Hill Ave Project- Foundation work

Holes for column foundation:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wishing you and yours all the best in this Holiday Season!

Hill Ave Project- Fireplace in progress

This is how the fireplace will look:

And this is work in progress:

You can see the gas pipe sticking out on the right:

Good job, Alfredo!

Old flue:

And here is the chimney (view from 2nd floor):

Rainy day.

Hill Ave Project- Bedroom 3 demolition

Wow, that was a mess! Bags and bags of insulation!

Hill Ave Project- New chimney and fireplace a couple of days later

When we opened the jobsite today in the morning, a cat jumped out from the fireplace.
Cats like fireplaces, even those not fully built.
View from 2nd floor:

And here is the new fireplace in progress:

Amazing, how fast the work is going. Here is the fireplace floor:

And here Mark is discussing details with Alfredo. Before building fireplace back wall the bricks are precut and arranged (just to make sure everything matches):

And a few days later:

Pardon bad quality of the photos, we are taking them with an iPhone.

Hill Ave Project- Existing pool demolition

The pool will be replastered, so the old plaster needs to be removed:

Hill Ave Project- Demolition of existing arches

Amazing, how much you can demo without making the house collapse:

Hill Ave Project- New chimney and fireplace in progress...

A little peak through the hole in plastic:

Hill Ave Project- The work has started...

Foundation under new fireplace and chimney:

Alfredo, working on the foundation:

 

Hill Ave Project- Existing fireplace and chimney demolition

The client moved out of the house. We started demolition on fireplace and chimney. Now we have a big hole in the wall and in the roof:

Existing flue, angled:

Hill Avenue Project

Description:
Residence listed on Historic Registry for City of Pasadena. Project was completed in March 2012. For photos of completed project, click here.

Location:
Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA

History:
In 1926, A. Hoffman Keese, a real estate salesman, purchased the lot at the northwest corner of South Hill Avenue and San Pasqual Street in Pasadena. He commissioned architect George B. Brigham, Jr., a well-known local designer and Caltech professor, to design a new home for his family.

The house was given the address 445 South Hill Avenue.

In 1900, the Keese family had sold their home to the California Institute of Technology. John P. Youtz, engineer and manager for Pacific Telephone, secured the old house from Caltech and in August 1960 had it moved north, to another property nearby, on which it currently stands. Interestingly, another J.P. Youtz, perhaps John's father, was employed as the business manager of Caltech and so may have played a role in the relocation of the house.

The current owners have lived there since September 2001.

Scope of work:
Historic Restoration