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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
If you can wait until next week I'll be doing exactly this to the front of my house and would be happy to post up some destruction's with pictures of each stage.
No builder I know uses the mortar guns as sand/cement is so cheap it's quicker/cheaper to trowel it on and brush off the excess.
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Captain, Sir, The work that you have done is absolutely amazing.
I think many others here have deservedly given a virtual "pat on the back".
Stunning. Perfect. Comfortable. Words do not even begin to describe. You have built a beautiful home.
(and thank you for sharing)
My project is a little different from newer construction.
It's an old family property with many 'quirks', shall we say, and many memories both good and bad.
I didn't just want to cover it all up to sell at peak value as was recommended and already acknowledged.
Call my stupidity sentimental or a labor of love. Whatever.
Most of the foundation walls are in good shape despite it's age.
At some point before, there was a lot of work done already.
The first thing as manager I was able to do was protect it from uphill surface water drainage.
A few years ago I started working on a few spots which needed touch-up and took my time.
But being thorough I didn't get far. Much more need to be done.
(WARNING: WHILE YOU ARE IN THERE SYNDROME AHEAD)
This is the room which turns Dante into a Japanese amine princess.
I initially only wanted to underpin the foundation sitting in dry dirt, tuck-point the stone, and drywall it in.
Drywall=15 min fire barrier and makes it a legal storage room according to city code.
Tenants need space..
Outside looks perfect but I also wanted to make it better.
I can't legally convert it into livable area and rent it for profit because this city only allowed certain zoning zip codes (cough political bs) to be converted into "accessory dwellings units or ADU". Those are known as the "In-Laws" rentals. But I still paid twice the taxes as the place next door which had almost twice the units. Our local city rules seem to be uh flexible depending to ownership. But enough said of that muck..
The basement floor needed to come down and underpinned same as the other side to give proper head space.
Due to extensive local building, finding contractors has been a chore.
Everything on my schedule was lined up to be restructured from the ground up and ready to go. It should be halfway done right now if things were perfect. If the world schedule hadn't turned to muck my great tenants would now be enjoying a more comfortable space. That didn't happen.
So now I'm looking to get a head start on the project.
The basics. One small piece at a time.
Mortaring walls sucks. Not sure why it shares the same name as a military weapon.
I'm just looking to do some construction rehab.