May 2023 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Categories
Twitter Updates
Tweets by brickcitylove
Tag Archives: demo
Cable Craziness
Since the house was previously rented out to 4 college students (1 per bedroom), cable was run in every room. You’d think that was a good thing. I guess it was but it was done in the craziest way. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, How To
Tagged basement, cable, demo, demolition, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
6 Comments
Pie in the Sky Hopes
Remember this TO DO list from a few days ago? Yeah. I’m chuckling too. After the fiasco with our lovely risers, I’m remembering the truth I already know. It will always take longer &/or cost more money than originally expected. With our … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged basement, bathroom, bedroom, before, city, demo, demolition, newark, nj, paint, painting, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, sound proofing, staircase, wood
4 Comments
De-Proofed
When we moved in, the front bedroom on the second floor looked like this: Every square inch covered in sound proofing tiles. And when I say every square inch, I mean EVERY square inch (except the floor). They were meticulously … Continue reading
Posted in 2nd floor, bedrooms
Tagged cardboard, demo, demolition, newark, nj, proofing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, sound, sound proofing
9 Comments
Jenn & John
Our first non-family additions to the Wall of Awesome*!! Jenn & John came up Tuesday night and helped us tackle the 2nd floor bathroom. That fugly wallpaper was already peeling off. They helped it all the way off. YAY! First … Continue reading
Posted in bathrooms, Wall of Awesome
Tagged bathroom, demo, demolition, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, Wall of Awesome, wallpaper
4 Comments
Review: 1-800-Got-Junk?
Between the 2 rooms of carpet I tore up a couple weeks ago and Saturday’s flooring fest, we have a huge amount of debris in the form of carpet, carpet tiles, and laminate “wood” flooring. Of course there were also … Continue reading
Posted in Locally Newark, Product/Service Review
Tagged 1800gotjunk, 800, 800-got-junk, debris, demo, demolition, dumpster, floor, flooring, Floors, garbage, get rid of, got, junk, newark, nj, refinishing, removal, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, trash
46 Comments
Clean Slate
Saturday we vanquished the gross flooring the previous owner left us. While I had already ripped up 2 rooms of carpet, there were still several rooms of disgusting left. We chose to divide & conquer. That meant we never really … Continue reading
Space vs. Historic Accuracy
I’m taking a break from thinking about our garden apartment for a day because I’m currently preoccupied with our 1st (aka parlor) floor. While we were at the house ripping out drywall Monday evening, we met a couple of our … Continue reading
Posted in 1st floor
Tagged city, demo, demolition, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
17 Comments
How to Remove Drywall
Yesterday after work, the hubs & I ripped out all the drywall in the basement garden apartment kitchen. Why? 1. The gas line to the stove was not secured and flexing freely 2. Electric outlets could have been placed better … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit, How To, kitchen
Tagged city, demo, demolition, garden apartment, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
18 Comments
Basement Demo Day
The basement of our brownstone (can you call it a brownstone if it’s brick?) is zoned as a separate unit; separate electric meter, separate gas meter, 2 different points of egress, the whole nine yards. Unfortunately, it’s not what one … Continue reading
Posted in bathrooms, Floors, garden unit, kitchen
Tagged basement, demo, demolition, Floors, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
13 Comments