Tuesday, April 2, 2013

7560 ED - Balcony


BEFORE WE BEGIN









STARTING THE WORK


Opening the balcony deck





Taking down the upper ceiling





Starting construction of the shoring





The building has dropped by almost 4 inches 




Starting the demolition




Rotted-out headers





and rotted posts




Wet area on the balcony floor







First post removed




It was rotted




Main header removed




Demolishing the deck





The whole balcony floor has been removed



 


Starting the rebuild





Concrete lintels in place






Floor joists have been installed




First second story post in place



All four posts have been installed



Rebar in place ready for concrete



Straps hold floor joists to concrete lintel



Concrete being poured




 All masonry work has been flooded with concrete



Removing the shoring




The whole structure in level and free-standing



Facing the balcony headers with concrete board







Balcony floor has been installed



Flashing nailed and tarred 



Installing Neoprene membrane



Hardie-Backer installed and columns built out



Columns clad in cement board




Installing the ceiling boards





Lath installed ready for stucco



Stucco scratch-coat



Sand-Finish texture on columns



Applying stucco primer




Final coat of paint



Ceiling fans installed and working




Tiling balcony floor





Tile floor grouted




Hand rails re-installed





FINAL VIEWS








Wednesday, February 13, 2013

346 TM - Repairs



Starting to remove the stucco





Stucco in poor condition -
coming off in large chunks






Chasing out the cracks in the block



Filling in the cracks




Starting to apply stucco base coat




Bonding remainder of the wall




Whole wall has been coated




Starting to texture the wall




Waiting for the wall to dry out




Furniture and carpets removed





Lower section of drywall removed in bedroom




New insulation installed




Drywall going back in




Drywall taped and floated




New drywall textured and primer-ed




Baseboards have been installed


Starting the painting





Carpets have been installed...



 

 


... and the furniture replaced





Painting the stucco primer




Painting the final coat



FINAL VIEWS



Saturday, February 9, 2013

781 GB - Bath


The old bath tub ...



... removed



New deck in place



New tub installed ...



... and leveled



Starting to tile





Installing the grout
  


Tile sealed



Testing the installation



THE FINAL VIEWS