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Victorian Home Renovation

The trials and tribulations of renovating a home from the late 1880s

Feb 20 2013

The Grand Victorian Tour – Before Demolition

May 1 2013

Removing the Back Screened in Porch

May 30 2013

New Siding is HERE! Victorian Exterior in Effect!

Jul 1 2013

Rebuilding the Kitchen

May 31 2013

Kitchen Demolition – Victorian Chimney Removal Part 2

Jun 1 2013

Side Porch Redo – Victorian Post Included

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Tile Floors for Kitchen, Half Bath, Bathroom, Laundry Room

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Sheetrock is Up!

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New Attic Steps for Victorian Walkup Attic

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Foyer Insulation

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Tile Floors for Kitchen, Half Bath, Bathroom, Laundry Room

Posted On : November 29, 2017 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

Sheetrock is Up!

Posted On : February 4, 2016 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

New Attic Steps for Victorian Walkup Attic

Posted On : November 3, 2015 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

Foyer Insulation

Posted On : December 30, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Finished Work

Replacing the Main Conduit

The guys I hired to do the gutters mistakenly put the gutter behind the conduit line, removing its attachment to the house. I don’t know what they were thinking and Continue Reading

Posted On : June 18, 2015 Published By : Mike
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  • Finished Work

HVAC System and Gas Piping – Victorian Retrofit

Prior to our purchase and the last hundred twenty some-odd years this Victorian has been heated by radiators. They were inefficient and in conjunction with the ancient windows the house Continue Reading

Posted On : February 28, 2015 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

Foyer Insulation

As mentioned in previous posts we decided to go with spray foam insulation in the house since there were so many small holes and pockets where traditional insulation either wouldn’t Continue Reading

Posted On : December 30, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Finished Work

Resurfacing the Fireplace

So the fireplace in the dining room, as it stood, was just ugly. It was bricks painted red and then an empty wall above it. Boring and kind of tacky. Continue Reading

Posted On : December 18, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

Half Bathroom Framing

If there was one complaint that my wife reminded me of frequently it was that we only had one bathroom. With the changing of the basement walkout here we now Continue Reading

Posted On : December 1, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

New Basement Walkout

I can’t even find a picture of the before basement walkout so you’ll just have to accept my description of it. The steps were on the inside of the basement Continue Reading

Posted On : November 29, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Finished Work

Finishing the Back with Victorian Style Railing

Since I was tired of worrying about people tripping out the back door and going right over the edge of the porch I figured it was time to finally finish Continue Reading

Posted On : October 1, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

How to Mount to Brick and Fuse Box Replacement

I was asked recently how to mount things to brick without messing up the brick in the process. We also needed to buy a larger fuse box to accommodate the Continue Reading

Posted On : September 12, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

Framing Out Some Stuff

Since most of the framing work is done we’ve been looking for spots that need some TLC. Well, every time we do that it ends up needing to be totally Continue Reading

Posted On : August 30, 2014 Published By : Mike
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  • Rebuilding

Attic Insulation in the Victorian Attic

After doing a lot of research we’ve decided to do spray foam insulation. There are so many little holes, cracks, gaps and general odd spots in the house that we Continue Reading

Posted On : August 28, 2014 Published By : Mike

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