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Monday, April 13, 2009

43 Downey

To protect the innocent, we usually don't publish real names or addresses, but this place is going up for sale as soon as we're finished. Its a vacant old apartment building, of course there is old peeling wallpaper, painted and repainted over the years:




After cutting out the loose areas, we prime, with Zinsser white pigmented Shellac (primer) then patch:





The house has been neglected for years, and look at these cabinets!






Everything must be done, the hinges are corroded, rusted and greasy. The cabinets must be washed thoroughly, they're covered in dust and old kitchen goo!




Like much of SF's classic architecture, this building was created before the turn of the century - so many of the walls and cielings have sagging, cracking lathe & plaster. Of course, we could demolish and replace with drywall, but only if absolutely necessary. I prefer plaster personally, and so does the "builder" at askthebuilder.com.