Back To Work On The Lower Level

We started back on the lower half again after finishing up on the roof.

The main job was to remove all of the ceiling.
Before the roof I had started removing the three layers and got about half of it done.

This week I brought up a friend who wanted to help. Justin Fessler! The demo man!!



The demo man Justin got it all done.
A big thanks goes out to him for the help.
See I really don't like getting up fifteen foot in the air, so this was a really big help.

We also removed the plumbing pipes and a couple more window weights.


Justin and I taking a break.
This was about mid morning.
We're a little dirty already.

















Justin posing for the camera.













Justin did find an old masonary tool.
It was a solid wood scraper used to lay brick.
It was found in the ceiling next to the wall.


Mom and Dad Fessler stopping by to take a look.
They didn't want to go in after seeing Justin's arms that are black by this time.

This is late afternoon.






The fruits of our labor. 3.6 tons of crap!

Don't you love the truck?

Thanks to Charlie Stow for letting us use it.













Getting gas in the beast.

Notice the invented tailgate.

Plywood and straps!!

Gotta do what works and is cheap.

The Lower Roof Replacement

With the top half done we started on the lower half of the building. I thought it would be easier, but I was wrong again!
This is a picture of it before the tear down.
The new white sheets were added when we first bought the building. We just wanted to stop the bleeding and get us through the rest of the winter. It was a smart move since we had several ice & snow storms this year.

Here Wade and I are cleaning off the roof.

The very bottom had just two layers of roofing so it went pretty well.
We decided to move down there and let Crazy Paul deal with the upper section since I fell through up to my groin area.
Left couple of nice bruises.

Picture looking back at the mess that almost killed me.

This is the lower section it was really good compared to the upper section.

It is also all T&G. It looked like it use to be a covered dock and then they at some time sealed it up.



This is after we removed the bad beams and decking.

The underneath side.

The stain glass & brick wall use to be the back wall and beyond that is where I believe they had the covered dock which is sealed up now.


This was a typical beam. There was some major rot on about 5 beams. So they were replaced or scabbed onto.

Since the beams are level underneath they had to be built up to allow for a pitch in the roof decking.

This is what we are doing in this picture.


My dad the funny man!!

Actually he really did fall through.


Here is his bad leg.

Still doesn't look as bad as mine knee!!
I am sure he will appreciate the attention now that I have posted this picture.
He should think before he sends me pictures.

The decking all nailed down and looking good.

The lower half completed.

This looking towards the back of the building.

The second half of the lower half completed.

Looking back towards the front of the building.

Jen and I choose to go with the rolled roofing.

It was the most cost effective at this time since it has a fifteen year warranty. We will see!

But at least it looks good for now.

Later

The Upper First Half Roof Replacement Part 2

Day 3
Still adding more new wood to the decking.
At least we are doing it the right way.



All the decking has been replaced and the next step is to start rolling felt.


Crazy Paul and Wade rolling the felt.

Notice the metal patches on the seams.



Different Angle



Here are the completed pictures of the upper half of the roof. This is looking towards the front of the building.


Looking from my dad's building to the east.



Looking towards the back of the building.

The Upper First Half Roof Replacement Part 1

Lets take a look at the roof prior to removal of the 8 layers of roofing.



Oh I forgot that there is also a layer of half rotted tin underneath the 8 layers or roofing materials.

This is the upper half of the part we are working on cleaned off. It only took about 3 hours to get half of it done.


This is where the kiddy pool use to be.
We had to cut it out and drop it onto the floor below. There was no other choice it was to dangerous to work around or on.

This is where they had tried to fix an old skylight and they didn't really do a very good job.

I am just about toast this is about 6p.m. and we where just getting the new nailers put on.


The guy working on the nailers is Paul Reed.
We will call him "Crazy Paul".

This guy will do anything and he does it right!
You will see what I mean later.



We had to add 7 or 8 2x8 to this section because the old 2x10's where badly rotted on the top sides. Thank god we had a nail gun!


This is a the brick wall where the 2x12's will fit into. The other side will be nailed on the opposite side of the nailers. The old 2x10's will be sandwiched between the two.



The hole looking down into the second floor dining room.



This is after inserting the new 2x12's.
Crazy Paul is making sure we are halfway level on that side.
Take notice of Crazy Paul and what he is standing on.

The guy in the foreground is my youngest brother Wade.


Us taking a break before we start nailing.

This really took some time to get this part done, but it is really starting to look good.


Me picking up the mess.

Crazy Paul picking a nail out of his boot. Sitting above an open 15 foot drop.

This was the end of the first day and everything was really not going as fast as I thought it would.

This is the start of the second day.
Crazy Paul had already started putting on the decking above. This the the view from the dining room below.



Another view of the 2x12's going into the wall grooves.

Crazy Paul admiring his work.

Good Job Crazy Paul. Really is starting to look like a roof.



We had to fix other areas where the boards where weak, so Crazy Paul cut them out and patched them in.


I had the job of going back over and checking for nails and applying metal patches over the holes and seams that were to wide to leave open.


Crazy Paul Checking my work.
As you can see we are not even half done with the upper roof.

There was a lot of rotten deck boards to replace and we also had to add more nailers in some places.

Still Tearing Down the Ceiling 5-5-07

Well today we went upstairs to check on the water catchers and look what we found.

I would say that we have a little leak in the roof.
Well we thought that we would just dip out the containers and dump the water into the shower drain.

Well!!! See the next picture.





This is the pipe that leads from the shower upstairs.

After we heard a loud bang and wssshhh we ran downstairs to find the pipe had broke from the weight of the water.
Two sections were missing and water was running all over the floor.
Great idea on dumping it down the shower.






Well after we dumped the rest of the water off the back roof we headed down to start on the ceiling again.

Everything was as we left it from the almost death by falling beam experience. Last weekend.








My dad did find us some replacement beams for the ones that were rotten.

They were old cut lumber. Full 2x14x24. I believe there were eight of them.

You can see them laying on the floor.


This was a really good find as we are trying to replace things with period fixes and replacements.










There I am working in the air again.












Most of the ceiling has been removed except for both outer sides. This is because I went down the middle and cleared everything to the sides. I have cleared all the junk from the sides now and will begin working on those after the roof is done.















I believe we loaded another 3 tons on the dump truck again. I will share pictures of that another day.

Later