| Design-build addition to
residence, Ithaca, NY
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Weeks 53-57: June 6, 2005 -
July 10, 2005 |
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I build cabinets using left-over sub-flooring to fit into the openings in
the existing bathrooms where windows were removed. The back of the
cabinet (left) is designed to fit around studs in the former window
opening (middle); it is then screwed into place (right). |
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I buy a small quantity of select red oak flooring to match the floors in
the existing house where the landing for stair #1 meets the side door
leading into the existing kitchen. The nosings are ripped from old
scaffolding planks. |
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Susan paints the front door (left) and existing kitchen window; I begin
framing a floor in the closet under stair #1 (right). |
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We now have the classical modernist colors represented in the entry: mustard yellow on the front door, grey-blue on the "Bailey Hall" double doors (left), the same yellow on the existing window to the old kitchen, and red remaining from the original side door (right). |
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 The outside of the new side door is also painted yellow, as is the mezzanine door leading to stair #3 (not shown). |
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The closet under stair #1 gets shelving made from more recycled
scaffolding planks (2x12s) and verticals (2x6s). A "pull-up" stair allows
access to space under the closet platform (right). |
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The temporary treads for stairs #1 (left) and #2 (right) have already been
removed and new treads put in place, cut from scaffolding planks (as you
can see, we have a lot of scaffolding to recycle). I apply 3 coats of
polyurethane to the stair and landing. |
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put a final plywood surface on the winders at the top of stair #1, and
install our last door between the stair and the studio. The door's glass
panels can be seen at the right of the image. |
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this point there are only two more tasks to complete the addition:
building the final roof deck surface, and installing radiators and
direct-vent furnaces (piping, electricity, and gas lines are already in
place). We order pressure-treated lumber to provide a base for the roof
deck, and order the deck material as well. In anticipation of its
arrival, I build a temporary scaffold from old scaffolding material so
that we can lift the roof deck supplies directly onto the exterior stair
leading to the roof. We expect delivery on July 15, 2005. |
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Radiators will be installed in the entry and bathroom. Susan paints old
radiators that we have saved from our initial renovation of the old house
in 1991. |
