Renovating Denver - One House at a Time

Front Porch Masonry

The mason has been working on the brick walls/columns for the front porch. Once this is done, the porch project is practically done. The front of the house will only need some paint work and the addition of the window at the top to be done!

The mason carefully picked out the bricks he’s using. The are probably about as old as the house, they came from a demolition in Denver somewhere. The color is really, really close, maybe a tad more orange, but you can barely tell. He plans to match the mortar to the same red color as is used on the main house. Once he’s done, you will barely be able to tell it’s brand new. That’s the idea

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We have passed most of the major inspections (electrical, plumbing, mechanical and framing), so we just have the insulation inspection and then we can start the drywall. We started doing some minor insulation on the ceiling of the first floor. This is mostly for acoustical reasons.

We are starting the bulk of the insulation tomorrow. We had the supplies delivered today, now we just need to figure out how to get it up correctly. This stuff needs to go on the cathedral ceiling in the master, on the top of the exterior wall in the master, and in the attic floor. Wish us luck!