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Originally Posted by HockeyPuck
I bought a house in inner city Calgary and my house was built in 1912. In the past 3 years, I've replaced the old cast-iron pipes, stripped all the walls of the plaster and lathe and put in batt insulation and drywall, put in new walls, new staircase, a full bath upstairs, moved an exterior door and rewired the place.
I've got most of the place done, except for the 2 most important rooms. Kitchen and mainfloor bath. Right now, I've got the bathroom and kitchen all painted, and tiled the bathroom floor. I've got my clawfoot tub sitting in the middle of my kitchen upside down because I wanted to repaint the outside, and then get the inside of the tube redone. Also waiting to get the legs rechromed. Once that's finished, I can put in the tub, get a new toilet and sink.
I'm putting Ikea cabinets in the kitchen but I've got to level my floor first. 1/2 of my kitchen floor is slanted and at the wall, it's about 1" lower than the rest of my kitchen. Doh! I also have to get someone to move the gas line as I've completely changed the layout of the kitchen.
I can't wait to get this house back to normal condition! This is the last time I do something like this....
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Yeah, thats a pretty major renovation for sure. What I'm doing isn't a renovation so much as it's a refinishing. It's detail work that you see, but the work isn't really that complex or strenuous. Redoing plumbing, rewiring, and redoing walls is a hell of a lot more work. But sounds like you'll have some good before and after pictures. Still it's been bad enough having a chaotic mess in my living space for 3 weeks, I couldn't imagine 3 years.