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   calvin | Dec 13, 2006 04:38am | #1

   No need to be sorry for posting those pics.  It's how we get a serious portion of ideas.

   thanks.

   A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

    

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   zak | Dec 13, 2006 05:01am | #2

   That is looking great.  Thanks for the update.  You're leaving the brick walls exposed, right?

   Is this going to be a single family home when you're done?

   zak

   "When we build, let us think that we build forever.  Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin

   "so it goes"

    

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   DougU | Dec 13, 2006 05:12am | #3

   Eye

   I'm impressed!

   I see you been busy! I remember when you first posted about the church and its always good to see updates.

   Keep the pic's comming as progress moves forward.

   BTW, I think you might be a little fixated on that dead mouse though, get a little more sleep, that should help.

   Doug

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   EyePulp | Dec 13, 2006 06:40am | #4

   Heh - I took a few too many shots of the former tenant. The mouse was in one of the little cubby holes you can see on the brick walls.Maybe someone can enlighten me as to the purpose of theses cubby holes: missing bricks every 6-8 feet along certain courses? It certainly seems intentional, but I can't figure out the point.Here's a shot with three of the gaps showing:
   http://www.eyepulp.net/photo/viewImage.asp?imageID=103803Much of the brick will remain exposed in the sanctuary, and our heating costs will suffer mightily. We'll also be removing 2/3 of the working floor you see in most of those pics - there's another 10ft below to reach the actual sanctuary floor. I am considering a short (3-4ft tall) knee wall around the edge walls to provide a shelf, some insulation, and a bit of buffer to keep the worst of the cold brick away from people. I might even consider some radiant heating if I can keep it from leeching back into the brick behind it...Oh, if anyone's bored enough and can run an MPG video file (38 megs I'm afraid - you might want to do a right-click "save as" to your desktop before trying to play it), here's some of the plaster and lath removal in action. I stress again the phrase "BORED ENOUGH."http://www.eyepulp.net/photo/misc/bricktimelapse.mpg--------------------------
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   DougU | Dec 13, 2006 06:46am | #5

   I dont know what the voids would be for.

   How thick is your walls? I have an old brick house where the walls are approx 18" thick and there isnt any cold air passing through them. Actually its pretty cheap to heat. I plan to finish off some room up in the attic area and leave the brick exposed like you are doing, adds a lot of charm.

   Doug

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   dedubya | Dec 13, 2006 05:42pm | #6

   From working on many old buildings/churches where

   I used to live, the holes in the brick or stone work

   were support holes for wooden timber scaffolding.

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   EyePulp | Dec 13, 2006 08:10pm | #8

   Ah -- those holes would make sense at those heights... We should probably expect to find more then when we tear out the floor that's currently dividing the sanctuary in half, vertically. That make a lot of sense though.My wife and I are trying to figure out a nifty way to use them. It'd be neat to recess lights in them, but the wiring would be very tough to hide... unless we ran it along mortar lines.McDesign: I had a great restored 3rd floor loft apartment before this church, and really really didn't want to jump into home ownership. The only building I found before this church that got me excited was an old power plant in town, scheduled for demolition:
   http://www.eyepulp.net/photo/viewSection.asp?sectionID=100084The church however, was *much* more affordable. Maybe I'll get the powerplant some other time... =) Glad you like the pics though.--------------------------
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   McDesign | Dec 13, 2006 06:43pm | #7

   Thanks for posting these pics - I'm going through them slowly!

   As a kid, I always wanted to live in a church - thought the architecture was always the nicest in a town.

   Forrest