BAR METHOD

This is one of the more higher end jobs that I have built in my construction career. The Bar Method is located right on Pacific Coast Highway and is tucked into the Crystal Cove shopping center. It was nice traveling to the beach everyday for work.

Jessica and Whitney are the two owners for this location. It was very refreshing working with them as they were very trusting and easy to get along with. When ever I asked questions about the Bar Method trying to make sure I built the place right, they always found the answer for me. They also took an interest in Sunny and Porter as he was about to make his entrance into this world a couple weeks after this job was done. They hooked Porter up with some Bar Method apparel and Jessica and Whitney remain family friends to this day.

Porter in his Bar Baby clothing

This is the large work out room. This one has alot of room, but the other is smaller and prettier. The carpet is very padded and it feels good to walk on it. The ballet bars were called out to be mounted at 32 1/4" and we mounted them perfectly to the right height. Anytime you install alot of mirrors it is important to get them perfectly flat and level with the wall so that they don't look uneven. In some places where there was a bow in the wall, we cut the drywall out so that we could maintain our consistency.

The Irvine Company was worried about the ballet bar low wall conflicting with the windows and the appearance they gave from the outside. But we built it perfect and in my opinion this is the best place in the suite to exercise. The stall bar on the left, I personally assembled and mounted it to the wall for them.

This the lobby where the women who are exercising check in before their class. The floor is a black hardwood floor that turned out awesome. The doors are left over from the bank we ripped out in order to make this place, and the chandeliers took some doing but we installed them after a few minor modifications.

The hallway leads to the bathrooms and the lockers. I made sure the lights, fire sprinklers and air conditioning registers were in a perfect line. My guys did a good job and they lined up perfectly.

The lockers were built my me and Phin the Project Manager from DBAC for this project. He forgot to add money for them to be assembled, so we knocked it out and made them look right and level. It did take us a while to remember our craftsman skills as we are both more paper pushers rather than workers in our construction careers. I really like the Tiffany Blue wall that the Architect Amy Steiner called out. It adds the right touch of luxury.

Bathrooms are always tricky and this one was no exception. We added lockers for the women. A tile floor for the wet areas and if you look closely you will see that the carpet meets the tile perfectly. The wall tiles are glass tiles which are very expensive and give of a shinny sheen which means they need to be mounted to the wall perfect or they will stick out. My tile guy who should have finished this job in one week ended up taking 3 weeks because I was very picky about his work.

Although this project was small in nature, it had every finish surface you can possible use and the dimensions for everything was very tight. Amy our Architect came to the job at least 10 times for meeting where her and I had to think up of ways to make things fit. Of course there are a few dimensions in the place where we don't meet building code. But we aren't telling where they are. One of the nice things about this project is that I was able to introduce Sunny to Amy and it turns out they went to the same Architecture School (University of Arizona) and they now help each other with their projects. One note of mention is that Amy was the youngest female Architect in the history of California.