Monthly Archives: July 2009
New Roof & No Siding
Sunday, 26 July 2009, 8:22am
By the end of April our project was finally moving at full speed. After we removed the old roof (with some outside help), our general contractor stepped in and starting building the new roof. During that same time they started removing the green siding that really defined the house. We use to instruct many people to look for the green house at the end of the street to find our place. With that gone, we were able to see the true foundation of our 1895 house. The old brick is really cool to see, but not too comfortable knowing that is what is keeping your house up.
You can also notice that the concrete for the new front porch was placed giving the front of the house a nice approach and a future location to put some confortable chairs. The old fence is still visible when looking at the backyard. We also boxed out of the chimney.
Farook Khan
Demolition of the Roof
Sunday, 19 July 2009, 3:08pm
We have been doing a massive remodel of the exterior of the house. I’ve taken many pictures during the whole process and decided to throw a few pictures on the blog. We were able to save a few bucks by removing the roof ourselves and that was not a pleasant activity. It took about a week to get the four or five layers of roofing off. We filled a large dumpster full of the old roof. The pictures will speak for themselves.
Farook Khan
Friday Night in the Backyard
Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:45pm
Charlie and I are enjoying the backyard now that they have mostly completed it. There is still about a weeks worth of work that need to be done to the property but things have come together quite nice. I just took this picture a moment ago on my iPhone and thought I would share. I’ll have to take a video and post it. I haven’t been one to do much with web videos, but I thought I should at least give it a try.
We have most of the furniture now. You can probably see the hot tub in the picture. It is fantastic. It has six jets and can easily fit eight people. The hot tub exterior is dark grey that matches the house pretty good and then the inside is black. Most of the metal is bronze and looks fantastic. I’ll post more pictures of the project in coming weeks.
Backyard iPhone Photo: 3 July 2009
Farook Khan