FireHouse 51

[wingnutthehutt]

I almost bought a firehouse with a buddy. It wouldn't have been nearly as cool as this one though. I love what you've done so far and I can't wait to see more.


Hey Ripped, I think I sold you the front suspension for your 'Stang. I used to work for CAC/TCP up until about three years ago.

 

[cjcrazy8]

Pics of ductwork.

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

Ahhh - looks like the firehouse is about to get some heat; just in time for winter!

 

[mrgm]

That looks great. Like that look

 

[thegarageblog]

Awesome space!

 

[fergus]

Awesome! Glad to see an update...I love this build.

 

[Bib Overalls]

Duct work is impressive. It looks like it "belongs" in your old fire station.

 

[aloxdaddy99]

I almost bought an old firehouse in Pa. The only thing that stopped me was the fact the roof was leaking and had ruined alot of wood inside. I wish I would have bought it anyway. You have one sweet *** kitchen. I like the brick/stainless/wood combo. What is the island top made out of? It has an interesting pattern on top of it. Or at least it looks like it does in one of the pics.

 

[cjcrazy8]

The island top is an old fire door that I stripped and hit with some scotch brite. It will eventually get a piece of glass.

 

[JB!]

freakin sweeeeeet!!!!!

 

[cjcrazy8]

Had a productive weekend. With the help of my family and friends, we got 90% of the second floor framed. Just need to go back and hit the door openings and frame the ceilings in the bathrooms.

We also somewhat finished an art project in the kitchen. I will get better pics of the framing this evening.

 

[JSBriggs]

Is that hand painted or vinyl? Very cool either way!

-Jeff

 

[PureSilver]

Projected on the wall and then line-painted by hand, like the old billboards?

 

[NUTTSGT]

So much awesomeness in this thread.

 

[cjcrazy8]

I just sketched it out from a picture. I put a grid on the picture and a large grid on the wall to keep it proportional. Then it was kind of paint by number.

 

[twincam00]

really cool project man, keep the pics coming

 

[JGRAFF]

I’m sorry, I have to bring this one back to the top.

I also live here in Cincinnati and I am truly inspired by this garage and what you’ve done with it. There's a lot of really great history here in Cincy and I think too many people here have already forgotten that. Good luck on the rest of your restoration. And if you ever need a strong back or just an extra set of hands on a project, please PM me.

BTW: have you checked out www.cfdhistory.com ?

http://www.cfdhistory.com/htmls/company.php?name=51

There are a lot of good pics and info about yours and all the historic CFD firehouses.

 

[cjcrazy8]

The camera is on the fritz and my phone needs a new lense. Been working like crazy. All of the framing is done except for the shower in the master bath. Been pulling wire. I have all of the home runs in and almost all of the recps wired. Working on lights now. We chose to not drywall the ceilings and had them painted, so I painted all of the can lights to match. I am running flexible metal to the lights. Looks neat. Ordering drywall this week and hired a couple of seasoned pros to hang and finish next week.

THE LIGHT IS GETTING BRIGHTER!

 

[NUTTSGT]

We'll be waiting on the pics, get the camera fixed.

 

[TurboBlog]

What an incredible build! Lots of inspiration to be had here. Good luck!

 

[JC23]

Yes, pleeze!

Want to see more of this dream build.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Very cool!

Jim

 

[impala_631]

Very cool!

 

[Hotrod1959]

Like all the other posters I will have to live my dream through your Firehouse. Good Luck!

 

[NAPPY]

hello,

i have been stocking for a while and this is my first post. i've been trying to go to bed for the past 2 hours! can't stop reading!

the first thing that came to mind when i found this thread was "ghostbusters!"

your place is looking good. from the front it doesn't look the big. must be real deep.

 

[cjcrazy8]

The place was originally built as a police station. When the local firestation burn down in 1913, they moved here. When I was doing demo, I pulled off a piece of trim and it had a signature on the back: E. Cummings Police LT.
The building originally housed horse drawn implements. The kitchen was originally the stable, and there is evidence of a hayloft upstairs. The reason the building was decomissioned is because they could only house 1 apparatus and it was pretty impressive that they could back that thing in the bay. There is evidence that they hung up the truck on the wall next to the garage door. You can see where the brick has been replaced.

One of these days I might get to park my vehicles in there. Right now it is the workshop and material storage.

 

[andyztoy]

keep up the good work and updates...... me and my girlfriend are very impressed.

 

[hobie1dog]

Definitely in the top 5 garages on here so far...you da man.

 

[cjcrazy8]

Last coat of mud today. sand tomorrow. Hopefully this weekend I will be priming the walls and sanding the floors. Also back on plumbing detail.

 

[smschriefer]

Your place is incredible. I look forward to seeing it painted. Drywall work *****, but it will be so well worth it once you have the final coat of paint on the walls. For trim, are you reusing what you can, or will you have to do all new?

 

[bacarl]

Great place! Those last few pics really show it's coming together, the living space looks like it'll be fantastic. The stair "windows" look really neat too.

 

[cjcrazy8]

The pros are sanding the last coat now. Be done by lunch. Tonight I pull nails out of the unfinished floors so I can sand them while the house is still dirty. Then they will be ready for paint. Also going to start my shopping list for finish carpentry. The old woodwork is pretty beat up and did not remove well. I will be doing my best to mimic it. There was no crown so that will all be new. During one of my brainstorming moments while stareing aimlessly at a corner, I became concerned about how I was going to run the crown on a sloped ceiling. The front of the building is ~12' and the back is ~9'. Rather than spend hours trying to figure the correct angles to make the corners meet and look right, I am thinking of putting a 4"x4" block/rosette in the corners to run the crown into. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea. Any other ideas?

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'd do the blocks and rosettes, sometimes you have to make life simple.


Our TV room at work used to be the old hay loft for the horses.

 

[T-BONE35]

I just joined this forum to follow this remod. It caught my eye as I am a reserve FF and we have a station 51. Very nice work.

 

[kkcshipp]

Read the whole thread last night and now I'm subscribed.

 

[EJM334]

cjcrazy8 first let me say, you got a great great place there. Second, I have a feeling I might be the only member on this forum who has worked out of that building. It was a really cool place to work, little tight but still was a blast. I look forward to seeing more pictures. I only live 5 minutes away.

 

[Weekend_warrior]

Maybe, if your going to do your whole house you can look at a digital angle finder. It will tell you what to miter everything at. Along with a kriegJig crown holder. That should take can of almost any angle you can throw at it.

I have the bosch version of this. Works great. Helped out when cutting some moldings around some tricky stuff in my bathroom. The show is set with 2 22 degree angles on it that was pretty hard when doing some reframing for water damage I had.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...921x00003a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=00948276000

 

[mrgm]

Great stuff. i really enjoy this one

 

[HandsomeDan]

SWEEEEET. A dude I know bought a 3 story firhouse from the 30s-40s in Chambersburg a few years ago. It was enormous....and awesome.

 

[cjcrazy8]

Thanks for all of the comments and words of encouragement.

Been picking at stuff for the past couple of weeks. Not much to show for it.
Finally got all of my crown in this week and will start hanging tomorrow.

I have an old school angle finder, but since I do not have ceilings upstairs and the joists are uneven it wont help much.

I'll post pics soon.