A New Old House

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

It's Electric!

Our next step in the Attic Project is running the electric.

We didn't want to DIY this- better to leave it to the experts!

And while we had the experts in, we decided to throw in a few other little electrical projects.

Before the electricians arrived, Mike had a lot of prep work to do:

-Pull up the attic floor boards so electricians can have full access, but still walk around up there...

Here nails have been removed, but boards are
still in place so they could work up there.

-Remove the radiator & mess of old light attached to a board, since it's right in the way of the existing junction box... also, remove some of the patchworked wall boards to the left of the doorway, so that light switch can be installed.

BEFORE

AFTER

-Install some framing for the ceiling fan & pendant lights to be attached...

The framing will also be needed for
attaching the sheetrock.

Here's the list of what the electricians are going to do:

Attic-

-Run all wiring

-Install 5 outlets- one of which will be behind the wall

-Install box and ceiling light/fan

-Install 2 boxes pendant lights

-Install lights under eaves (where storage areas will be)

-Fix/clean-up existing junction box
-Intsall light switch for ceiling light/fan & pendants

Attic Hallway/Stairwell-

-Install light switch at bottom of attic stairs (to go with top of stairs switch)

-Move hall box and install new fixture

-Tighten up existing switches

Master Bedroom-

-Add Outlet

-Add switch for light/fan

Updates:
The Attic Electric
The Upstairs & Attic Hallway Electric
The Master Bedroom Electric

Friday, July 26, 2013

Then & Now...

A quick Friday post...

There are so many changes that have taken place since we moved in. Some of them I completely forgot about until looking at the old photos from when we had the home inspection before we moved in.

I thought I'd share a few every now & then :)

There was a chain link fence for a dog yard. One of the first things we did when we moved in was put it on Craigs List for free, they just had to come remove it.

Mike built the tree swing, and moved the little red shed to a more convenient spot for toy storage.
You can see the playset positioned over on the left edge of the photo. This is a nice shaded area, so we also put our old little playhouse here (though it's days are numbered! The boys now play on it by climbing on the roof... So I think we're just about done with the plastic toys. We ditched the well-used crab sandbox last year!)

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The Back Barn Door

I don't think I have mentioned here that the workshop barn has a back door.
It's one of my favorite things about the barn!

You can see how it opens up onto the landing of the stairs that go to the 2nd floor.

When we were working on the roof the other weekend, we had it opened for Mike & my brother to set their Gatorade, and for the tunes to be plugged in.

With the door opened, I noticed the sill at the bottom was missing...

Mike said he'd fix it right then, if I could find a board to use from the scrap pile (the one that we started when the recent storm brought down a tree on the picket fence!)

Not one to turn down a quick project- I scurried over and found a board.

The rest didn't take long at all...

The door isn't hung completely square, and unfortunately, that's more noticable now... but it's just the barn (and the back of it to boot!), so I'm not even worrying about that right now!

Monday, July 22, 2013

Barn Roof Finished

Last summer we put the new roof on the front half of the big barn... but shortly after phase 1 of "Project Barn Roof", my brother (who was helping us with the roof) had a serious break & surgery on his wrist.
Obviously, the barn roof was put on the back burner!

Now that he's fully healed, he came back to complete the job :)