Best Of

In the fall, Soley replaced the water boiler / domestic hot water combo unit. It had developed a leak in the condenser which was determined to be a fault in the unit's design, since corrected. The upside is: free brand new boiler with a new 7-year warranty. Not a bad trade-off for having a little water on the basement floor! We also used the necessary draining of the system to replace a few radiator bleeder & control valves around the house.

July 2016:

• Porch roof was finished in cedar shake.
• Final roof repairs, flashing, and cleanup.
• Thus ends the 2-month roof replacement project.

The rest of summer 2015 thru yesterday (Sunday):

• Aaron milled new columns for the attic's north windows.
• Rennaisance restored the north facade & rebuilt the north attic windows.
• Andrea restored the office & turret windows.
• Andrea restored the attic windows; only the south is reinstalled so far.
• Radiators moved back into place.
• Nicole painted the kitchen radiator.
• Removed the back stairs radiator for painting.
• Brian scraped clean the backstairs radiator & Nicole painted it.
• Demolished broom closet in back stairs.
• Aaron finished painting the trim on the carriage house peaks.
• Aaron painted the second floor carriage house windows.
• Painted carriage house door & window trim (first floor).
• Continued painting carriage house doors.
• Painted kitchen porch ceiling (coat 1).
• Removed old hooks & boards in coat closet.
• Patched screw holes in coat closet.
• Removed a giant load of junk from the basement & attic.
• Taped out cracks in the back stairwell first floor.
• Spackled the back stairwell.
• Mudded out the tape on the wall the radiator is on.

The rest of May thru today:

• Refinished the front stairs (start to finish).
• Second & third coats on the back stairs.
• Cleared the great room.
• Hauled the radiators to the sandblasting shop.
• Added a "frame" to the floor around the fireplace.
• Gutters installed on the carriage house (minus 3 downspouts).
• Andy & Danny installed the custom-milled trim where missing in kitchen & bathroom.
• Andy & Danny patched and mudded in the coat closet.

Last 2 weeks have been a bit slower with the house torn up for floor sanding. Fast & furious work will resume the 30th.

• First floor hall, turret, office, pub, and backstairs were all sanded.
• First coat poly on backstairs, turret & hall.
• Two coats poly on office & pub.
• Spring planting.
• Aaron installed the irrigation system for the porch hanging baskets.
• Cleaned out the alley.
• Andy patched the inside of the coat closet.
• Andy delivered our new kitchen thresholds which Randy installed.
• New screen doors arrived.
• Put a deposit on window restoration.
• Put a deposit on final facade restoration.

Nice work... I cannot wait to see the place at EPIC!