Sep
3
2009
September 3rd Update
We just wanted to share a quick list of work both recent and soon-to-occur at the Coffeehouse. We're getting to the home stretch!
Last three weeks of work
- Completed metal lathe & plaster in north room (1st floor), east stairway, and the southeast room (2nd floor)
- Completed installation of metal lathe in west stairwell, and the rest of second floor
- Applied scratch coat of plaster in west stairway
- Completed installing trim on the second floor
- Installed three doors in the southeast room (1st floor)
- Installed shelves in second floor closets
- Began painting in southeast and north rooms (1st floor)
- Installed door frames for all four interior doors in cellar
- Installed horizontal wall sheathing on two walls in cellar kitchen
- Completed installing floor tile in restroom and servery (basement)
- Continued making hardware offsite
- Continued work on corner cupboard offsite
- Completed installing wood lathe on porch ceiling
- Obtained material for the post and rails of new east courtyard fence
Next two weeks of scheduled work
- Continue cleanup inside, and provide protection during plastering for trim, mantels, etc...
- Complete plastering and whitewash of west stairwell and south room (2nd floor)
- Apply scratch coat of plaster in north room and closet on second floor (last room!)
- Begin plastering porch ceiling
- Install window sashes in southeast and north rooms (1st floor)
- Install doors in north room (1st floor)
- Apply final coat of paint on trim in southeast and prime and paint trim in north room (1st floor)
- Close-in dumbwaiter shaft
- Continue making hardware and complete corner cupboard offsite
- Begin making posts and rails for east courtyard fence
Photos by Joshua Muse
Comments
(Comment Moderation is enabled. Your comment will not appear until approved.)Add a Comment
Stunning workmanship! Looking forward to November 20!
Thanks for the update. Great photos as usual. Nice touch on the leaded glass for the basement windows. A great "architectural" feature. Not sure I will make it down for the opening on 11/20, as my schedule is not working out. But will probably be down the weekend before Christmas. Which might be better because I'd love to see how this "GEM" is decorated for the Holidays.
Thanks,
Rick Brouse
Sorry to hear that you might not be down for the opening, but I can only assume the building will be done up very nicely for the holidays.
Take care.
Hello!
My Wife and I were in town on Sunday, and were excited to see the progress on the building. It looks Great. We've been taking annual trips to CW since 2000 and were really excited to finally see a building project happening in that location.
Wish I had found this blog sooner!
I have a couple of questions about the plaster.
We are restoring a Circa 1790 house, and have gotten lots of great advice from several different tradespeople in CW, but have never been able to catch up with a plastering project in progress.
First, while I was on site this past weekend I saw some of the VA Limeworks NHL 3.5 bags around, but in some of the photos of mixing the plaster I also saw some bags that looked like just a modern hydrated lime building product? Are you using both? Does the hydrated lime help the workability of the NHL? If you're mixing them, what's the ratio of the mix?
Second, is the metal lathe compatible with the lime plaster? I've hung lathe on a couple of the walls that I;ve done in our home so far and if I could be using metal lath, that would be a real time saver.
Thanks!!
Dear Al,
Thanks for your message. Your house restoration sounds like an interesting (and involved) project.
As for your plaster questions, have you checked out our previous post on the plaster (http://research.history.org/Coffeehouse/Blog/index...)? I think it might help answer a couple of your questions.
I'll have to get back to you on your hydrated lime question, once I can ask our resident plaster guru.
And thanks again for your interest in the project!
I saw the Coffee House when it was just a foundation and to see it now is truly amazing. FANTASTIC work by the CW team. I can't wait for the opening. I wouldn't miss it!
Can't wait to bring the kids on a fieldtrip to the coffee house. I will tell other teachers in the area to do it too.
I saw the Coffeehouse foundation under construction last October. I have been watching the webcam all year. I will be back at the end of September. The webcam gives a nice view of the Capitol. Will the webcam still be up after the Coffeehouse is compleated?
We're glad that you are enjoying the Coffeehouse webcam. And I agree, it does have a nice angle on Capitol at the moment.
However, we haven't yet determined what the plan is for the camera after the opening.
Thanks for your message.