"Umm fish?"
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He has a pretty dry sense of humor. After we made sure the guy was all right, he looked at the builder and said, "Maybe we should test these and see if any need replacement." 
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"Umm fish?"
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The crew just finished for the week, so here are updated photos:
http://65.102.221.68/demo4/
The highlights: Since the power was switched over yesterday, they pulled the breaker box out of what was left of the mudroom and removed the rest of the structure. There's also almost enough plywood down on the floors now so that you don't have a heart attack walking across. Almost.
http://65.102.221.68/demo4/
The highlights: Since the power was switched over yesterday, they pulled the breaker box out of what was left of the mudroom and removed the rest of the structure. There's also almost enough plywood down on the floors now so that you don't have a heart attack walking across. Almost.
Kentanner11
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nice.
paulthomas
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And this is the beast that started it all:
Wow, that is an oldie. How old is it? But as far as beastly boilers go, I think I got ya beat
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Great layout for your tank. I can't wait to see it up and running.
Paul
"Umm fish?"
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kentanner11-- Thanks!
TOO FLY-- Thanks and wow! That's a beauty! It looks like you have a large enough room to hold yours, though. Think of all the room you'd have without it....
Forget I said that. This process is way too frustrating for me to start peer-pressuring other people into it.
I actually really liked the character of the old furnace (which was at least [the courthouse had a fire in 1910 and our house's records were destroyed] 100 years old). But, I didn't like the fuel bills at all. I'm really looking forward to getting some serious efficiency in our climate control.
TOO FLY-- Thanks and wow! That's a beauty! It looks like you have a large enough room to hold yours, though. Think of all the room you'd have without it....
Forget I said that. This process is way too frustrating for me to start peer-pressuring other people into it.
I actually really liked the character of the old furnace (which was at least [the courthouse had a fire in 1910 and our house's records were destroyed] 100 years old). But, I didn't like the fuel bills at all. I'm really looking forward to getting some serious efficiency in our climate control.
"Umm fish?"
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I never posted this one over here:
As you can see, in earlier remodels they just cut the pipes to the rooms affected by the work and just wrapped the end of the pipe with aluminum foil. So, we had rooms in the house with no heat at all. Sigh.
As you can see, in earlier remodels they just cut the pipes to the rooms affected by the work and just wrapped the end of the pipe with aluminum foil. So, we had rooms in the house with no heat at all. Sigh.
Kentanner11
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wow I am sure that screams energy efficiency. lol Do you have any links to info on the geo-thermal set-up you are going to do? I read a little bit about it but still unsure.
"Umm fish?"
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I'm actually not completely sure what unit they are planning to use. Honestly, they all just look like boxes from the outside anyway. But, these are the guys that're going to do the work:
http://www.bluesky-energy.com/
http://www.bluesky-energy.com/
paulthomas
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11746423#post11746423 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by "Umm, fish?"
kentanner11-- Thanks!
TOO FLY-- Thanks and wow! That's a beauty! It looks like you have a large enough room to hold yours, though. Think of all the room you'd have without it....
Forget I said that. This process is way too frustrating for me to start peer-pressuring other people into it.
I actually really liked the character of the old furnace (which was at least [the courthouse had a fire in 1910 and our house's records were destroyed] 100 years old). But, I didn't like the fuel bills at all. I'm really looking forward to getting some serious efficiency in our climate control.
I'd love to get rid of this boiler in the near future. But it's gonna cost an arm and a leg. I'm told at least 30K with removal of it and all the asbestos throughout my basement and installation of either two large residential or one small commercial gas boiler. My basement is about 1850 sq. ft. BTW.
The boiler is surprisingly efficient for its age. It's close to 82 years old (1926) and was converted from coal to oil. It's at about 84% efficiency, which is pretty good despite all that's considered. I was told they installed the boiler first and then built the house around it.
"Umm fish?"
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We were getting quotes like that when we started looking just to replace the furnace. That's pretty much what motivated the whole, "While we're doing it, we might as well do it right" attitude that we're going with. I'm surprised you're getting that kind of efficiency out of that beast, though. Congratulations! My boiler certainly had to come out of my house in pieces, so I assume that they used the same technique for our installation.
Did any of that make sense? I'm so tired that I can hardly read any more.... Back to work....
Did any of that make sense? I'm so tired that I can hardly read any more.... Back to work....
paulthomas
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LOL. Yeah, I understood you. I know what your feeling. I've been dragging my a$$ for the past few weeks. I finally got about seven hours of sleep last night. I was averaging about four hours prior to. It must've been that defeat last night. What an emotionally draining night for Patriots' Nation. 
"Umm fish?"
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More demolition happening this week. About half of the flooring is gone from the upstairs. The big digging machinery is supposed to start work tomorrow!
So, when they jacked up the floors to get them level, apparently all of the support posts for the main house beam in the basement pulled right out of the ground. I guess when the house was built they just sank the posts right into the dirt under the house and they had rotted completely away.
New photos from this afternoon: http://65.102.221.68/demo5/
So, when they jacked up the floors to get them level, apparently all of the support posts for the main house beam in the basement pulled right out of the ground. I guess when the house was built they just sank the posts right into the dirt under the house and they had rotted completely away.
New photos from this afternoon: http://65.102.221.68/demo5/
paulthomas
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Nice attic space. I'd love to use mine. But it's only got two of those Amittyville type windows and not a ton of head room. We thought about adding dormers, but that'd be very costly due to the copper/slate roof.
"Umm fish?"
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I wish that was attic space. That's the master bedroom!
Kentanner11
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Wow I love the wall painting!
"Umm fish?"
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Thanks! My wife and I did that along with another friend in the months before our daughter was born. We used scenic paints--paints super-saturated with pigment that set designers use when creating sets for the theater. They never get water resistant (which isn't too much of a problem for a short-run theater piece), so you have to add a coat of urethane over the top.
paulthomas
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11782740#post11782740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by "Umm, fish?"
I wish that was attic space. That's the master bedroom!
Well it looks good still.
"Umm fish?"
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Some new photos! The destruction continues. Here's the excavation for the porch and new addition:
We're supposed to get a snowstorm tomorrow, but the excavation shouldn't take much more than to the end of the week. The builder is hopeful that we might get some new foundation poured by the end of the month.
Inside the house, the carpenters have almost finished laying new subflooring throughout the old part of the house. (The house needed it for lateral support. We've had a lot of high winds lately.) Also, they've added a new support beam of double 2 x 12s for the sagging master bedroom.
I wasn't able to get new photos of the interior because the crew worked late today.
Thanks for listening!
We're supposed to get a snowstorm tomorrow, but the excavation shouldn't take much more than to the end of the week. The builder is hopeful that we might get some new foundation poured by the end of the month.
Inside the house, the carpenters have almost finished laying new subflooring throughout the old part of the house. (The house needed it for lateral support. We've had a lot of high winds lately.) Also, they've added a new support beam of double 2 x 12s for the sagging master bedroom.
I wasn't able to get new photos of the interior because the crew worked late today.
Thanks for listening!
Kentanner11
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wow! What year was the house originally built?
paulthomas
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Listening? You mean to the elevator type music here at work?
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