A Steel City 1904 American foursquare restoration.
This is a project/adventure my wife, families and I were on in 2009, restoring an American foursquare residential structure in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh PA, built in 1904.
Some of our dearest family members were in poor health, so we did a weekly photo documentary to allow them to follow our updates. This is that.
Intro: Project Fairview
February 20, 2009No water, power, or heat. Just potential. This post provides some images from the initial walkthrough…
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Day One: Project Start
March 10, 2009Closing time, get to work! We signed papers yesterday (Monday March 9th 2009), and began…
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Insulation Day
March 15, 2009What a MESS! This weekend of March 15th and 16th 2009 was insulation day. The…
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DEMOLITION!
March 22, 2009The weekend of destruction is over. On Saturday, Phil came over and we tore out…
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Drywall and downlights.
April 5, 2009Put it back together. This weekend was busy as usual. Finally we've reached a stage…
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A hole of a whole different sort.
April 12, 2009I bet it was loud. Today's work was minimal, Jess and I stopped at the…
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A splash of color.
April 20, 2009This week was fairly busy! I missed a day or so because I was too…
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Beveled glass and nickel hardware.
April 26, 2009Watch the margins. This week was pretty busy, We got a new front door, a…
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Two Weeks?!
May 17, 2009I'm sorry! I am a week behind on posting new pictures. It's been a very…
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Big Progress: Pt. I
May 31, 2009Part One: Harry Potter and the Built-In Bookcases It was another two-week long wait for…
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Big Progress: Pt. II
June 1, 2009Part Two: Harry Potter and the Order of the Tuscan Glaze As promised, here is…
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Cleaning Up
June 8, 2009Things are coming together. Carpet has been scheduled. The deadline for all other projects is…
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The sprint for floor covering.
June 15, 2009Tick. Tick. Tick. This weekend marks the final weekend before the flooring deadline. We need…
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Carpet and ready for move-in!
July 1, 2009It's smells like carpet in here. This update is a little late, as my computer…
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Outside renovation.
May 14, 2012Two new calendars. It's been a while since the last update, we're finally pushing to…
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Project completion.
November 9, 2012The Fairview finish line. This update is years in the future from the post about…
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