Ro's Rehearsal/studio rooms. [stage: build]

looks good ro, didn't know you had to demolish to that extent to get things going.. got scared when I saw 20070615_04 Fase2 Sloop (2e etage).jpg and thought you were cutting the "trusses" from beneath. But with a floor on your head there would be no more posting... :shock: keep up the good work! a :arrow:

Thanx A. Yeah, we had to go the whole nine yards with this one. In order to get things done correctly all previous work (which is more than 15 years old anyway) had to be removed. And boy, am I glad we did. And hell, it's a great job doing so. Keeps me occupied, haha. cheers, ro

I just came back today... just came back from the storm Holy crap! The dust I suffered today.. man! We're close to finish phase 2 of this project: demolition. (or atleast the demo of the second floor) First thing we did was clean-up remaining mess from last week. Then we removed 3 (three!) layers of carpet :) and some green tiles which we will prolly re-use when getting the laminated floor done. One big obstacle has been removed today; the remaining smokechannel. This brickbuild smokechannel was one big dust pool, gheh. We used a jackhammer and hand tools to remove it. As I expected the whole chimney was build within the existing wall. Well we just jacked it away and there ain't no real damage after all..phew! :D But the dust... bleh. Ohwell, atleast it's the (hopefuly) LAST pieces of rock we've got to demo (in the entire building). At the very end (!) of the job, the hammer broke down.. so we had to do the last pieces of bricks by hand. EASY! What's left is the "floating" (euh..not!) floor. It's a wood frame with wool and some board on top. No big deal. We'll remove the thing next time. As always; picture time! 1 - Removing carpets 2 - My friend working the jackhammer. Funny detail; the band, in which he is the drummer, is actually called.... Jackhammer! 3 - Damn, it broke! 4 - Ah, the chimney/smokechannel complete removed 5 - This space between us is killing me! (wow, ECHOOOOO hehe)

Thanks for the great pictures, Ro! Looks like you've been really busy! I'm getting exhausted just thinking about it! :lol: --Keith :mrgreen:

Holy Crap, we're done! Yes, ladies and gents, seems like demolition is somewhat done after all the hard labour we've done today. So, euh, ro... WHAT have you done then? well: * Removed the raised floor which was a pain in the ass since most panels were not only nailed but also glued to the frame... damn, WHAT were they thinking when they build it.. it would fall apart or something? Anyway, it's removed (finally) * Removed last pieces of wiring, gypsum, and more stuff. * Removed the last piece of the old chimney * Removed nails, screws and what not from the wood beams. * Cleaning the place up * Drove 2 times with the buss to the junkyard to dump the last stuff. * Had a beer.... YAY! Feels goot to have a stripped and empty room. Next up: brick close the existing windows on the second floor. As always, here's proof:

How much for those windows? Howdy yalll, just back from another fine demo hour (or 2). Remember (skip back in this thread if ya like) the rotten windows on the second floor? No? check picture one.... Well, it was time to get rid of them since a mason contractor will come round to close the whole with bricks. That'll do some serious noise transfer killing. Well, let's not get ahead. I've also removed some stucco, more on that later. First, them pix! 1-(old photo from last year). The rotten windows in the second floor which we removed. 2- Hacking away, already half done. 3- The removed windows.... junk! 4- DON! Lotsa light comming in :) 5- From the outside it now looks like this. You can see we removed quit a bit of rotten wood. Next time, when the gap gets bricked, we will remove the whole wood section.

(continue) While removing windows (see up :roll: ) I also started removing some old and bad stucco. Lotsa stucco broke loose from the wall already so I decided to hack away some more loose stucco. .... ucha ucha, damn dust! While hacking away, the bricked wall appeared and with that I noticed some serious cracks in the wall. Yikes! Check the attached picture. The wall is a double bricked one, the photo only shows the inner wall. Dunno if there's an air cavity in between (yet) But we'll check that next time when the brickwork is getting done. Anyways... These cracks are not the only one, the whole darn building is full of'm. But these are the biggest. Any advise from ya lats on how continue with this?

:mrgreen: Damned Ro, you still have lot's to do. I think you should hire Lou. His organizational talents are amazing. Just teasing ...... A lot of courage, and energy ....

Amazing work Ro - I would suspect that cracks like that might be caused by movement in the foundation :shock: You may have to get someone to look at it.

Little boys... Howdy! It's been a while since we seriously got some work done on this project. Two reasons: - on februari the 1st me and the misses received a healty SON! His name's Daan. It's my first born so you can imagen the things on my mind... what a great day this was. I added a picture which was taken today, 7 weeks old. ain't it a cool fella :) - second reason: delay on hiringa masonary contrator (I won't bother you with details). We finally got round to make plans. Next friday the rotten windows on the 2nd floor (scroll back to see what I'm talking about) will be masoned to have it closed completely. let's live in the dark.... There's gonna be around 2400 stoned masoned in which will take 3 experts about one day. Prior to that we'll stud the existing roof and floor underneath. So, untill next week :)

Hey Ro - That is one cute baby! 8) :D :wink: :D Warmest cogratulations to you both. I remember such events in my own life like they were yesterday! :D :D Regards, Lou. 8)

Hey Ro, Congrats on contributing to Dutch overpopulation! We can understand how your studio budget needs serious updating in the soundproofing department, for those little creatures sure know how to produce those decibels :D Well done mate! Gefeliciteerd!

Sticks 'n stones... Hail construction lovers :), As said, last weekend we the masonry job. We closed the 2nd floor completely; broke out the remaining windows and filled it with bricks! I hired a contractor for this job since we know zilch 'bout bricks.. The masonry team consisted of 3 pros who did a great job. I contracted them to do only the brick-laying part. I had my men standby to supply more bricks, cement, coffee as they build the partial wall. Also agreed to do the finishing touches (like filling remaining gaps, plasterwork etc) So it would be a quick and dirty job for those man. Easy money I'd say. (and less for us to pay 8) ) Right. On Thursday we got the bricks and cement delivered at 7:30. We placed studs on every floor to hold the roof in place. We had to remove a part of the "floating" floor on the 1st floor since the studs where to large in that area. Well, I knew that "floating" floor was pretty crap (build over 15 years ago). But, man! It was even more crap than expected. WHAT the hell where those dudes thinking back than? The "floor" consisted of pallets filled with foam, mattresses, jackets, chairfillings, dead bodies, a bag of chips, a door and more crap. Yes, CRAP indeed. Well, the floor's gonna get ripped anyhow so why not today. Here's sum pix: 1: Stones and cement arives 2: Dragging them stones to the buildsite 3: here's that "great" floor 4: See, it's crap 5: let's cut it in two!

More pix: 1: The crew for that day (coffee break) 2: 2 Studs adding studs ;) 3: Floor 1 is, kantina 4: Floor 1, liveroom 5: Floor 2. Studs on the right, stones on the left. Also at the left you'll notice the windows being closed temp. with wood.

1: Removing the temp wood and rest of window 2: prepping the scene 3: a pic from the outside, groundfloor. Windows almost removed 4: calculating..... 5: a few rows of bricks 'dun already! 6: 4 rows of bricks... sweet

last pix for today.. 1: layer by layer... we're getting there! 2: keep it straight, m'kay! 3: filling the gaps between support beams too. 4: Last brick! 5: removing cement-remains 6: .. the results! pretty dark in there :)

Ro - You've got an interesting property to renovate. I just paged through the thread - It must feel great to be getting back into it with the masonery work. Congrats on the boy. I'm trying to eek out my build before the arrival of our 2nd daughter... best of luck with your work here.

Hey Ro...congratulations on the birth of your son. Children do change the way we look at thinks don't they. I couldn't help but think, more then once, this is one ambitious job! Anytime you get off the ground level everything changes. They way you move, the way you handle materials, it's all done differently. And your three flights up! Others around here have designed, built and completed and your just getting dryed in! That is an awesom amount of work you and your men have achieved. And taking it all down to existing so you can build it right, wow, that is just dedication to a goal that I have not seen much of anywhere. Now >this< is a build :) Good luck and rock on brother!

xSpace wrote:

"that is just dedication to a goal that I have not seen much of anywhere."

I wholeheartedly agree with you Brien, indeed a fair and accurate point, but please forgive me if I confess to choking on my coffee as I read it! :wink: :wink: :wink: Kind regards, Lou. 8) (Ro's got his name hidden twice in the only expression you need!!)

@ cram: yes, it felt great. Couldn't sleep the next night, I was too darn exited! @ X: Yes, kids DO change the way we think. But I love it. It sure is an ambitious job, but so am I. I've got this space for nearly 10 years now and never got to it. Plans are on my desk for 5 years or so.. .now, it's time to build that giant! (3 floors, 3 liverooms, 1 controlroom, 1 chilout space) Hope to get it done so when Daan (my son) is old enough to hit the drums he can slap away at them skins at his dad's very private rehearsal space ;) yeah lou; Rock 'n Roll !

Lou wrote:

xSpace wrote:

"that is just dedication to a goal that I have not seen much of anywhere."

I wholeheartedly agree with you Brien, indeed a fair and accurate point, but please forgive me if I confess to choking on my coffee as I read it! :wink: :wink: :wink: Kind regards, Lou. 8) (Ro's got his name hidden twice in the only expression you need!!)

Lou, Lou, Lou. I said "much of" boss. ;)

Gotcha! :wink: :wink: :wink: I knew you'd bite on that one Dude! Only teasing my friend! Keep up the 'arrid' replies - you help many of us 'get a grip' on reality again! :lol: Ro is clearly on one hell of a project with all manner of logistical restraints, so just as you, and I know many other onlookers, I say hat's off to you Ro and wish you all the luck a bloke can have! :wink: Regards, Lou. 8)

Thanx Lou. Luck has nothing to do with it, it's pure science haha. Neh, every one needs a bit 'o luck at times, eh.

Looking great Ro! Man, you are definitely one ambitious dude! I am anxious to see how this all pans out. Congratulations on your son! I have 3 sons and one daughter, there is great joy to be found in children, it brings all of the other crap into perspective.

Soooooooooo, finally an update on my project :oops: Yeah, it's been a hell of a year. So much to do, so little time. I planned to start building when the holidays were over and whatta ya know.. We bought a new house recently... there goes the studiobuild.. haha. Gotta fix my new place first before I get to actually build those rehearsal/studio rooms! aahrg. Okay, but I still owe ya'll some updates. - We fixed the new wall (it's now completely closed) - Replaced a piece of a rafter. - Cleaned up, a few times - Put some paint on the rafters - And today we got our first load of materials. Here's some pix. 1. Filling the gaps with cement.. 2. That rafter has been extended, this is the *before* pic. Forgot to take the *after* pic, you'll have to trust me on this one ;) 3. Bricking in the last gaps (between the rafters which are already painted on this pic)