My house is in the free press!......at lest it's in the picture...somewhere
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080422/NEWS01/80422033
sad news tigers fans
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Q & A Part I
Over the months some readers have asked questions in the comments section and I haven't gotten back to them yet. So here goes
Baby Sister says...
I love Detroit and I used to be a resident...well, until I was 7 and we moved to the burbs. About the evidence of fire. During the 1967 riots (rebellion), a lot of houses were set afire. Maybe this one was caught up in that drama. Is there any way to tell?
It seems that the house has under gone multiple fires and it's sometimes difficult to tell where they were. Some may of just been chimney creosotle fires while others may have been the house burning. But there was at least one major house fire in the rear. My guess is that it happened between 1985 and now. That is based on the fact taht in this 1985 picture there is a rear dormer in the 'fire area' (which happens to be centered around a chimney). This dormer did not exsist when i purchased the house.
As far as the 1967 riots go it sounds like it was very bad times for detroit. Poor working/living conditions, a lot of anger, mistrust, prejudice resulted in a lot of looting, arson, violence and death. (43 dead, 467 injured, over 7,200 arrests and 2,000+ buildings burned down)
Not to be confused with the 'race riots' of 1943
Geographically if you don't know the story it started with an incident at 12th street (Today Rosa Parks) and Clairmont. This is about 40 blocks away from my house. The riot then proceeded to sweep clockwise around the city and north.
'Corktown' is approximately south of michigan ave between Grand Blvd and the Lodge. Just outside of the 'riot zone' on the 2nd map and very far from the boundries of the first map.
Ultimately there is a lot to say about the riots. A lot of blame, hurt, and anger still resonates in a lot of people. But the healing has to continue, and I'm in for that.
While isolated incidents could of happened, my guess is that the main fire of my house happend sometime in the late 80's. One of the neighborhood residents that is my age once said they remember the rear of the house being caved in as a child.
Hopefully it's the last fire not in my fireplace.
Baby Sister says...
I love Detroit and I used to be a resident...well, until I was 7 and we moved to the burbs. About the evidence of fire. During the 1967 riots (rebellion), a lot of houses were set afire. Maybe this one was caught up in that drama. Is there any way to tell?
It seems that the house has under gone multiple fires and it's sometimes difficult to tell where they were. Some may of just been chimney creosotle fires while others may have been the house burning. But there was at least one major house fire in the rear. My guess is that it happened between 1985 and now. That is based on the fact taht in this 1985 picture there is a rear dormer in the 'fire area' (which happens to be centered around a chimney). This dormer did not exsist when i purchased the house.
As far as the 1967 riots go it sounds like it was very bad times for detroit. Poor working/living conditions, a lot of anger, mistrust, prejudice resulted in a lot of looting, arson, violence and death. (43 dead, 467 injured, over 7,200 arrests and 2,000+ buildings burned down)
Not to be confused with the 'race riots' of 1943
Geographically if you don't know the story it started with an incident at 12th street (Today Rosa Parks) and Clairmont. This is about 40 blocks away from my house. The riot then proceeded to sweep clockwise around the city and north.
'Corktown' is approximately south of michigan ave between Grand Blvd and the Lodge. Just outside of the 'riot zone' on the 2nd map and very far from the boundries of the first map.
Ultimately there is a lot to say about the riots. A lot of blame, hurt, and anger still resonates in a lot of people. But the healing has to continue, and I'm in for that.
While isolated incidents could of happened, my guess is that the main fire of my house happend sometime in the late 80's. One of the neighborhood residents that is my age once said they remember the rear of the house being caved in as a child.
Hopefully it's the last fire not in my fireplace.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Arhhhhhhhh!!
Hauling large or heavy objects has become a way of life for me. It's not bad, it just takes a lot of preparation and consideration while driving.
So all kinds of things are happening. Today I framed 7 more window rough openings in preparation for the windows showing up next week. There are 24 windows total, and i'm probably ready for at least 17 of them. That should be exciting.
Joe did an awesome job getting the porch squared away. It had some bad history. The house sank and someone rebuilt the floor level. I jacked the house up in October level and the porch was all screwed up as a result. But now it is as flat as a runway.
I noticed I don't talk about technique or procedure nearly as much as the other bloggers do, so here goes some advice.
I'm putting up a blue styrofoam exterior insulation. It's 1" thick and has an R5 value. Let me tell you why. First off, free R5 and that helps. If you have 2"x4" studs and have R13 it brings you up to R18 which is pretty good. But more then that it creates a "thermal bridging" effect. Your studs have maybe an R.2-.3 per inch so you are losing heat/cool right through them. The exterior insulation helps you out there. It also takes the place of a tyveck or exterior semi-permeable barrier. Anyhow for those oldhousers it is a good idea if you have the siding off to slap some of this on. But do take into consideration it changes soffits, windows and other details.
It comes in Blue, Pink and Green (Dow, Owens Corning, and Pactive respectively.)
When I bought my house it had NOTHING in the walls.....R0
So all kinds of things are happening. Today I framed 7 more window rough openings in preparation for the windows showing up next week. There are 24 windows total, and i'm probably ready for at least 17 of them. That should be exciting.
Joe did an awesome job getting the porch squared away. It had some bad history. The house sank and someone rebuilt the floor level. I jacked the house up in October level and the porch was all screwed up as a result. But now it is as flat as a runway.
I noticed I don't talk about technique or procedure nearly as much as the other bloggers do, so here goes some advice.
I'm putting up a blue styrofoam exterior insulation. It's 1" thick and has an R5 value. Let me tell you why. First off, free R5 and that helps. If you have 2"x4" studs and have R13 it brings you up to R18 which is pretty good. But more then that it creates a "thermal bridging" effect. Your studs have maybe an R.2-.3 per inch so you are losing heat/cool right through them. The exterior insulation helps you out there. It also takes the place of a tyveck or exterior semi-permeable barrier. Anyhow for those oldhousers it is a good idea if you have the siding off to slap some of this on. But do take into consideration it changes soffits, windows and other details.
It comes in Blue, Pink and Green (Dow, Owens Corning, and Pactive respectively.)
When I bought my house it had NOTHING in the walls.....R0
Monday, April 7, 2008
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