This Old GR House - renovating an old house in Grand Rapids Michigan
This Old GR House - Renovating An Old House In Grand Rapids Michigan
These are the adventures of Andy Dragt fixing up a 100 year old house in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We're completely remodeling about every square foot and I'm sure I'll learn a lot along the way... I hope that by vlogging the project, you might learn something too.
I love our house today
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Sometimes you love the house you’re working hard on and sometimes you don’t… today, I love our house.
Re-Work Downstairs Bath… Check.
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Today, I reframed the downstairs bathroom. After pouring over bathtub catalogs, I think we’ve got one picked out. That means, I’m ready to start plumbing. Oh and I should probably build the tub deck too, now ...
We have a new bathroom!
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I had a lot of help this Saturday. Lots of stuff got done which left me free to reframe the upstairs bathroom. I’ve got a significant amount of the old galvanized supply system and the cast iron drain pipes torn out (it’s ...
It’s a Pickle…
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Today was pretty much about floors. I scraped the glued down carpet pad from the future sitting area/bathroom. My friend Jason ripped up the water damaged hardwood in Wendy’s future bedroom. Then I took one last wall of ...
April 13th
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It's been a busy week, but I've still done lots of work on the house. I had a ton of help this week and the 2nd floor is almost completely done with demolition AND clean! Thanks to Jason, Chris, and my Dad for all the ...
This Old GR House - VBW Day 7
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Some more friends came over this morning and we just about wrapped up demolition on the floor! Still lots of piles of rubble because the dumpster is full and we can’t get a new one til Monday…
In the meantime, I make use of ...
This Old GR House - VBW Day 5
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Today I moved upstairs to begin the demolition and reconfiguration of the bathroom. My friend Chris came over and we made quick work of the bath and (what will become) the sitting area. I’ll have to reframe the bathroom walls to the ...
The Kitchen is Officially Gutted.
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After another night spent working in the kitchen, It’s pretty much stripped clean and ready for me to rework the electrical and plumbing. Once I get the plumbing and electrical in I can call for my inspections and we’ll be off ...
This Old GR House - VBW Day 3
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I spent most of my night in the kitchen removing trim and an exterior wall of damaged plaster.
Also, Yesterday was my thirtieth birthday and my wonderful wife threw me a big surprise party (which was very cool). My present was house ...
Peeling Back the Layers
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We’re still in the demolition phase of the renovation of this old GR house. Some friends helped a little yesterday, which was totally rock star! We’ve got at least another few days till I’ve got most of rooms that need ...
I Found Treasure!
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After working a few long days, I’m tired! I am not used to this. I remember being tired the first week every summer working construction but, I have a feeling this is a little more than that…
One dumpster down and another empty ...
house plans
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I’ve been busy making final drawings of the changes I want make to the house and getting permits for the renovation project. I thought it might be helpful for you to have an idea of the layout and the changes we’re ...
Day One
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Today was a big day. I finally got to start working on our house! I thought that the first thing I’d do was to fix the leak in the small section of flat roof… but there was a slight problem with that plan. So, I turned my ...
This Old GR House
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So, my family and I are embarking on a little development project of our own. We bought a HUD house that needs a lot of TLC. So I’m starting another vlog to chronicle the my Do-It-Yourself renovation adventures on ‘This Old ...