We bought this property assuming the worst in terms of what needed to be fixed... we weren't disappointed. The house needed a new foundation (seismic upgrade), new kitchen, new bathrooms, new electrical & plumbing, heating, new roof, new plaster throughout and if that weren't enough of a challenge, we decided to strip the lead paint from all internal surfaces throughout the house.
First things first... we replaced the roof. We contracted the job to
S-Top Roofing who soon discovered there were 8 layers of shingles.; we were quite lucky the roof didn't cave in under the weight. City code allows for no more than 3 layers of roof shingles.
The next thing we did was to strip the lead paint off of all the mouldings of the top 2 floors (the ground floor was going to be gutted so we decided not to bother with that level).
We bought this property assuming the worst in terms of what needed to be fixed... we weren't disappointed. The house needed a new foundation (seismic upgrade), new kitchen, new bathrooms, new electrical & plumbing, heating, new roof, new plaster throughout and if that weren't enough of a challenge, we decided to strip the lead paint from all internal surfaces throughout the house.
First things first... we replaced the roof. We contracted the job to S-Top Roofing who soon discovered there were 8 layers of shingles.; we were quite lucky the roof didn't cave in under the weight. City code allows for no more than 3 layers of roof shingles.
The next thing we did was to strip the lead paint off of all the mouldings of the top 2 floors (the ground floor was going to be gutted so we decided not to bother with that level).
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