold weekend
and lots of plaster dust! This time we moved on to the den
which will be our future bathroom (not soon enough!) and
then we worked on the two tiny bedrooms which we combined
to make a future master bedroom.
This wall in
the photo on the right was taken out to make one bedroom
instead of the two small ones.
March
16-20-Does it ever get
warm in Hamilton???We had more snow and bitter cold weather.
Thank goodness for our place of refuge at "Nina's Comfort
Inn".The accomodations were great there!
Our son, Karl and
his fiance' Heather, came
up on Sunday and helped with knocking out remaining plaster
walls, shoveling out more of the plaster and lath debris
and removing piles of brick. At this point we looked things
over and were busy taking stock of what we have done, need
to do and are able to do! We have a plan!
March
25-26-We stayed home a weekend to help
celebrate young Karl's birthday!
March
31-April 3-We removed the pile of debris
from the south side of the house and Karl built a temporary
basement door that was missing. He also removed lots of
junk from the basement with young Karl's help, cut down
trees and fallen branches. Things are starting to look better
inside and out!Ae
The view looking north from the back
of the house.
April
7-10-Karl removed old hot air heating
ducts from under floors and in the basement, knocked out
the old cast iron vent pipe in the center of the kitchen,
installed the drain pipes for the future bathroom and we
now have a flushable toilet ! This is all wonderful progress
although we have no phots to show for all his efforts in
the basement! He also hauled out the old appliances to the
scrap metal pile and hopefully we can get it all removed.
I raked more of the yard and cleared up lots of fallen branches
from the front lawn. In the process I discoved perennials
and bulbs popping out. There is spring in Hamilton after
all.
April
15-16-Easter weekend at home with the
family.
April
19-24-Wow!
We got a lot done over these last few days! The weather
was great during the week so we were able to get the barn
down. Scott Davis, of S. E. Davis Construction Company,
helped us out a lot by getting the driveway ready for us,
helping to pull down the barn and clearing lots of plaster,
rocks, concrete steps and branches. Thanks for the help
Scott!!
Karl on the roof taking stuff out of attic of barn before
we tear it down.well
deserved wy!
Marc
25-27
More preparations
before demolition. Back view of barn. The tree had to be
cut down to allow the barn to fall freely. It took a bit
of tugging with chains and Scott's truck before she would
collapse. I think it would have withstood another couple
of years before coming down on it's own.
Flat as a pancake.
The old corn chopper on the right that was in the barn will
soon be gone as well.
This shot shows the pine tree that we cut down. All the
branches are gone and the driveway is open. The backyard
of the house is starting to shape up.
While Karl and
Scott were busy with the barn I was in the chicken coop
shoveling out years of accumulated chicken poop. When anyone
asks what I did on my 59th birthday I won't hesitate for
one minute to remember!
Before
After
The smell started
getting to me after a while and my bones started aching
so we had some champagne to celebrate my birthday. YOU ARE
a REDNECK when you look like this!!!!
May
5-9 Karl took
a vacation day added to our regular weekend so we could
get more done. He started by creating a wider entry for
the driveway with the tractor and adding corner fence posts
to make it more noticeable from the main road.
Next item....the
entry steps needed repair so we had to fix them for the
insurance company
May
12-15 A very busy Mother's Day weekend!
Our son, Karl, came up to give us a much needed hand. The
weather was perfect on Friday and Saturday(rainy) for burning
lots of scrap wood from the old barn and the small chicken
coop that we knocked down. Lots of cleanup work again!
Karl helped us clean out the barn and knock down the garage
bump out!
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