1st Floor – Page 3

Water Main Tie In

Posted on February 3, 2019Leave a comment

We are getting close to tying into the Water Main from across the street. We already have water to the building but its just a supply line for basic water access. This is the extention for our Fire Suppression System. It should be completed in the next couple of days.

As for downstairs, everything else is going as planned. This past week we finished painting the remaining drywall and cleaning everything left over from Christmas’s CandleWalk Event. This upcoming week we are starting the coordination to repair/seal the brick, restoring the floors, and cleaning/calking the front windows. Once that is complete we can start to look at renting it out. We are still not sure what it will be at this point. Stay tuned for updates:)

Final Push

Posted on December 2, 2018Leave a comment

It’s the final week before Candlewalk. The only things left are cosmetic and cleaning.

The shower is finished with a wall of glass.

We continue to clean and paint the Otis Material Lift.

The brick is almost finished being sealed.

The stairs still needed finishing.

Downstairs we are cleaning and preparing for decorations.

Also downstairs they finished the riser for the Fire suppression System. We have done everything we can until the City extends the water main across the street.

And finally the sign in front of the building for the Candlewalk Tour Home. This week we will be painting, cleaning, and staging upstairs.

Dry Wall Continues

Posted on October 21, 2018Leave a comment

The last two weeks have been about the same. Dry wall continues, electrical continues, and we continue to seal the brick.

Here is where we are so far.

The entrance to the bathrooms and janitor closet downstairs.

The commercial space rear exit door.

This is in back of the building where our garage area will be. Here are the fire doors leading into the material lift.

And the storage area next to the lift.

Here is the second floor, as soon as you come up the stairs. We are planning on using this as a sitting area for right now. They have started hanging the chandeliers. Once they are completed with the construction, we will add the crystals and lower them to the proper height..

The upstairs mechanical room and half bath.

The lights above our kitchen island. They should be installing the stainless steel counter top later this week. We covered the cabinets with plastic and cardboard to protect them while construction is going on.

The chandelier above our bed.

Our front door is getting ready to be installed.

Dry wall in the master bath where our vanity will be installed.

And finally the closet worthy of My Queen:) We are still sealing the brick. In this picture the brick is still wet. Under the chandelier there will be the round leather couch.

This upcoming week should be the finish of the drywall, outside staircase, countertops, and the electrical finish out.

Dry Wall

Posted on October 7, 2018Leave a comment

This has been an exciting week for the project. The week started with painting the rafters black.

The electrical and plumbing was completed and inspected so they could start hanging dry wall.

Here are the upstairs master bath, half bath, and closet areas.

The door to the closet.(The former dark room door when the building was a photography studio in the 60’s as far as we know.)

The downstairs bathrooms and janitors closet areas.

And our garage area in the back of the building.

And finally they poured the concrete next to the Otis Material Lift.

This upcoming week will be the remaining dry wall, electrical and plumbing finish outs, and the hanging of the lighting fixtures.

Electrical-Plumbing

Posted on August 5, 2018Leave a comment

Not much happened this week . They continued to work on the electrical upstairs and the plumbing downstairs.

Here are some photos of where our water fountains will go.

Upstairs they continued to run the electrical.

This week will be more electrical, plumbing, and the HVAC build out. We should also find out the status for the window cutouts upstairs. We need those completed prior to ordering the emergency stairway on the West side of the building.

Stay tuned for more updates:)

Antique Find

Posted on July 22, 2018Leave a comment

What a hot week in Cleburne Texas!!!!!!! All week it was in the 100’s. This week there was not much accomplished. We are still waiting on Oncor Electric to move the electric pole. Once that is completed we can move forward with the electrical and opening the fire escape/windows on the West side of the building. Until then they are finishing out the plumbing and electric inside of the building.

Below is a picture of the mechanical room downstairs where the HVAC units and hot water tank will be located.

Also this weekend we were lucky enough to find an Antique Rensselaer Platform Grain & Feed Scale. This is the same type of scale used when the building was an American Dry Good Store in the early 1900’s. The best we can estimate is around 1907. This piece will remain upstairs with some of the other pieces from the original building.

Bottom Floor Cleanup

Posted on March 11, 2018Leave a comment

Here are some photos of before and after on the bottom floor.

This is where our garage store room will be.It was used to store wood. It is right in front of the stairs.

After the removal of the wood and shelves.

The wall next to the material lift before removal. It was constructed with bead board. We are saving the bead board to use in the renovation,

After the removal of the bead board wall next to the Material Lift.

The aluminum door behind the Material Lift.

And after the sheetrock was removed from the wall in front of the Material Lift. We have to replace the wall with a 2-hour fire rated sheetrock wall and 2-hour fire rated door to access the Material Lift.

Building 1st Floor Exposed Brick Video

Posted on February 14, 2018Leave a comment

Here is some video of the 1st Floor exposed brick.