I never really needed a beer after doing any kind of work, but after being up on the roof for the second day in a row my nerves were shot. I'm not afraid of heights just my imagination. All I could picture in my head was the roof collapsing in on the rest of the house and me riding it down like a surfer on a narly wave! Dude! I dropped my cordless saw twice in as many days. It's freaking me out man...
Todd and I got most of the metal sheathing off the back half of the house. I decided to stop because one corner of the house is very close to the power pole. I had the power to my house (Blue Myrtle House) removed last week, but the neighbor still has hers hooked up. Go figure. I'm going to have to coordinate a day with her to get her power turned off while I take that part of the house apart. I'm thinking I'll get with the City to see if they can bury the power lines to the Blue Myrtle House and Cottage Garden II. If the power pole wasn't there I'd have the new Blue Myrtle House designed in a manner that takes advantage of the alley. Just thinking ahead.
Today is the second day of Glendale Glitters. They closed off Myrtle Ave, but Todd and I were able to bust the barricades.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Up On The Roof
Nope, not as in one of The Drifters greatest hits. More like me getting up the nerve to start removing the metal sheathing that covers the Blue Myrtle House roof. It was a little slow getting started but once I got one piece off I was able to start removing the adjacent pieces. Each piece measures about 2 feet by 7 feet. I'm keeping it to use toward the "artistic" development of the new Blue Myrtle House courtyard. Todd was a great help with the metal sheaths. I popped them off and handed them down to him. Oh, the first thing Todd and I did was make sure the house was able to withstand the pounding and all the movement up top. We built a couple of new walls on the first level to support the second floor.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
What Happened In October?
Nothing. Just got a little behind. Let me bring you up to date. Apparently the previous owners initiated a restoration on the house after it was damaged by a fire. Not sure what happened in the interim but the renovation stopped and the house went back to ownership of the bank.
The first step for me was to have the Safety Department inspect the property. The Safety Department determined the house to be structurally unsafe. This was not entirely bad news since my first inclination was to tear the house down from the get go. Since the home is on the National Register of Historic Places I was still willing to restore it if possible, but with the results of the inspection I decided that demolishing the house would be the prudent thing to do.
The home is being disassembled piece by piece to preserve as much of the original building materials as possible. These materials will be used in the rebuilding and artistic development of the new house.
The first step for me was to have the Safety Department inspect the property. The Safety Department determined the house to be structurally unsafe. This was not entirely bad news since my first inclination was to tear the house down from the get go. Since the home is on the National Register of Historic Places I was still willing to restore it if possible, but with the results of the inspection I decided that demolishing the house would be the prudent thing to do.
The home is being disassembled piece by piece to preserve as much of the original building materials as possible. These materials will be used in the rebuilding and artistic development of the new house.
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