Renovating Denver – One House at a Time

Let’s Get It Started, Yeah!

Finally the weather is cooperating! We have the permit to demo/rebuild the deck/porch. We also have a permit to demo the inside.

First we started with demo’ing the awning outside.

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Then, we started on the inside walls. Mike started in what was apartment 1. He knocked down the walls separating the bathroom and closet and removed the built in cabinetry. He also removed the kitchen cabinets and fixtures.

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We continued demo’ing walls on the main level. The last photo in the row below shows how we knocked down the wall separating the main floor from the basement level. A wall had been built cutting off the stairway down to the basement. A couple of knocks with the hammer and down it went.

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Demolition continued on the second floor. We pulled out some of the dropped ceilings. This exposed the attic! The first photo in the row below shows where we took down the wall/door separating the upstairs from the main stairway.

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Other Highlights:

We hired a plumber to start removing old pipes. We will eventually be replacing all the pipes with copper lines, they are currently galvanized steel (bad, bad!). He began by replacing the main shutoff valve for the house.

We have been finding some cool old wall paper under layers and layers of paint. This photo below shows a close up of some wall paper found in the kitchen of the upstairs apartment (#3)

We continue to find old newspapers, postcards and artifacts from different periods throughout the home’s existence. Photos and more info to come on that!

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