christianscott27 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Now we have a time frame! Construction begins on Nov.6th and will wrap up 2-3 weeks later, we signed the contract the other night. The contractor is doing almost everything so once they're done its just a matter of me deciding what goes over the new subfloor (if anybody has any flooring ideas I'm all ears). I'm really psyched for this project, finally a gameroom with proper electrical outlets! Of course this gameroom isnt just for me, it has to be set up with the small ones in mind too. Because its an attic space it will have 4ft kneewalls and sloping ceilings on two sides so that limits my massive bookshelf style a bit. So yeah it might not be the 100% pure game collection feast for the eyeballs that my previous gamerooms were but will have a ton more space and its own porch for our smoking guests. I will post pictures and updates over the next couple of weeks. This puts us in a very, very good position to have a December trademeet! I cant wait to have all of you over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Cool. I still need to start framing mine. Don't want to pay for contractors yet never actually start the work. Wee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Excellent. post pictures when appropriate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 If only I had the time to invest in cleaning my room... *sighs* Good luck with the construction, Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 Well after a 1-day delay (lumber issues) we're off and running, today was noisey and somewhat dramatic. They've begun laying the subfloor and framing the knee-walls and strapping. You can see from these pics a sort of before and after Those are dust particles in the air, I had recently swept up. The big pipe is whats called a soil stack, it will be enclosed in the final build, the chimney will be left as is. For scale the framed wall is 4ft high and the room is 36ft long and 14ft wide (between the knee walls). The framed opening you see is one of four mini-closet doors, I'll be storing all my tradebait and stuff behind the small walls. Next up they take down those beams going across the ceiling (collar ties) and replace them with heavier ones to hold up the ceiling. By weeks end the electric work should be tied in and ready for the "closing of the walls" next week, if all goes well! Today there was something of a major headache as the subfloor work screwed up the wire to my thermostat and had the furnace going full blast! Hopefully that can be fixed without much fuss and its on to the next unexpected issue. I've learned a lot about this house - its 100 years of crazy DIY work just waiting to go bust on me! Stayed tuned, I'll update this daily if developments warrent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 Moving right along, the parade of trades continues as the walls take on the shape of the room to come So the builders prevailed upon me to enclose the chimney, gotta trust they know more than me on these things. They've also got me bringing cable and phone up there and now my wife wants another window... hoo boy. Things always look cooler in black and white, theres Lauren ghosting around for more ways to "bring in natural light". As you can see the frame, collar tie and strap work is complete, including the half wall around the stairs. So as of late friday the electrical wire work and light fixtures went in and the big cotton candy batts and rolls of insulation are waiting to go. Of course the juice is off until the walls are closed up so its too dark for me to get a good shot right now. Its funny how having the electrical work done up to code feels like a luxury. I've been living in old Boston apts for so long any room with more than 2 outlets (or as they say "recepticles") seems over the top, I'm like "Wow it even has that third hole on the outlet". Remember the thermostat troubles, well anyways now we've left the broken wire in the floor and brought up a new one via the pipe chase, this meant moving the thermostat and exposing the freaky guts of my walls behind it... Forget the Edison Era wires and check out them pubes, that folks is genuine horsehair plaster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubNinja Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I just puked a little into my mouth. Horsehair walls are somewhere in the Top 5 of my Most Disgusting Non-Violent Things Ever list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Eh, wait until you lean on a section of it and your hand breaks through it because the rat nest behind it saturated it with piss until it was only the wallpaper holding it there. Man I lived in some shitholes growing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubNinja Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 There's a new entry into my Top 5. Rat-piss-soaked horse hair wall on my hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Well it wasn't soaked at that moment... the rats had long since moved on and left their nest behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubNinja Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 It's at least good for a spot between 6 and 10, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Somewhere above food poisoning and below the tragedy that is today's Ric Flair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubNinja Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Watching that man in action today is worse than eating pudding out of a hole in Christian's wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I haven't watch wrestling for a while but remember IMing w/ my friend when he was watching "OH FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY! PUT YOUR SHIRT ON RIC FLAIR! THAT SHIT LOOKS LIKE FREDDY KRUEGGER MADE OUT OF COTTAGE CHEESE" or some such was what he wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I just read a message board post about a guy who got an IM while his friend was watching wrestling. I feel indirectly referenced about being violated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I just puked a little into my mouth. Horsehair walls are somewhere in the Top 5 of my Most Disgusting Non-Violent Things Ever list. What the heck? Horsehair walls? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 Horsehair plaster was used up until WWII, my house is circa 1920. They tack little strips of wood to the wall joists and then slather the hair and plaster over it. Its strong and nicer looking than drywall unless you have a hole, then its a mess. Its treated with lime and makes this talc that gets everywhere. Thankfully I havent encountered any rats nests so far. The gameroom will be hair free, its gonna be a lovely skim coated blueboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 My house growing up had (and still has in some places) horsehair plaster. My parents house was built in 1825 and it was funny seeing all the different constuctions methods used in different parts of the house. The oldest part of the house was put together with wooden beams and wooden pegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Horsehair plaster? Now that is rather gross. (And you're hearing this from someone who has a very strong stomach!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubNinja Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Long live sheetrock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 As time goes by... I think theres an unwritten rule that your contractor will overextend themselves and disappear for awhile, thats what happened to us for 4-5 days of limbo. We'd be lucky to get a guy out to measure things, ughh, so I raised a little hell and got em back on task. Heres the more or less completed (and inspected) wiring job, the insulation rolls lie in wait. You can see the blue boxes where outlets and such will go, even the storage closets have their own lights. Its a little hard to see but I'm pretty proud of the 6 "can" recessed lights, cause it'll look ohh so cool with the dimmer switch. This morning was the one I've been nervous about from the get-go, today was the boom-truck. In order to get the big 8x4 pieces of sheetrock up to the attic they took out a 3rd floor window and lifted it up from the curb. Thankfully all went well and the floor didnt cave in. Man was I biting my nails, the neighbors came out to look. So things are moving along, as I type they're up there hanging the insulation. It has occured to me that while a Dec. meet is still possible it might not be advisable since people tend to be really busy with holiday stuff. In order to have the best possible turn out I might wait til new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDentist Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I almost crapped my pants when I saw that picture! I'm glad everything went well. Anytime for the next meet is fine with me. I can't wait to go to the next one ( since I've only been to one so far ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 I dunno why they call it blueboard, its light absorbing gray in fact. Here we go, all insulated and nearly drywalled in, its hard to imagine now what it will look like clad in smooth white plaster. What will this week bring? With any luck it'll be so close to the end I can start considering the carpeting job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Looking good Chris. Keep it going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDentist Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yes, looks nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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