Before Move

Before we moved to the new house–from purchase in January 2012 to completed move in May, 2014

: Front window thermal image

: Sun streaming into living room

: Hiking the Maztazal Wilderness

: Satellite View

: Condo baseboards

: Clean Cabinets

: Survey of lot lines

: Front Windows plus one East facing window

: Two North facing windows

: One West facing window

: East West Axis

: South facing roof

: Range hood removed

: Another view of the kitchen leftovers after the donation.

: Peeking behind the drywall on the south window wall.

: Experimental hole in concrete

: Revealing kitchen plumbing

: Bathroom cabinet removal

: Getting started

: Bathroom break

: Closet caving

: Six inch wall between bedroom and living area

: Offing drywall

: Walls come tumbling down

: Joshua would be proud

: Removing heavy (!) shower base

: Demo progress in late June

: Trying out new wall layout

: Can we do it?

: Jackhammer blues

: Small progress in master bath

: More heavy lifting–moving cast iron stove

: Demo of stove platform

: Drywall tearout

: Serious deconstruction

: Bagster trash

: Joined beams–interesting details uncovered.

: Opened spaces

: Post and Beam–twisted, maybe recycled beam was furred out for drywall beam.

: Block wall is thick but does not seem to hold up the rafters

: More debris hauling

: The pile of studs grows higher.

: Studs for recycling and drywall debris for the bagster.

: Piles of drywall debris

: The Rubbish Works truck’s boom arm moving bagster bag

: The bagster truck reaching for the first bag.

: Everyone loves a big truck!

: Dead tree removal

: Dragging branches to pile

: Tree too close to house

: Firewood for the future

: Cleared out and cleaned

: Extra time left to remove lights

: It was just a few days of help but it made a huge difference.

: Dibble Res_FP SD2_12-0507 Floor plan design in May–not enough room for a full bath off the airlock entry.

: Dibble Res_FP SD2_12-0507–revised. My suggested changes to the May plan.

: Starting with the concrete in the master bath.

: Guys at work with the jack-hammer.

: First day is done

: More concrete removal, the front had no mesh but the rear of the house did!

: Concrete removed from the front area of the house

: Utility Room and Kitchen area

: Concrete rubble will be used for future rubble wall construction

: More concrete removed

: Embedded wood stringers have rotted at the bottom from the moisture.

: Sensors in the Slab

: Outside work, the broken front patio, a leaning wall, and the stoop were also removed.

: Waffle Mat in sets

: Waffle Mat being setup.

: Waffle Mat with rebar detail

: Waffle Mat with plumbing rough in.

: Old bath, laundry, and floor drain pipes

: Pipe Length meets Width–all three inches

: Old kitchen sink drain

: Hole in pipe

: Cracked and rotted pipe

: Pipe cracked at exit through foundation

: Rotted pipe easily broke off

: Master Bath Pipes–upper end pipes were still solid.

: Junction of pipe from crawlspace and master bath

: Master bath shower pipe

: Crawlspace pipe

: Digging down 24″ at the foundation

: Dirt removed from the living area–waffle box is marking the depth needed.

: Family room bath and back corner

: Utility room sump pit dug out.

: More digging in center of house

: Last area left in front of the door.

: Void Space under wall

: Close up of Void

: Rotted void cardboard

: Honeycomb roof of the void

: Tar paper and foam on the outside

: Concrete wall from underside

: Another close up

: Void emptied of heaved dirt

: Wall above excavated void

: Corner of void and caisson

: Insulation in front of void

: Insulation to 24″ at ground level foundation

: Insulation behind new sewer pipes-more on the sewer to come!

: Plumbing Diagram Basement Revised for master bath

: Plumbing attached to existing

: Drain layout based on the finalized floor plan, shows drain pipe sizes.

: Just drains.

: Master bath drains and vents.

: Family bath and laundry drains and vents.

: Kitchen and bar sink connections.

: Master bath tub wall plumbing shown on architect elevation.

: Family room bath with plumbing layout for drains and vents.

: Kitchen and utility sink plumbing shown on architect elevation.

: Another view of the kitchen with plumbing drains and vents.

: Laundry drain from utility room.

: Master bath toilet, sink, shower wall plumbing shown on architect elevation.

: Slab Pex Sample

: Solar Heat Source

: Polish fireplace boiler pipe layout

: Spectra Fireplace Boiler

: Pex layout for radiant heat

: Wet vented master bath drains

: Laundry and family room bath drains

: Another view of the family bath and laundry drains

: Outdoor drain cleanout

: Pipe bedded in fine gravel

: Tub Overflow

: Flooded bedroom floor

: Water leaking outside

: Dibble Res_Kiva Plan_12-1127

: Dibble Res_Kiva View_12-1127

: Sample Kiva

: Mediterranean Style Kiva

: Extended Kiva

: Kiva box and frame

: Permit approved

: Master Bath Drains

: Structured Plumbing Trunk Loop

: Structured Plumbing Master Bedroom Loop

: Waffle Box Installation

: Spraying Insulstar on waffle boxes.

: Insulation on Wafflemat

: Insulation Truck

: Insulation Truck Setup

: Rebar order delivered

: Edge work

: Tying rebar

: Rebar grid

: Rebar at door

: Terrible Tangle

: First run produced large tangle

: Concrete Pump Hose

: Ready for concrete

: Huge concrete truck

: Starting the slab

: Section one complete

: Waiting for the last truck

: Goodbye cement truck

: Finishing up

: Power trowel

: Finishing the front stoop

: Alberto and the finished product

: Celebrating cement

: Captured in time

: Resting in the sun

: Another view of shower location in the master bath.

: Old kitchen drain location. Possible wet bar indoors and/or outdoor sink.

: Garage water supply next stop in the loop.

: Water supply pipes where they enter the loop system under the slab.

: Cold only supply for outdoor faucet.

: Tub location in master bath.

: Shower and Sink location in master bath.

: Pex Water Supply Loop

: Tremendous Tangle

: Zone Three

: Manifold Connections

: Zones 1 & 2 and Plan

: Zone One Another View

: Zone 3 Another View

: Zones 4 & 5

: Crimped Pex

: Zone 4 Partial with 1, 2, & 3

: Zone 4 and 5 with Plumbing

: Zone 5

: Zone 4

: Manifold Layout

: Zone One

: Zone One with Plumbing–no attempt was made to give extra clearance near pipes.

: Gap between Zones 1 & 2

: Motorcycle stand vertical holder for Pex.

: Radon Mitigation Pipe

: Manifold close up after pour.

: Boiler Without Cover

: Ford Super Duty

: 8′ Truck Bed

: Denver Magazine Green Roofs-7-10

: Snow on the front terrace

: Snow drifted on the north and west

: Electrical Box Snow Cap

: Washing out the truck

: Connection to the old vent stack

: Air supply and flue to concentric vent

: Completed flue

: Challenger Boiler DHW Piping for Install

: Challenger Boiler System Piping for Install 3rd drawing

: Baby Poop Color Stain

: Same color but Coffee Au Lait

: Color faded a bit when etched over

: Shutterfly book title page

: Slab edge 1

: Slab edge 2

: Sanitred Liquid Rubber Base

: Master Cool Evap Cooler

: Evaporative Cooler Install

: Historic photo of the Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone

: Hickory Coffee Table

: Hickory Couch

: Hickory Hall Table

: Hickory Love Seat

: Hickory Round Table

: Hickory TV Cabinet

: Utility Room Floor

: Second coat of brown stain

: Stained floor brown overlay

: Streaks in floor

: Seal coat

: Sealer beaded up too

: House Awnings

: Tarp not quite long enough

: Stapled on the framework

: Sanitred pulled away from edge

: Mang Ox Filter Ready to Load

: Filter Installed

: Mang Ox Install Media and Parts

: Well Water Entry and Pressure Tank Hookups

: Drain and Chlorine Tank

: Dense Pack and Batt Insulation

: Used 3.5.inch polyiso

: Loose Fill Insulation

: Intact Attic

: Higher attic ceiling

: Bagging the loose fill

: Bagging the loose fill

: Attic rafters and scaffold

: Scaffold holding attic rafters

: Attic rafters dropped

: Upper attic wall to go

: Attic opened up

: First Family with Ellen

: The Case of the Shrinking Efficiency Rating

: Hydronic testing

: Horizontal Connections

: Domestic Hot Water

: Hole 2 made by the birds

: Insulation Piles

: Another view of a hole

: Hole in foam insulation

: Ideal same construction wall, slab and roof

: Ideal wall, roof and floor

: USA Wall System

: Patched siding

: Bird Hole Location

: Decrease in pipe size

: Increase in pipe size

: Sample gas run

: Our gas run

: Gas Pipe Sizing

: Tearing Down in Family Room

: Workers set up for tear down

: Tear down living room ceiling

: Tear down cleaned up

: Two Story Scaffolding

: Final Tear Down Bath/Family Room

: Utility Room Tear Out

: Discarded batts

: Sacked batts

: Saved batts

: Roll off Dumpster

: Bird Damage Removed

: Repaired Bird Hole

: Eternabond Flashing Tape

: Flashing Tape

: The Solution

: Closeup of the Northern Flicker

: Buckled Flashing

: Separation of Seal

: Rotting Flashing Trim

: Buckling flashing and Rotting Trim

: Dangerous Drywall

: “Paper” Hornets

: Nest Flip Side

: Destroyed Nest

: Fortklift cannot cross a threshold.

: Pallets of Insulation

: Stored inside

: Grandson Trucking Roxul

: Clerestory

: Rock Wool Clerestory

: Rock Wool Closet

: Rock Wool Ceiling

: Rock Wool Excess

: Blown in Insulation

: Blown in at Eaves

: Plastic vapor barrier on warm side

: Sealed at the eaves

: Layers of Fiberglass batt

: Interior wall Insulation

: Two layers of batts

: Hot water recirc

: Blue Recirc Pump

: Single Loop System

: New Challenger Boiler Piping

: Primary Secondary System

: Valves Uncovered

: Original Boiler Setup

: Valve Flow

: Wiring Core in Living Area

: Main wiring chase

: Wiring Branches

: Insulated Wiring Core

: Start of unloading the moving truck

: Small uhaul trailer for things that we left behind the first time.