Week 7 Wednesday

May 28th 2014

Miss me!  Nothing too exciting going on last week.  I didn't want to bore you.  The carpenter was plugging away at rebuilding all of the old and new walls.  Not much to see.

This morning was a different matter.  I had the contractor, 3 electricians,  2 carpenters and the mechanical sub to talk about the heating and what to do about the fireplace.  We are laying out all of the lighting before they install the new beams.  Since they are going in new why not just get them in the right places to start with.

Need to figure out what to do with the roof.  This 75' x 35' roof was sloped to the center with only two drains.  They often become clogged because of the weed trees in my neighbors yards.  They are supposed to be remodeling I sure hope tree trimming is in their plans.  Anyway these drains are always overflowing and causing water damage.  We are trying to figure out how to add some drainage to other areas of the roof so we won't have these problems in the future.  Just another extra to think about.  Never know what you get with a remodel.

Tomorrow is the plumber we have lots of old pipes that are in the way of  my wall hung toilets and recessed mirrors.  Just have to wait until tomorrow to find out if I have to make some changes or if pipes can be moved.

Contractor, Mechanical sub and carpenter looking at the mystery pipes to nowhere and trying to figure out what we need to do to get a new fireplace in here.

These are all going tomorrow and new beams up in their place

Laying out string lines for the down lights

Carpenter, Wong, trying to figure out my plans.

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 6 Friday

May 16 2014

Not a very exciting week.  At least the demo crew removed the huge piles of debris and the carpenter is building the walls.  Still more coming out though as the existing walls are not adequate to meet code.  Master Bath walls are in place.  Next week will be the re-framing of the roof joists for the new open concept kitchen.

Master Bath Dressing Area

Trough sink with drawers below

Meeting with concrete sub on Monday to see if we can level the floors.

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 6 Tuesday

May 13 2014

The demo crew returned today to remove the huge piles of wood and other debris.  It just seems to grow.  They are still removing walls so that they can be rebuilt and the brick needs to come out in the living room so I can figure out how to rebuild the fireplace wall.  There are pipes in the wall where I was planning on installing the wall hung toilets.

Another detail to work out but need to talk to the plumber first.  Nice to be on the top of a building but you have to work around everything that is below you.

The debris tube from out unit to the truck

The view from out street to the truck

One board at a time

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 6 Monday

May 12, 2014

Finally a red letter day, construction has started!  Oh but, there is still destruction going on at the same time.  We have to remove the walls we are saving and rebuild them because they weren't framed properly in the first place and would not meet code, so hmmm, when they say "they don't build them like they used to" it's probably a good thing.

• Met with the contractor this morning to discuss a few issues that have popped up. Fireplace.  Doesn't look like I am going to be able to have the linear fireplace I wanted because of the existing flues. Back to the drawing boards.  But won't really know what I can do until they take out all of the old brick.
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• Floors.  Leveling the flooring is still an issue. Need to get a concrete sub out to find out how much it costs to pour a light weight concrete product through out the unit to level the floors.  I am using wide plank flooring and base detail that will look terrible if everything is not perfect.

New doorway to living room

New enlarged entry to Dining/Kitchen

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 5 Friday

May 10, 2014

New lumber has finally arrived on the job.  Electricians came and tore out all of the old wiring. On Monday the water will be off and the plumbers on the job to start relocating pipes for the new layout.

I'm meeting the contractor on Monday morning to go over details for the framing, heating, and Lutron Radiora2  http://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/WholeHomeSystems/RadioRA2/Overview.aspx

smart house system.

Wish you were here, another gorgeous day in SF

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 5 Thursday

May 8 2014

The scaffolding arrived today and was assembled along the north side of the building.  The beams are supposed to arrive on Friday or Monday.  Of course a new problem has reared it's ugly head.  Our sub floors are like the rolling seas.  It's going to be a lot of work to level them.  

The stairs

I wouldn't want to be up here

Hmmm that level is the way the flooring should be

Out 1 1/2 " in 3 feet

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 5 Wednesday

May 7 2014  

Sorry for the down time.  With all of my new accounts had trouble trying to figure out how to get pictures on my blog.  Finally figured it out this morning.

Don't worry you didn't miss much, just more demo.  Today should be interesting though.  We have the problem of getting 22'  beams into the fourth floor of a building which is on a steep slope, a cable car line and tons of unsuspecting tourists wandering down our side of the street.  We decided a cherry picker was not going to work.  The contractor finally found scaffolding with a staircase.  Can't wait to see how this works.  Wondering how they are going to support the end of the beam when it swings into the house.  I'll keep you posted and hopefully will get a few snaps of the event.

The job as seen from the eyes of an artist.  Photos by David Price

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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 Week 4 Wednesday

May 1 2014

So, not quite reconstructing yet.  Guess I forgot about the existing walls that need to be taken out first.  When I arrived on the job there were new piles in a number of the rooms.  But, this is now being done by the contractor's crew.  Still have to move all of the old electrical, heating and a staircase to the roof.  Not to mention a lot of piping to nowhere.

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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