Posts Tagged ‘remodeling project’

New Vinyl Siding

To make the old house have more curb appeal, new vinyl siding was installed. Vinyl siding offers a cost effective way to add curb appeal and to protect the structure of the house when you are considering a remodeling project. Installing vinyl siding goes on super fast and is relatively easy once you get the techniques down to install siding.

The entire exterior of the home was covered with Dutch double lap vinyl siding. The color was a very light sage, almost grey in color. All trim pieces were natching in color as well. Some people like to use a contrasting color for the vinyl siding trim pieces such as white. White trim could have been used to match the new vinyl windows. Below are some siding installation pictures.

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Remodeling the Exterior

Some of the best remodeling projects you can do involve remodeling the exterior. Making the exterior of your remodeling project home shine can have huge payoffs in the end if you are trying to sell your property. Curb appeal is what its all about.

The exterior needed a facelift. It had two layers of siding installed. All the original siding was removed and thrown in the trash. See my house siding demolition page for more details.

The house was constructed of 1X10′s and 1X12′s. All of the exterior wall boards were re-nailed to ensure a solid fit. Any boards that were rotten were replaced. I used OSB sheating as a substitute. OSB is a lot cheaper than going with 1X10′s and no one will ever see it any way.

The entire exterior structure was covered with Tyvek wrap. This provided a weather tight barrier and protected the wood structure underneath. New windows and doors were installed after the Tyvek was put in place. Tyvek tape was used to seal the vinyl window frame nail tab to the Tyvek barrier. Below are some exterior remodeling pictures.

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Remodeling a Home Requires Lots of Labor

  The person I bought the house from got a fair price from myself. I think both parties were happy in the end. The seller was rid of huge remodeling project.
  The house had been vacant for at least two years. The previous owner had already gutted the interior and had a new roof installed. Having the interior gutted already proved to be a big help. I was able to modify the structure as needed to suit my taste. In addition it was less work that I had to do as far as a demolition project goes.
  The roof had been recently updated which was a plus. The fact that I didn’t have to work the roof or tear out most of the interior saved a lot of time, effort and money.

  First look of the interior sent my mind spinning. The interior was completely gutted less the ceiling. I mean, all of the walls were just studs. No drywall or plaster to be seen on any wall. Though, the ceiling had been untouched. The floor was covered in all kinds of debris. Quite the mess it was. There were a few spots where the floor had been ripped up. Probably due to some kind of water damage. Two other holes in the floor were for the old chimney stacks that supported old oil burning heaters in the basement. The inside seemed to be divided into four sections. All of which were about the same in size. At least I was able to take a good look at the structure before I had decided to purchase this huge project.
  The previous owner had started on some sort of remodel. Not sure where he was going with it though. He had left behind a refrigerator, which actually worked. I ended up giving it to a coworker. There was a brand new shower stall already in place. Seemed a bit early in the remodeling project to have that installed, but whatever, it came out anyhow.