All that’s left to do for finishing the stairwell is to cut a big hole in the floor, roughly sized to fit a staircase… Oh, and install the stairs, then more drywall. No big deal, right? You got it! Well I suppose I got this… Even though I’d been working for weeks up to this […]
Building Upstairs Stairwell, Our Fix It Up House
With the basement portion of the stairwell and support built, it’s time to focus on building the upstairs section of our stairwell. The procedure for framing this portion is very similar to what took place in the previous post: Building Stairs, Framing, Our Fix It Up House but there’s a little added fun of installing a door, hanging drywall, […]
Building Stairs, Framing, Our Fix It Up House
To Build or Not To Build… There are a few things to figure out before I can begin the process of building stairs. The first thing was if I felt up to the task of not just building stairs, but cutting a few trusses in our basement and constructing the load bearing walls needed to properly support the surrounding […]
Tiling Master Bathroom Floor, Our Fix It Up House
Whats more exciting than presents on your birthday? I’d say removing the last area of carpet in your house and then tiling the floor! We’re doing the master bathroom renovation in phases so that we can spread out the cost of projects as we go. Since our house is a bit of a fixer, we know that our […]
Removing Stairs, Our Fix It Up House
The carpet has been vanquished and the stairs leading down to the basement are next. What do you need to pump you up and get you through a project like removing stairs? A vision! And boy do we have one. We just felt like the stairs were in one of the worst possible spots in […]
Removing Carpet, Our Fix It Up House
Owning our new home has come with MANY projects, some planned and others not so much. I cannot express how much I love our new place. It’s in the country, I hear more wild turkeys and deer grunting at any given time than cars, and it’s in the mountains. Granted it was 95 degrees today, on […]
