Narrow focus on some objects and specific views around the house…
coat hanger in the entrance… door handle…
kitchen exhaust fan… skylight above laundry area (I’m missing the great light this was giving)…
track lights along the beam in the living room.
Here’s the master bathroom remodeling evolution.
Before, in all its glory:
Teardown and remodel:
and after the remodel:
Handsgrohe Axor shower and Porcher sink:
The original kitchen, spray-painted white to hide its misery before the sale:
Tear down:
Final result:
Never got a chance to finish this blog and we’ve already moved out of the house… it was hard to leave all this work and ideas behind and we really got to love the place, but we needed something bigger and closer to work and school. Anyway, let me wrap up the story with a few before/during/after pictures. Thanks for reading!
Larry recently started a Squidoo lens on Eichler… what does that mean? Well, check it out for yourself!
| As the electricians and roofers were busy on the roof and inside the house, I was outside, tearing off the old wood siding with my father. The initial plan was to simply replace the sheets in poor shape, but… we ended removing everything (this is about to become a tradition in this house). It was in fairly poor shape overall, and this gave us an opportunity to re-insulate the entire house. It tooks about six full hours to remove the old siding (2 people). While removing old insulation is not a very fun thing (make sure to cover your whole body to avoid contact of insulation dust with your skin), it is not hard either. And putting in the new one is a breeze. New insulation makes a huge difference, in winter as well as in summer - modern insulation (RG-13) is much more efficient than what they were using in the seventies. I’d never thought that new insulation on the roof and in the walls could make such a dramatic difference… the house is now cool inside (it’s July, scorching hot and the house was a bit stuffy until these changes) - who needs air conditioning? Ah, the new siding is on order from Eichler Siding which is the only source of this groovy siding (we have the thinline type)… |  |
We completed the first major milestone today. The first phase of the electrical upgrade: addition of circuits and service panel upgrade is done! We doubled (or quadrupled? I don’t remember…) the electrical capacity. We added dedicated circuits to the bathrooms (left the existing one; added one for the new space heater and one for the outlets), 3 or 4 in the kitchen (see left picture) and spread a few others throughout the house. All rooms have ceiling lights (original Eichlers had very few of these). And all outlets throughout the house are now grounded!
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The roofers have already started installing the insulation - you can see it on the right picture. Some rigid insulation, on top of which they will lay the Duro-Last, a single-ply membrane, also called “pool liner” (because that was the first usage for that material).
