Bob & Genny's Cabin | Clipper Mills

before

Yeah, that's going to be hard!

Ha! It's gone!

A squirrel taunts Sandie

A squirrel taunts Sandie

Looking much better without the paneling

This will help make the stairway less dark

Larry cleans up paneling shards

OSA requires that we give our workers a break

(living)

break time

Out goes the old stinky carpet

and even stinkier padding

clean up

Looks better with all the old removed

wall scraping

wall scraping

Sandie found a perch to watch the action

break time

Genny riping down sheetrock

Genny riping down sheetrock

Sheetrock down

Genny working on the stairway

patching new subfloor

patching new subfloor

Living room floor work

New subflooring is in

Start of new wall

Installing new wall

Installing new wall

New wall sheetrocked

Framing new wall

Getting ready for fireplace

Fireplace wall

Stair rail framing

Fireplace wall

Framing new living area wall

Framing new living area wall

New flooring, all 1600lbs

Loading laminate again

ready for the trip to the cabin

Piles of laminate waiting to be installed

Piles of laminate waiting to be installed

Piles of laminate waiting to be installed

Sandie likes to be warm

Old railing ripped out

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

Framing for fireplace

More fireplace framing

More fireplace framing

More fireplace framing

More fireplace framing

new wiring behind fireplace

Genny cleans out the cubby under the stairs

Bob starts to relocate the outside outlet

Cubby under the stairs is all cleaned up

Cubby under the stairs is all cleaned up

sheetrock removed

New switch box for porch light

You never know what you'll find in the walls

Yeah, this meets code -- Not!

Wiring fixed

Removing old sheetrock

More sheetrock removal

Yeah, that's how we open up a wall!

I'm having so much fun!

Shiny silver walls.

stove pipe / fireplace adaptor

New fireplace

New fireplace

New fireplace

New propane tank to power fireplace

Auxillary heat run: fireplace to back bedroom

Genny and Sandie on the step.

Expanded sofit to hide the vent pipe.

Start of stair rail

Start of stair rail

Bob works on sheetrocking the fireplace

Bob works on sheetrocking the fireplace

Bob works on sheetrocking the fireplace

Sheetrock work under the stairs

Sheetrock work under the stairs

Sheetrock work under the stairs

Sheetrock work under the stairs

Sheetrock work under the stairs

Sheetrock work under the stairs

Replaced j-box with single outlet

Moved outlet box into storage area

blurry picture of AC (rm)

Wall AC unit (from the 70's?) -- Watch your head!

Wall AC unit (from the 70's?)

Wall AC unit (from the 70's?)

AC unit front view

Steve asks, how do we get this out?

Remove the outside trim

Bang on it and then pull forward.

Don't drop on tile floor!

Wait, this thing is heavy

Good old school engineering

Yes! it's out. Now what?

If we remove the shell, we can push it out onto the deck

Removing the outer shell

removing the chains

Righty tighty, lefty loosey

Is it loose yet?

All gone (pushed back out through opening, lowered into wheelbarrow)

breaking off nails

Ready for new wall studs

How are we going to patch this hole?

This should work

The opening looks pretty rough

Let's clean it up

Power tools

New studs going in

studs and moisture barrier

Patch going in.

While we're here, let's wire this light fixture.

Ben starts to remove the soffits

Larry pulling nails

Bob removing soffits (really)

Ben still removing soffits

Soffitless

soffitless

Ben wonders why they used so many nails

Insulation

Insulation installed

Larry wonders how he got suckered into doing insulation

Ben and Larry custom fit the insulation

Ben and Larry custom fit the insulation

This stuff takes serious math skills (is that 14 or 12 inches?)

Making good progress with the insulation

Larry and Ben are smiling because they've finished.

Starting sheetrock work

More sheetrock going up

Uncover the window

Uncover the window

Duke watches the sheetrock go up

Uncover the window

More sheetrock going up

Ben cuts out sheetrock from around the window

Bob removes the broken ceiling fan

Ben attaches sheetrock while Bob wires outlet

81.5 inches

81.5" not 91.5"

Measure once, cut twice

Pulling out the old recessed light

First round of taping and mudding complete

First round of taping and mudding complete

First round of taping and mudding complete

Sandie likes the new sheetrock

What happens if I grab these wires?

New LED recessed light.

Cutting sheetrock for fireplace

Checking the fit

What's behind the fireplace sheetrock (mantel mounting location)

One side done

Measure once, cut twice

Or measure twice and then try to remember both measurements

Starting to look like a finished fireplace

Barbara paints baseboard / casings

Genny sanding sheetrock, it's a big job!

Sheetrock work

Sheetrock work

Location of built-in bookcase

Sheetrock work

Bob applies more joint compond

Haning plastic to protect ceiling from overspray

Ceiling and windows covered

Texture spray goes everywhere so be prepared!

Textured

Textured

Textured

Textured

Primed and ready for paint

Primed and ready for paint

Primed and ready for paint

Primed and ready for paint

Primed and ready for paint

Adding some color to the walls

Adding some color to the walls

Painting in progress

Adding some color to the walls

Adding some color to the walls

Cleaning up

Fireplace waiting for mantel and stone

Painted!

Framing for built-in bookcase

Bookcase backing

Installing the bookcase back

Test fitting the mantel

The fit is pretty snug

Mantel

The mantel looks pretty good

Barbara trims excess sheetrock from the windows

Inside window trim fits good

Genny painting the bookcase back

Genny painting the bookcase back

Bookcase back primered

Mantel mounted

Mostly level

Measure once, cut twice or thrice

Bookcase

Bookcase installed

Inside window casing

Inside window casing

Genny sands down the bookcase to prepare it for primer

Dogs by the fireplace

Laying out the fireplace surround tile

Now just lift it into place and we're done (we wish!)

Bob starts installing the tiles

Right side done

Bob works on the top tiles

Should have put something in there to hold them up!

Front of fireplace almost done

Front of fireplace done

Fireplace tile finished

Painted front door

Fireplace tile

Fireplace tile and dogs

Bob trims the stair rail base to size

Bob trims the stair rail base to size

This board needed a slight taper to fit, but no taper jig for the table saw. This didn't work.

Stair rail base ready for primer.

Window trim

Stair rail trim is almost done

Stair rail trim is almost done

Stair rail trim is almost done

The big window trimed.

Sandie tries out her new bed

Starting to remove old ceiling fan

Down comes the fan body

Wiring moved from one beam to the other

Neatly stapled and routed

Drilling a hole for the new fan mount

Mouting a box for the new fan

New box mounted and wired

Large moth haning on the screen

New fan mount and patched beams

Masking the ceiling

Beams are primered. Looking better when all one color

Beams are primered. Looking better when all one color

Fan wiring is done. We have light again!

Painting the beams

Painting the beams

Barbara took charge of the kitchen and kept us well fed.

Painting and de-masking complete. Also, fan blades installed

Painting and de-masking complete. Also, fan blades installed

The new fan works

Starting to install the floor

Getting the first couple of rows was a challenge

Everyone was involved in those first two rows

Almost finished for the day.

A couple more planks and it's time to party

A couple of good wacks will seat it

Making good progress on day 2

Fitting good

Larry admires the new floor

Getting close to the fireplace

This board needs to be hammered in since it must be under the fireplace brick

It's moving

Closer

Each swing of the hamming moves it 1/4" or so

Closer

Closer

Closer

12 inches

4 inches

1 inch

One more wack

That's it!

Starting the cubby

Cubby finished, one piece left

Cleaned up and finished

Cleaned up and finished

Caulking around the new door trim

More caulking

Genny doing touch up

Lving area blinds (closed)

Bookcase face frame assembled

Painting the installed face frame

More painting the face frame

New TV installed

Bookcase face frame all painted.

New sofa! First real furniture

Assembling chairs

More chair assembly

Barbara painting baseboards

Barbara and Ben discuse baseboard painting

New dinning room light

Genny and Barbara decroate the Xmas tree

Our first cabin Xmas tree

Baseboard installed in living area

Duke poses with the new baseboard

T-molding between living area and kitchen installed

Stairway

Fireplace

Living room