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Showing posts with label radiators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radiators. Show all posts

Saturday, January 5, 2013

BEFORE & AFTER: MUSIC ROOM

BEFORE: Music room, west wall
February 2011


Before: Music Room , south wall
February 2011



AFTER: Music room, west wall
December 2012
What used to be a radiator on the west wall of this room is now the location of a new door which opens onto a 14 x 17 2nd floor deck atop the new addition on the back of the house.  Wallace designed and Roy Hoffert fabricated the sturdy industrial shelving.

Deck off of the music room


AFTER: Music room, south wall
December 2012


No lack of auditory stimulation in this house.  You name a music  genre, he probably has at least a "taste" of it.  I hear tell there is a form of cataloging to the collection but I have not figured it out yet.


Monday, July 25, 2011

THANKS MIKE AND BEN !

    Before we purchased this house, we knew it required air conditioning.  Shortly thereafter we determined that we would convert the heating system to a combination of gas and heat pump.   This means we will not be needing our radiators.  

(as beautiful as some of them are)
During the demolition process back in March,  all the radiators (of which there were 4 different styles) were disconnected and removed from the house.  Given that there were several TONS worth of radiator,  most of them made it no farther than the front porch!  Two of the largest never came down from the 2nd floor.

One pair of radiators made a sturdy set of saw horses for several weeks.

A low radiator made a bench seat on the front porch

   Just a few weeks ago we had Caravati's , a local architectural salvage company, remove the radiators when they came to pick up our claw foot tub and my little sink to be refurbished.


Since I could not stand to let all the original radiators go, I am having Caravati's sandblast and clear-coat the smallest of the scrolled radiators.  We will tuck the refreshed radiator in a nook and, topped with marble, it will become a plant stand or a spot to stash keys, loose change, and mail.

Thanks Mike and Ben for building the 'sled' to get the monster radiators off the 2nd floor and spending the time and effort to help us.  We really appreciate it.  We are your newest loyal customers.