to clarify from the previous post(s), by ‘find a man’ to remove the filtration equipment, mikel is referencing my craigslist add which advertised free stuff if you provided the means to remove it. twenty four hours and SEVENTY FIVE emails later i was starting to wonder if there was some value in all of that stuff that i was overlooking. [...]
We toyed with several ideas which involved keeping the tanks in the house… hot tubs, half baths, planters. Nothing was quite right. Sadly, the verdict was that the tanks have to go. It was sure to be a tedious and challenging job, so we wanted help. Matthew found a man who was willing to take them apart [...]
Matthew had our floorplans printed last week to have them approved by the city. I commandeered his computer for long enough to load the plans onto the website. You can see them by choosing the “Plans” tab at the top of the page (or click here). Please note… Matthew reserves the right to change any and all [...]
Bring on the dirty work. (But not on me, of course.) Matthew and Will have been working hard to get lots of the crusty and rusty out of the building. One dumpster has already been hauled away filled to the top with debris and a variety of random stuff (chalk boards and tree stumps?) left by the [...]
This diamond in the rough originally belonged to
Birmingham Water Works and was used as a filtration plant for drinking water.
Our plan is to completely remodel this vintage building into our dream house.
Here's hoping!