430gal., L-shaped display

["Umm fish?"]

Boulder had a courthouse fire in 1910 that destroyed the records to the house. So, we know that it was at least pre-1910. The house next door was built ~1885 and the brick is quite a bit different, so my guess is that it's after that.

The scary part is that all of the rebellion songs of my youth are turning up as elevator music or ... worse ... Taco Bell ads. Sigh. I never knew middle age could be so horrible.

 

[paulthomas]

That's too bad about the records. Speaking of which, I've been meaning to get down to city hall myself.

 

[TandN]

cant wait to see this one good luck

 

[liamblair1987]

looks awesome! tagging along

 

["Umm fish?"]

Welcome aboard! And thanks for reminding me that I have more photos. We have framing!

http://65.102.221.68/house_build1/

No digging today. Here's why:

 

[kingsland]

Great pictures. The snowflakes are quite beautiful. How did you manage to take them?

 

[Kentanner11]

very cool snowflakes!

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

TOOFLY...those pics brought back some seriously bad childhood memories of mine.....those being of Nightmare on Elm Street...that thing look exactly like theone in those movies....every have any strange scratching noises down there??

the house demo and reconstruction is coming along nicely...i cant wait to hopefully start my reno inthe fall of thise year...i am still waiting on prelim drawing though...i will be certainly following your tank build too..

 

[dogstar74]

That's not a furnace, Call NASA, they must have lost an Apollo Capsule!

And that other boiler, looks more like a locomotive parked in the basement!

Awesome neat old stuff.

 

[paulthomas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11851954#post11851954 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoReefWanabe
TOOFLY...those pics brought back some seriously bad childhood memories of mine.....those being of Nightmare on Elm Street...that thing look exactly like theone in those movies....every have any strange scratching noises down there??

I don't go down there at night if I don't have too. Seriously. My plan is to keep the sump and everything down there too.

Hey "Umm, fish?",

Not to take any of your mojo away, but I wanted to tell you I sent in my payment for a 225 earlier tonight. I'm psyched.

Thanks,
Paul

 

[paulthomas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11852375#post11852375 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dogstar74
That's not a furnace, Call NASA, they must have lost an Apollo Capsule!

And that other boiler, looks more like a locomotive parked in the basement!

Awesome neat old stuff.

I used to tease people about it doubling as a crematory. There's an old-a$$ work bench nearby with a vice on it too. The mob could work wonders down there. Kidding...

 

[TandN]

lol between the boiler and those rooms it could be freddys old house lol

 

["Umm fish?"]

Hi all! Thanks for the compliments and kind words.

The snowflakes are quite beautiful. How did you manage to take them?

I let them fall on pre-chilled (I left them outside for a little while) glass microscope slides and then slid those up under my camera mounted on a good tripod. Very easy ... snowflakes don't run away.

NanoReefWanabe--Good luck on your renovation!

Paul--Hey, congratulations on the new tank! Post a link to your build thread--I want to follow along.

I don't go down there at night if I don't have too.

My plan is to keep the sump and everything down there too.

I just wanted to make sure that you realize that those are two contradictory statements, right?

We finished picking out all of the plumbing fixtures, most of the rest of the tile, and the windows and french doors this week. And, yes, I have been working 'til midnight every night to make up for the lost time during the day. But, I seem to be heading into the usual late-winter lull in work, so I should have a few days to catch up. The lull's late this year--it usually happens in mid-January, not mid-February. I'm not complaining--it sure beats working 'til midnight--but how long 'til I start to worry...? Ah, the life of a freelancer....

 

[paulthomas]

Will do Andy.

 

["Umm fish?"]

A jackhammer's been running all day at the house. I'm dying to see what they're up to, but I'd just bet that they're pulling the old concrete floor out of the basement. I think I'll give it a day or so before I go to check to let all of the dust settle.

I bet the neighbors just looooovvvve me.

 

[Kentanner11]

Nice.

 

[Brandan]

Wow, I will be following along for sure.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Hi, y'all!

More photos:

http://65.102.221.68/HB02/

They're almost done digging out the new basement. In the meantime, the carpentry crew has framed a good portion of the upstairs. They also built a temporary wall on the first floor to support the second floor and then knocked out all of the brick for a new door on the side of the house. The crew also scored up the concrete floor in the basement for removal tomorrow. (The jackhammer going all day last Friday was solely for the removal of a 2' x ~12' section of crawl space so they can put a new cement foundation wall there. Oi.)

 

[ReefingBuddha]

big changes man... congrats on your progress thus far. Must be weird to see them tearing your house apart but I'm sure its going to be sick when its all done.

 

[paulthomas]

Wow Andy, you guys are really going to town!