7940 48th Ave S
7940 48th Ave S
viber 5/21/18
So doing the dormer this early July would require...
- complete demo of every interior surface (including the boards) of the second floor. This time demo means all nails, and other crap so we can start right in on the intensive program with a clean workspace. You should be able to get it demo-ed and clean in one day and to the dump the next. Don't do it on a hot day.
- get rid of the demo stuff off site since we are gonna use a lot of space to build ... like the garage, back deck and left side of the house
- run around to suppliers getting quotes for materials
- arrange for delivery or pickup of all materials for framing, roofing, windows, trim and exterior finish and rough electrical to be on site no later than July3.
- prepare to build with tools and equipment needed ex. (compressor) hoses hand tools skill saws,roof brackets saw horses
Are you game? I would totally understand if you want to put it off with all that's going on in your lives. Think about it tonight. I'm going to bed. Let me know by morning if you can and I'll get right on buying tickets.
If its a go, I'm thinking a very long day of work on July5, then a couple of light or no work quarterfinal days then a good day on July 8th (a Sunday so late start and hope not to piss off neighbors)
By then we should be mostly done
username: ari, pasword: ira
email 7/13/17
- clear everything out of the whole downstairs room
- clear everything away from the outside of the house where the window will go in
- unpack all your tools and put them out on display in your shop
emil 4/15/17
Hi Ari,
I have been mulling over our converstaion from yesterday. It seemed that your thinking on design options was not fuly formed, or formed enough to commit to one course of action. Some of your objections to a particular design were based on sketchy premises.
Here's what I would suggest. Put off going under the house for another year:)
Why don't you take it easy and have a good summer doing cool stuff. Limit your work on the house to completing the garage room. Then...
Live in it. In a good house you regularly use all of the rooms. So you will have your study/tv/guest room done by the fall. If you find you use it every day and you like to be down there then you have proven that it works for you(plural). If you don't or only go down there because the TV is there then that gives you something to think about.
Meanwhile, I have put off Peri's ideas about our summer waiting to see how this week played out on the 'next steps to construction' priority list. Last night I told her we might as well book a vacation up in Vermont to extend the time she is up there in June playing with her orchestra. We might plan a beach vaca too. Then we go to Mexico City to help out after the new baby. So I am no longer thinking I am available for house renovation this summer.
Lets talk again soon.
permitting
The permit issued to a homeowner is an authorization for the homeowner to do the plumbing work or to receive assistance from a friend, neighbor, relative or other person when none of the individuals doing such plumbing hold themselves out as engaged in the trade or business of plumbing. (See RCW 18.106.150)
Any professional applying for electrical permits must have a Washington State electrical contractor’s license and a Seattle business license. Property owners may do their own work when they own and occupy the property they’re working on.
Interpretation of RCW 18.08.410 (5) and (6) RCW 18.08.410 (5) and (6): Application of chapter The Board’s interpretation of RCW 18.08.410 (5) and (6) is as follows:
Persons not licensed as architects can design, build, and alter:
- Residential buildings regardless of the size of the building so long as it does not contain more than four dwelling units.
- from washington state department of licensing - business and professional
sketchup models
design development
we should get off email. could we use the wiki? As the design progresses I suggest putting the most recent ideas at the top of the page.
8/16/16 intitial ideas and constraints by tim
- go up not out
8/15/16 design by Ari
PHASE 1, asap
a)
-remodel downstairs bedroom and add a bathroom
-extend and enhance upstairs living space by raising roof
b)
-expand current east kitchen exterior wall 5.5'
-seperate and remodel kitchens
-build laundry room and entryway for ADU East of ADU kitchen
-build back porch outside our kitchen
PHASE 2, next summer -build greenhouse front entryway -build front porch that connects to greenhouse entryway
PHASE 3, summer 2018 (if possible) -expand exterior east wall of Ari's study by 5.5' -expand exterior east wall of bathroom by 4' -reconfigure room arrangement of Ari's study, bathroom, bedroom and Nat's study, including adding double-door entrance from Nat's study into living room -vault ceilings in living room, bathroom Nat's study, and Ari's study -create storage attic above bedroom -remove shed from side of garage to stay under maximum of 1750' covered space on sub 5000' lots
PHASE 4, tbd -make something of the garage (storgage moved to above bedroom)
comments/questions by Tim
- What is the best view from inside the house?
- The laundry might best be in a less prime time spot.
- If you are gonna do all the work to raise the roof, you should get more out of it.
- I like the general program and the connection between your kitchen, porch and outdoors.
- A little piece of outdoor space for the tenant would make a world of difference to them.
- The addition would be an easy build.
- Putting a full bath in the lower level could be a nightmare. Is there a toilet down there already? A drain at floor level?
- How does the lower level bedroom feel. Should it get another window? I bet it used to be the garage.
- The yard is small, is it the best use of the site to push the building envelope into the backyard?
- The greenhouse would be on the west side? Where is the little arrow pointing north? I am disoriented.
- Does a porch in Seattle need to be screened?
- Where will garden(s) go?
